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Photo was taken at Evans Head this afternoon not long after the rain had stopped and the birds were still trying to dry out.
This bloke reminded me of the Karate Kid.
I think my post processing may have gone a bit far, any comments?

Cheers - Greg


200mm 1/2000s f11 ISO800

I agree. Your PP went too far

Too much USM. But it nearly went to a painting effect
Jethro

I like it. I am a big Pelican fan and I've never seen one doing this before. I am a bit colour blind and the PP doesnt bother me. Nice and contrasty.

Peter Mc

Karate kid!!! hahahah

like petermmc, ive never seen one do that before either !!!

Nice capture you got there!

=BlackWater=

Cool photo - almost looks like a statue !!! It is definitely something out of the ordinary, and worth keeping. Have you tried going back and not sharpening quite so much?
Rel

Thank you all for your feedback.
jethro's comment had me tossed, he was right the image looked over sharpened. But I didn't sharpen it..... a few hours later the penny dropped I used my newly acquired Noise Ninja filter for PhotoShop. Which I now know applied the USM as I auto profiled the image and blindly accepted its settings. Spot on jethro, thanks.

blacknstormy - I will try the B&W on this and a few others from the day. The sky was mostly dull and the images lack contrast, B&W maybe there salvation, thanks.

Cheers - Greg

I love the pose Greg. Its almost looking at you with a 'what you looking at?' eyeball.

As for the treatment of the image - yep looks a little strange. What ISO were you shooting at that you decided to use noise reduction? I take it you have added contrast, but not too much IMHO

Post some more images.

JordanP - Thanks for your comments m8. The ISO was 800, no real need for noise reduction I just wanted to play with my new filter
Your right about the contrast I played with levels and curves.
Will post more soon and you

Cheers - Greg

Greg S wrote:Will post more soon and you

Cheers - Greg

Well here is my pelican attempt...



cheers,