Snowy Egret

[Joseph Przybyla]

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D500
• 80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
• ƒ/8
• 320mm
• 1/3200s
• ISO 640
• Fri, 15 February 2019 8:36 AM
• Copyright 2017 © Joseph J. Przybyla
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.2 (Windows)

Snowy Egret from a morning at the rookery in Gatorland, Orlando, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 320mm
1/3200 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 640 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Full Frame

 

[kevin Hice]

Great shot Joe. This might be my favorite.

 

[dankearl]

Nice detail and BG color..
Head, neck and shoulder look great.
A little hot at the bottom, I might crop a tad.

 

[gail bisson]

Love the pose and the BG makes the snowy pop off the page.
I think the whites are a bit grayed out, especially around the face. But the fine details are there and I would redo with new processing on the whites.
Did you try going to selective color in PS CC and choosing "whites" and then reduce the blacks in the whites?
Gail

 

[Joseph Przybyla]

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D500
• 80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
• ƒ/8
• 320mm
• 1/3200s
• ISO 640
• Fri, 15 February 2019 8:36 AM
• Copyright 2017 © Joseph J. Przybyla
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.2 (Windows)

Love the pose and the BG makes the snowy pop off the page.
I think the whites are a bit grayed out, especially around the face. But the fine details are there and I would redo with new processing on the whites.
Did you try going to selective color in PS CC and choosing "whites" and then reduce the blacks in the whites?
Gail

Hi Gail, took your suggestion and revisited the image. Here is repost of another way the image can be processed.

 

[gail bisson]

How did you do that? Change the BG to black that is? I still see some green bleeding into the white crest feathers but still pretty neat!!
Gail

 

[Joseph Przybyla]

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D500
• 80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
• ƒ/8
• 320mm
• 1/3200s
• ISO 640
• Fri, 15 February 2019 8:36 AM
• Copyright 2017 © Joseph J. Przybyla
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.2 (Windows)

How did you do that? Change the BG to black that is? I still see some green bleeding into the white crest feathers but still pretty neat!!
Gail

Hi Gail, all with the sliders and tone curve in Lightroom. You are right regarding the green bleeding, the black background sets it off. So I worked up another deciding I did not like the black background. Turning the background black caused the bleeding. Here is the new workup.

 

[John Mack]

Pretty nice portrait. Like the one with the black background the most.

 

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, ruffled feathers and the whites in the repost look better to me. Nice image Joe.

 

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.