Pamela Hoaglund
February 2025 - Lunch Time
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About the Image(s)
I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time to catch this great blue heron just as he caught a salamander. Just after capturing this image he flew down to the canal to wash the salamander and eat it. Taken with my Sony 7RM5, Sony 200-600mm lens at 600mm. Auto ISO at 640, 1/2000 sec, f/6.3 and EV +1. Post processed in ON1 RAW 2025. Cropped to a square, removed some distracting elements. Added dynamic contrast and sharpening to the heron. And I think I added a slight vignette. I have been trying the Brilliance AI which is an auto develop adjustment. Sometimes it does a good job for a starting point and at other times it doesn't help.
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Nice image. I'm not aware of Brilliance AI. Is that the name of a program or one filter inside another program? I like your handling of the tonality. I might want to see this as a more aggressive crop and zero in on the upper part and head of the heron with its prey. I think that might yield a more dynamic image. Posted: 02/06/2025 10:46:12