At 11:54 PM 10/3/2005, Marilyn wrote:
D.L. Shipman
Let the courting begin...: I like the beautiful patterns the wings are
making. Could the wings of the bird nearest the lens be burned just
slightly so there is more detail, or is it the scan/screen that takes away
the detail? This is really an interesting photograph.
Actually, there is at least faint detail in all of the feathers with the
exception of a small clipped area of the back of the bird on the farthest
right. I think the contrast and/or brightness may be set too high on your
monitor. The birds were a very stark white against a mostly dark
background. Exposure was a compromise based on a minimum of clipping and I
moved gamma up for feather detail and used curves to get a bit more shadow
information.
This is really an interesting photograph.
Thank you. I am pleased you thought it worth sharing.
Dave
East Englewood
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