Posted one for ID yesterday here https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/709159
that was not fully processed, so here is another frame
that shows how nice looking these guys are.....well, this female anyway.
The light was so bright that when I opened in Capture One, all
I saw were flashes for blown highlights and blocked shadows.
Incredible dynamic range that I was able to pull in pretty fair.
MkIIN, 400mm, f/5.6L and 1.4x
Thanks for looking and c/c
Looks like your masterful processing pulled it all together Dave. I see details under those larger back feathers and the whites have great texture. Even the faint glow of the underwater foot, I would guess you got this for all it was worth in detail. The black BG works well too.
Mr Zoom wrote:
Handsome goose, Dave. Sure got's a big nello though
Quack!
A lot of folks here also have the big Nello....thanks Master Ken
DigitalMadness wrote:
we have a few of those around here...Didn't quiet know what kind of goose it was though...now I know....
Great capture.
please explain your post workflow on this image, if you don't mind.
Thanks....they are noisy and mean
Nothin special in workflow.
Just make sure in RAW conversion that I get a good histogram
with shadow and highlight detail. For me, nothing beats
Capture One, but that's me.
I do noise removal first
and then minor tweaks, all on the full size before reducing
Karl Witt wrote:
Looks like your masterful processing pulled it all together Dave. I see details under those larger back feathers and the whites have great texture. Even the faint glow of the underwater foot, I would guess you got this for all it was worth in detail. The black BG works well too.
Karl
Thank you Master Nitter Witt, that's a great compliment sir
Shasoc wrote:
I had already noticed the fine detail in the first image, Dave. This edit looks even better. Excellent PP skill.
Socrate
Thanks Socrate
Lil Judd wrote:
Lovely shots Dave - just beautiful...
Lil - - going back to cleaning up after the Sylmar Wildfire storms, so I don't do picks at this time.... Sorry....
Thanks Lil, be well young lady....and picking a fav from "one"
can be a challenge
Ted ellis wrote:
A mighty good looking goose Dave. Color and comp are mighty fine.
Ted
Thank you Ted.....appreciated sir
trenchmonkey wrote:
Nice caboose, er...goose!! Lovely beak and Nello details
Thanks Will....birds are scarce, may go to the zoo and shoot monkeys with my canon
Sweet portrait Dave, I like this one a leeeetle better and the prudent techs really shine. I'm assuming if you didn't tape up you focused manually? If so, kudos to your steady hands Sir
Nice shot Dave and probably better PP than the shot. That is quite the DR and it all came together nicely. The whites are well done. I'm guessing at ISO 400 there wasn't much noise to begin with. Do you always do NR first, even for higher ISO? If so how do you maintain the details so nicely?
Lovely beak and Nello details 