Keith Parris
May 2021 - Swan on Lake Tyler, Texas
About the Image(s)
I photographed this Swan swimming on Lake Tyler on 08 February 2020. It was processed with Adobe Camera Raw. I made it with my Nikon D750 and Sigma 150.0-500.0 mm f/5.0-6.3 lens. The focal length was 500 mm, ISO 400, aperture was f/7.1, and shutter speed was 1/2000 second. I used my tripod for this photograph.
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12 comments posted
A nice image, but I feel the image was over sharpened. See if you work on the swan's face so that you can see the eyes, it's a little to dark. The wave in front of the swan shows motion, which is good. All and all, you did a nice job capturing the Swan. Posted: 05/08/2021 12:59:56
Thank you. Posted: 05/19/2021 20:45:58
Difficult shot with white and black. The white is a little blown out with detail lacking. You might try a tighter crop sincr there is no interest in the water. Posted: 05/10/2021 15:56:03
Thank you. Posted: 05/19/2021 20:46:21
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I can see the blown areas of white feathers, but I'm having trouble seeing that it is over sharpened. Tighter cropping would increase the appeal of this for me. Posted: 05/12/2021 16:57:58
Thank you. Posted: 05/19/2021 20:46:47
I agree with the points Michael made with one exception, I believe there is some interest in the water, the reflection. I would crop closer to the subject, leaving some of the reflection. I also like the ripples around the subject. Posted: 05/19/2021 15:45:24
Thank you. Posted: 05/19/2021 20:47:05
In my opinion a reflection that is not sharp is of little value. Posted: 05/19/2021 20:54:46
I agree that it is not sharp. I still like the colors. Sometimes a little variation works. Posted: 05/19/2021 21:18:37
I went back to my RAW image file and reprocessed it. This time my workflow was:
1 - Open in Luminar 4
2 - Process with Topaz DeNoise AI with auto settings selected
3 - Crop and adjust levels in Luminar 4 (tighter crop and lightened the Swan's face)
4 - Add watermark (signature) layer
5 - Process with Topaz Sharpen AI with auto settings selected
6 - Export from Luminar 4 as .jpg file
I think the white feathers might have been over exposed in the RAW image file. Therefore, blowout causes some detail in feathers to be lost.
Thanks to everybody for their suggestions. I like this better than my original processing and might make an 8 inch by 10 inch print since this is a 4 x 5 crop ratio and frame the print.
Posted: 05/19/2021 21:32:17
1 - Open in Luminar 4
2 - Process with Topaz DeNoise AI with auto settings selected
3 - Crop and adjust levels in Luminar 4 (tighter crop and lightened the Swan's face)
4 - Add watermark (signature) layer
5 - Process with Topaz Sharpen AI with auto settings selected
6 - Export from Luminar 4 as .jpg file
I think the white feathers might have been over exposed in the RAW image file. Therefore, blowout causes some detail in feathers to be lost.
Thanks to everybody for their suggestions. I like this better than my original processing and might make an 8 inch by 10 inch print since this is a 4 x 5 crop ratio and frame the print.
Posted: 05/19/2021 21:32:17
I like the tighter crop that emphasizes the subject more. I agree the whites are blown out with lack of detail. I too would like to see his more of his face. Posted: 05/25/2021 17:11:57