On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:17:23 -0400, dave6134@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote/replied to: >>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. As another Great Egret shooter, I agree. I mean white is white. Details would be grey, these birds are white. I believe a larger size might show more details. However, it is a contasty thing. If it was digital, I'd lower the contrast to the max. It looks like a scan though. Gotta love the long neck on the one on the right. Nice shot Dave. -- Jim Davis, Nature Photography: http://naturephoto.easternbeaver.com/
