Richard Matheny
September 2023 - Muddy White Ibis
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About the Image(s)
I have titled this image the Muddy White Ibis. This guy had been feeding in the Muddy Salt Marsh.
Nikon D500 with a 70-200mm lens and a 1to4 teleconverter. Handheld, ISO 640, 1/4000 sec at f4.
Post processed in Lightroom with a small crop and some adjustments to the background to give more detail to the marsh grass. I use a radial Gradient mask to add some highlight the Ibis and added texture, clarity and a little dehaze to the Ibis.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
9 comments posted
(Groups 21 & 48 & 71)
Richard, your Ibis is terrific! Your selective focus is super. Might crop just slightly closer since he is so sharp. Well done. Posted: 09/13/2023 07:36:16
Thanks, Tom for the comments. I guess I was thinking about keeping the bird close to the 1/3 intersecting lines. Also, I always want to leave a little room in front of and animal, so it has somewhere to go. In this case someplace to land. You are correct I could have cropped just a little tighter. Posted: 09/13/2023 19:04:08
Hi Richard, your have taken this image in the right moment, it has the right balance between the sharp bird and the blur background. well done. Posted: 09/13/2023 16:41:59
Thanks, Maria, for your comments. Sometimes the birds cooperate and help with the composition.. Posted: 09/13/2023 19:06:10
Well captured. Very sharp image with a complementary background. I also might consider cropping closer. Well done. Posted: 09/16/2023 19:12:25
Thank you, Marilyn, for your comment. I Thought about cropping a little, but it is so seldom that I make a photo that does not demand correction I could not bring myself to do a crop. Posted: 09/25/2023 05:34:43
I agree with your thinking and giving the bird plenty of space to land although, should you elect to crop it a bit, maybe just a little bit on the left side. This is a great picture! Posted: 09/24/2023 15:08:31
Thanks Sylvia. I will admit that the first thing I usually do to my images is to crop. On this shot it really was not a mandatory first step, although a little crop would not have hurt the image. I really like the spring green color of the Spartina Grass of the salt marsh. Posted: 09/25/2023 05:46:00
I love the soft lighting and the tones and the drop coming off of its beak.Beautiful!
There seems to be a slight cyan color cast coming off of the wings but except for that is is wonderful. I added a color blend mode layer and removed the color cast (might have been able to do it with a hue/sat adjustment layer or color mixer in ACR. Posted: 09/27/2023 01:14:55
There seems to be a slight cyan color cast coming off of the wings but except for that is is wonderful. I added a color blend mode layer and removed the color cast (might have been able to do it with a hue/sat adjustment layer or color mixer in ACR. Posted: 09/27/2023 01:14:55