1905_1330 Blue-winged Teal
Yesterday morning I sat on the bank of the Frenchman River where it is wide and shallow, and waited to see who would come to visit. Sure enough, within ten minutes a Blue-winged Teal pair came gliding along, followed by three more.
In processing, I didn't like the colour cast, which was dull and blue under cloudy skies. I ran it through Photoshop's "Auto Color", ending up with less blue but high contrast, and faded that a little. Then on impulse I used Silver Efex from the Nik Collection to convert to black and white, and fine tuned the contrast in Photoshop Levels until I had an image that pleased me. Playing with the materials can be rewarding, and it isn't always necessary to know what you're doing or what you want from the outset.
Photographed along the Frenchman River near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1905_1330 Blue-winged Teal
Yesterday morning I sat on the bank of the Frenchman River where it is wide and shallow, and waited to see who would come to visit. Sure enough, within ten minutes a Blue-winged Teal pair came gliding along, followed by three more.
In processing, I didn't like the colour cast, which was dull and blue under cloudy skies. I ran it through Photoshop's "Auto Color", ending up with less blue but high contrast, and faded that a little. Then on impulse I used Silver Efex from the Nik Collection to convert to black and white, and fine tuned the contrast in Photoshop Levels until I had an image that pleased me. Playing with the materials can be rewarding, and it isn't always necessary to know what you're doing or what you want from the outset.
Photographed along the Frenchman River near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.