posted Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 20:05 (+0800), by Martin
Here's another photo from
last week.
There were quite a few darters (often mistakenly called "shags" or "cormorants")
along the river's edge early in the morning, drying out their wings in the sun.
The sunlight on the feathers on the outstretched wings drew me to this bird, so I got down low to get the Perth skyline in the background.
While I've previously indicated I wasn't sure how useful Liveview would be on my new Canon 50D, in this situation, I found it useful, as I had the camera on the grass, and used Liveview to compose the shot, rather than having to lie down to get my eye to the viewfinder.
One of the last steps of post-processing this image was the application of an action called "Vintage Gold". It's one of the actions included in Mulletgod's free photoshop actions.
I quite like the result of the Vintage Gold action on this image. What do you think? Does it look over-processed? The same image without the Vintage Gold action can be seen here:
The sunlight on the feathers on the outstretched wings drew me to this bird, so I got down low to get the Perth skyline in the background.
While I've previously indicated I wasn't sure how useful Liveview would be on my new Canon 50D, in this situation, I found it useful, as I had the camera on the grass, and used Liveview to compose the shot, rather than having to lie down to get my eye to the viewfinder.
Darter and Perth skyline (vintage gold)
South Perth, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-70mm f/2.8L @46mm, 1/640 sec, f/4.5, ISO100
Canon EOS 50D, 24-70mm f/2.8L @46mm, 1/640 sec, f/4.5, ISO100
One of the last steps of post-processing this image was the application of an action called "Vintage Gold". It's one of the actions included in Mulletgod's free photoshop actions.
I quite like the result of the Vintage Gold action on this image. What do you think? Does it look over-processed? The same image without the Vintage Gold action can be seen here:
The first image is available for purchase as a high-quality card, matted print, mounted print, canvas print or framed print
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Fantastic picture! A combination of several superlative elements here:
- lighting: the detail of the feathers and wings is outstanding
- depth of field: the contrast between the sharply focused foreground and blurry background works well
- composition: the in-focus foreground at the bottom of the picture helps "frame" the cityscape background.
I do prefer the original, however, rather than the processing with Vintage Gold. I think the contrasting colours between the bird and cityscape work better; the Vintage Gold makes them too similar, and something of the beauty is lost.
Well done!