Thanks Rick. I agree that it doesn’t work when cropped down to isolate on the ducks. What I liked about this was the subtlety; maybe it is too subtle! But the few light-colored tree trunks in the background draw my eye to the prominent pressure ridge in the ice which leads me to the ducks. From the bottom, the boundary between water and ice also leads to the ducks. I did play with the notion of “dodging” the ducks with a lightening adjustment brush but decided I would leave it as is. Thanks for your comments!
stan On Mar 26, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > Stan, to me the ducks are too inconspicuous and the shoreline is too > dark and cluttered. When I tried cropping at the shoreline, the snow > ridges on the ice (created by skaters?) became a distraction. > > Rick > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Stanley Halpin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Last week the ice on the river by our home was rapidly vanishing and the >> waterfowl were quick to spot the open water. Here a pair of mallards take a >> break on the convenient ice shelf. >> >> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e40374b67 >> >> Tech details: 645z with FA645 Macro 120/4.0 at f/8, 1/200, ISO100. I started >> the B&W conversion using the Lightroom “B&W Look 2” preset as a starting >> point, then tweaked black clipping, white clipping, clarity and exposure. >> >> stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
