Just Call Me Stretch

[bulldurham34]

 

[DarkShadow]

That cormorant is sharp.

 

[tirediron]

Well done; made me chuckle!

 

[WesternGuy]

BD, nice shot. How long did you have to wait to catch that pose?

WesternGuy

 

[baturn]

Very nice!

 

[bulldurham34]

He was a real mover and shaker...he did several long stretches and several turns back to me but I liked this pose the best.

 

[Rick50]

Pretty good shot.

 

[Hunter58]

Very nice shot Chris. One thing I did notice in this shot was the halo along the neck, albeit very slight it's still somewhat noticeable. Is says OK to Edit in your profile so I thought I would share a few things on this image that I've picked up from others along the way.

The fist thing was to use a clone tool to remove the halo using the surrounding blue color. I had to zoom in about 700% to get down to the pixel size I needed. Then I used the Burn Tool to tone down the bright area on the chest and lastly I did a little selective sharpening around the beak and face. These are subtle changes but sometimes they can really add to the image.

 

[bulldurham34]

I saw that Hunter...and if I was doing anything with this other than posting here, I'd omit one step of my PP process and remove it altogether. I hate that much cloning though do appreciate your efforts. I had already toned down his chest once but youre right, it did need a second pass.