That's the beauty of raw. Just looked at the raw image and there is detail to be had in the feathers. The real trick here is that this is a white bird standing in the sun. A marshmallow has detail too, but the scene has a remarkably wide latitude. Not perfect conditions here in sunny California - even though this is shot around 7am in the morning. Bringing the bird down very far could make him look somewhat gray and shabby. He is a bright, white bird in a sunny environment.
When I get a minute, along with cropping position, I shall see about bringing down the white just a bit. -- Bruce Saturday, July 1, 2006, 10:38:22 AM, you wrote: JD> Just picked up on this thread. Feathers look somewhat blown out and JD> missing detail. Good example of a spot metering situation. JD> Like the contrast with the greenery, but the array of plant "stubs" JD> protruding from the water detract. JD> Jack JD> --- Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3173a.htm >> >> Nice, Bruce. >> >> Did you think of giving some exposure compensation? I would have >> liked >> to see more detail in the feathers. >> >> The areas in and out of focus make this photo for me. >> >> Joe >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> JD> __________________________________________________ JD> Do You Yahoo!? JD> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around JD> http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
