Green Heron (close)

[Ric Grupe]

Very willing fellow! :clap

Cool...

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/385094244_uCzLM-X2.jpg

Warm...

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/383974078_ubPyB-L.jpg

[dlplumer]

Super. Again, I am loving your new subtle PP work. :clap

[Ric Grupe]

Super. Again, I am loving your new subtle PP work. :clap

Thanks, Dan.

Would you define subtle for me? I'm not sure I'm getting you.

[evil eggplant]

Ric,

The color balance adjustments you have made are very effective and believable. Do you do this using kelvin color temp and hue, or do you start with different wb settings and go from there?

I assume you're shooting RAW?

Cheers

Very willing fellow! :clap

Cool...

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/385094244_uCzLM-X2.jpg

Warm...

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/383974078_ubPyB-L.jpg

[Ric Grupe]

Ric,

The color balance adjustments you have made are very effective and believable. Do you do this using kelvin color temp and hue, or do you start with different wb settings and go from there?

I assume you're shooting RAW?

Cheers

Thanks, Rich. :D

RAW...and temp-hue...with more contrast for cool and less for warm.

I've got a trial of Lightroom 2...so I've been giving it a workout. Gotta say that the more I use it and realize what can be done the more I think my wallet is going to be three hundred bucks lighter.

Maybe it's my imagination, but I think that images that are cropped in raw and then exported to jpeg contain more detail than cropped jpegs.:dunno

[Harryb]

The second image is outstanding. :clap I am seeing some haloing on the heron's back in the first capture. Do you sharpen selectively?

[Ric Grupe]

The second image is outstanding. :clap I am seeing some haloing on the heron's back in the first capture. Do you sharpen selectively?

Thanks, Harry. :D

That's not a sharpening halo...it's me not being careful enough when I cloned out a branch that was the same brightness as the one he's perched on.

[Harv]

Yep, that's close. Good work, Ric. My favouirite heron. Keep them coming.

[Ric Grupe]

Yep, that's close. Good work, Ric. My favouirite heron. Keep them coming.

Thanks, Harv.:D

When you have trouble getting the whole bird in the frame and have a little room left for composition you realize that with photography it's always something. :nod

[jonh68]

:thumb

[dbaker1221]

excellent:clap

[jeffmeyers]

Wonderful captures! Great detail, color, and composition. I especially like the second one. Something about it is very compelling. I think it's the nice range of tones. Very cool.

[Ric Grupe]

:thumb

:D

[Maestro]

Oh yes, you post yet another one of my nemesis birds and you make it look easy! :wink Really good images especially the second. :thumb

[Ric Grupe]

excellent:clap

Thanks, Dave. :D

[Giphsub]

:clap Love them both Ric :thumb Cool light too.

[Ric Grupe]

Wonderful captures! Great detail, color, and composition. I especially like the second one. Something about it is very compelling. I think it's the nice range of tones. Very cool.

Thanks, Jeff! :D

That second one ranks right up there with anything I've ever done.

[dlplumer]

Thanks, Jeff! :D

That second one ranks right up there with anything I've ever done.

That may be, but I personally love the pastel blue pink bokeh in the first.

[Ric Grupe]

Oh yes, you post yet another one of my nemesis birds and you make it look easy! :wink Really good images especially the second. :thumb

Thanks very much, Stephen! :D

[squirl033]

nice close-ups... these little guys can be hard to approach, though i've had some pretty good luck getting within 15 feet or so of them. i like the "warm" version... brings out the coloring better.

[Ric Grupe]

:clap Love them both Ric :thumb Cool light too.

Thanks, Mike! :D

[Ric Grupe]

That may be, but I personally love the pastel blue pink bokeh in the first.

and...I'm glad you do! :D

[Ric Grupe]

nice close-ups... these little guys can be hard to approach, though i've had some pretty good luck getting within 15 feet or so of them. i like the "warm" version... brings out the coloring better.

Thanks, Rocky!:D

[Cato]

Nothing I can add to the previous comments, except :bow

[Ric Grupe]

Nothing I can add to the previous comments, except :bow

Thanks! :D