Charles Walker
About the Image(s)
Blame being snowed in, but I fiddled again with unnatural colors this month. This photograph was taken in a park in Rochester last Spring. I liked the simplicity of a single bird in a tree ready to sprout leaves.
To rendered the final image, I cropped it and forced a change in the vertical/horizontal ratio, then using the paint brush, touched up the bird silhouette and cleaned up spots and distracting clutter. While I tried a black-white conversion, the image seemed more fetching in a 3-color palette. Finally, I reduced noise with Topaz then did some touching up with the blur tool.
Camera data: Nikon D7000 (590nm), f/14, 1/160/ 140mm, ISO=250.
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7 comments posted
I like it and it is a great time to of year to experiment. It does not have the IR look our group posts but I think the owner has dibs on the rendering style.
Although the bird adds a wildlife element, it is pretty small in the scheme of things.
Regards
Emil   Posted: 03/02/2025 12:42:48
Keep posting these altered versions...I may grow to like them. I just can't get into colored IR and have one camera completely converted for color IR that I seldom use! The bird, small as it is, anchors the tree...and is a nice find.   Posted: 03/07/2025 08:40:28
PS I'm so pleased not to be living in the awful cold north has had this winter!   Posted: 03/10/2025 09:39:55