Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: >Hi Doug, >Very nice fog mood type bird image. > >>>> What say ye about the bright yellow to the left of the bird's tail? >Clone it out? Leave it in? Tone it down? > >Yes without hesitation get rid of it! WHY? Quite simply because it's an >unnecessary visual distraction as small as it is!! >As soon as the scene opened on screen my instant re-action? A quick over all >look and comment to self out loud? > >" Another fine............. OH crap why didn't he take that yellow leaf >out???????" " It's merely fine tuning the image and kind of "cleaning it up >to perfection!" You tidy it up and keep your mouth shut that you did it! Thanks to the many comments on- and off-list. I've taken the cattail reeds out and I toned down the bright spot in the water. I tried a version where I took the bright spot out along with the cattails and the water looked like it had been sanitized, so I left a hint of the spot in. The original: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ardea/gbhero05a.jpg the final: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ardea/gbhero05c.jpg All comments welcome. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com