Great Blue Heron grooming for her close up Mr. DeMille

[Nancy Moran G]

Aahhhh, I posted photos 1ce before and now I can,t get it.

I posted without rezing, and they were way to big on screen : then I resized to "medium" and I just get text of my ?link?, no photo
I tried this 3rd one without resizing and it seems ok as far as fitting.

Any help, I thought I was following the directions....:{
Nancy

1- Contorted grooming?


2- Never seen this pose?


3-scratching

[Nancy Moran G]

Ok, the library I was at may have something to do with it. Others were saying it was toooo slow and cutting them off.
I will try again in a few days.
Any comment on the 1 photo appreciated.
Nancy

[Stagecoach]

Nancy,

This is a really great image, the bird is sharp, is adequately separated from the background but it is 'flat'. I had a quick look at it and the white point is way off so in my opinion it needs a bit of PP work still.

Grahame

[Nancy Moran G]

Thank you Grahame. By 'white point' is that my white balance? How do I get it to be less 'flat'? I liked the DoF, but is the f11 or such the way to be less flat?
This was out of the camera unless I cropped alittle ( I think?)
Nancy

[chauncey]

Aah...why are you shooting them at f/11? Opening that lens to a maximum of f/5.6 would allow a higher SS in case they start to fly.

[NorthernFocus]

Gotta love that hair style.

[deetheturk]

Hi Nancy,Grahame was right,your white point was quite a bit off,your white balance is different from your white point,i'm quite a newbie so maybe someone on the forum can explain it to you much better than i could.Hope you dont mind,i had a play with the white point in lightroom,is it any better?
David

[Donald]

As David writes, 'white point' and 'white balance' are two different things.

To learn about white and black points, have a read of this CiC tutorial.

[chauncey]

As an FYI thingy...with my own GBH's, I put my color picker on the dark tuft atop their head to set my color balance.

[Saorsa]

Aahhhh, I posted photos 1ce before and now I can,t get it.

I posted without rezing, and they were way to big on screen : then I resized to "medium" and I just get text of my ?link?, no photo
I tried this 3rd one without resizing and it seems ok as far as fitting.

Any help, I thought I was following the directions....:{
Nancy

1- Contorted grooming?


2- Never seen this pose?


3-scratching

It's normal grooming behaviour. They use their beak for almost all of their grooming but, it can't reach the top half of their neck or head.

[jamn4ex]

That's a great shot out of the camera Nancy . Looks good with white point fixed.

[Nancy Moran G]

Thank you all. Yes! The white point adjustment David made is way better!
Donald, of all the great tutorials I have read here, I hadn't gotten to that one yet. Thanks for the link.

Does the white point adjustment help with the 'flat' comment someone made?

The more I learn, The longer my "to learn" list gets ;}
Nancy

[Brownbear]

Beautiful image and gorgeous detail. I think David's adjustment brings out the beauty perfectly.

[Bobobird]

Gotta love that hair style.

Lots of < 40s seem to sport that this year.

The shot looks good now with the adjustment.