Swan

kinfatric

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16 Mar 2009 - 7:34 PM

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Its a bit cool I would try upping the colour temperature a bit if shot in raw. Try experimenting with different white balance settings, even if its bright set your white balance to cloudy and this will warm the scene a good deal, its easily adjusted if your not happy with the result later in an editing package like Canon's own DPP or others such as Pshop or Adobe Elements. I would have liked to have seen more of the splash in the shot to the right as viewed also.

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NEWMANP (Critique Team)

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16 Mar 2009 - 10:41 PM

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an intersting shot bursting with action and drama,
i think exposure wise you have exposed pretty much on the nail because any more and you run the risk of blowing highlights and less and they go muddy and dull.
there is a way around this, you could increase brightness locally with dodging in photoshop. i would try doing this with the reflection in the water, the waterspray droplets and the areas around the head and neck that could perhaps do with lifting slightly, take care to use around 2% opacity and do it gradually.
you did well to catch the action and it makes much more interesting with all the water spray, its a good shot this and pretty well taken in camera.
minor niggle for me would be the text on the image which is pretty much always distracting.
lovely and sharp where it needs to be and a good choice of shuter speed.
all the best,
Phil

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