[missbirdphotos] Re: My Take on Bittern Photo

  • From: "J. K. Cliburn" <jcliburn@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: missbirdphotos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:52:14 -0500

It was an easy shot to work with; your exposure and focus were good,
and the dark areas weren't terribly noisy despite the high ISO.  I
might've tried for a lower ISO in exchange for a slower shutter speed,
but it was a fine capture just as it stands.  Great job.

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Dana Swan <danaswan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nice.   I like the way that the Bittern stands out from the background.  I
> couldn't quite get that.
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:17 PM, J. K. Cliburn <jcliburn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Here's my result (scaled down to 800x600).  I used UFRaw to read the
>> raw file and do some initial processing (saturation, contrast), then
>> exported to Gimp for finish work (set white point, increased blue a
>> little, cropping, scaling, unsharp mask).
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Dana Swan <danaswan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > My take on the Bittern photo from NEF 158 that I just posted.
>> > --
>> > Dana Swan at Toccopola, Mississippi.
>> > There are two kinds of men in this world.
>> > Those who can grill and those who think they can grill.     B. Flay.
>> >
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> --
> Dana Swan at Toccopola, Mississippi.
> There are two kinds of men in this world.
> Those who can grill and those who think they can grill.     B. Flay.
>

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