Brown is not my favourite colour, but it is predominant at the moment away from water and woods in Korea.I liked how these Bean Geese stood out from the rest of the large flock resting in a field yesterday, with rice stubble, ploughed furrows and dead stalks forming bands of brown for the geese to blend in to.
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The light was very bright, but I found this emphasized the shapes of the birds against the background and I wanted these to stand out. Maybe I should have lightened the birds a bit more?
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Is this a composite: No
D500 + Tamron 150-600mm (@550mm) 1/500 f13 ISO 500. Taken from car window.
Cropped a little, followed by Topaz Denoise, PS Levels , Shadows/Highlights for everything . Then I did a selection of the 6 birds, went to Inverse, and reduced tonalities in the inverted selection. I also treated it to a Gaussian Blur.
Nice to have them all look the same direction , typical Geese behavior Personally I would crop more, leaving the most space in front of the birds and flip horizontally.
Well, I would get rid of the blue cast first and add a light touch of vibrance then you can use the dodge tool on the heads. Alternatively you could lift the lower midtones in curves.
Many thanks for your comments, @jaapv and @Karl_Zuzarte . I’ve made the adjustments you suggested, and posted the rework above. I also cropped along the top and bottom to keep the proportions of the original.
The repost is very good, Mike. An excellent image in difficult conditions. I’ve always struggled with agricultural fields as a background, but you managed to pull this off nicely.
