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This shot was taken at "Sant' Anton Gardens", the gardens attached to the Presidential Palace in Malta. Tagged as Pets/Captive animals as I'm not sure whether this would qualify as Wildlife/Nature instead.
I like this shot as it shows the swan in a slightly more messy stage than we usually associate swans with - typically shown in a "graceful" pose. In this shot, I love the fact that there's water dripping from the swan's mouth, and the plume isn't all clean and white as we'd imagine it to be. I sharpened the image a bit to enhance textures.
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 600D |
| Lens: | 55.0 - 250.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 130.4 - 592.9 mm) |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 4 Sep 2012 - 7:52 AM |
| Focal Length: | 55mm |
| Aperture: | f/6.3 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/160sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 800 |
| Metering Mode: | Evaluative |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| White Balance: | Auto |
| Title: | Quenched and drenched. |
| Username: | 
alistairfarrugia |
| Uploaded: | 5 Sep 2012 - 5:57 PM |
| Tags: | Pets / captive animals, Swan |
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Its a nice shot, and the red areas and gree spots show a Swan at work!
You got quite close at 55mm, and your depth of field is quite shallow ( closer = shallower for a given f stop) and this works well to accentuate the detail in the head, but leavs the drops of water slightly out of focus.
if you look closely at the Swans back, you may notice that the white has a slight blue cast, and if this is corrected (a white balance error), the entire shot becomes warmer.
If you know about curves you can sort this out using this method:
http://www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=24
Ive uploaded a mod with this changed, lightened the blacks slightly, and sharpened the water drops only.
Hope this helps,
Regards
Willie
Thanks Willie, appreciate it. I was in fact quite close as the swan was in a pond, at its edge and I was almost in its face, enabling me to get the shot at 55mm (on 1.6 crop though). I like your modification as the swan's face seems to have benefitted from some sharpening as well although you don't mention it. The white balance is so much better now, thanks. Will try do some amendments on the RAW file and re-upload as a modification too.
Quote: Will try do some amendments on the RAW file and re-upload as a modification too.
You can upload it as a version. It'll show at its proper size that way.
I have to be an e2 member for that though right?
Yep, confirmed. Oh well will do with a modification. Don't afford membership at the moment.
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