Cindy Marple
About the Image(s)
Hyacinth Macaws are the largest of the Macaw family. One of the treats of a visit to Brazil’s Pantanal region is finding these birds at the lodges, where they are relatively accustomed to people. This is an adult bird and the prior year’s offspring, who hasn’t yet completely left home. The light situation was challenging, with the birds remaining in the shade of the trees with bright sun overhead. Flash wasn’t an option. So in my post processing, I selected the birds and increased the exposure on them to try to even out the scene but not to the point it looked too artificial. Any other ideas about dealing with this? I denoised in Topaz Photo AI. Nikon Z9, 100-400 at 240mm, 1/800, f/5.6, ISO1000.
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9 comments posted
I hadn't thought about trying to darken the background, will give that a try. Thanks.   Posted: 11/12/2024 19:32:42
I prefer your updated image as to background. I think we use a very similar system in situations like this - Mask the birds, work on it/them - then invert the mask to work on the background (here I find its a fight to stop the brightness while stopping these areas going grey. I play with White/Highlight sliders to of this in Lightroom).   Posted: 11/20/2024 17:37:56