Thans, Rick and Larry. I agree both shots need more post processing. I took these in the evening as they were hardening their wings to fly away, and I was anxious to see what I had, so I ran several through PS quickly so I could select the best one. Now, I need to worn those a bit more.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 9:52 PM Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > It is a cool photo that might benefit from a bit more post-processing > adjustment. > > Rick Womer wrote on 6/26/19 6:27 PM: > > Dan, I like the subject and the background; but it’s a bit dull. I > wonder what would happen if you brightened the wing and increased its > saturation. > > > > To me, it looks rather flat, like it was photographed in a light tent so > that there are no shadows at all. > > I wonder if it would be possible (in future attempts) to move the light > source to one side of the light tent so that while still diffuse the > light would be a bit more directional and bring out some of the > structure on the surface of the wing. > > Unfortunately, at this resolution, on my screen, most of the fine detail > is lost anyways. > > For processing, it seems to lack a bit of dynamic range, a small bit of > the black gets close to full black, but most of it is more of a dark grey. > > In order to increase the dynamic range of the photo, assuming light > room, maybe bump the exposure a stop or two, so that the whites become > white, rather than grey, and maybe reduce the black point to bring back > some of the blacks and increase saturation a bit. > > It might also be worth while to try the white balance dropper (again > assuming lightroom) on a couple of the black areas. > > It might also benefit from a bit of chromatic aberration adjustment, > there seems to be just a touch of green fringing on the antenna. > > > > Rick > > > >> On Jun 23, 2019, at 8:46 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> I tried to capture some of the marvelous detail in a monarch's wing, > while > >> this was was still in the process of drying out enough to fly away: > >> > >> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/6/22/wing > >> > >> K-5 IIs, smc FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8 > >> Comments are appreciated. > >> > >> Dan Matyola > >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > > > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
