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Green turtle hatchling #14263
03/30/08 10:57 PM
03/30/08 10:57 PM
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Queensland, Australia
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chantay Offline OP
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chantay  Offline OP
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Joined: Mar 2008
Queensland, Australia
Hello!
Got this pic and many others of a green turtle hatchling on its way to the water. It's right on sunset, so light was a bit tricky.
Your thoughts would be very welcome, and any ideas on how I could improve it in photoshop.
Thank you

14217-smallbabygreen.jpg (132 downloads)
Re: Green turtle hatchling [Re: chantay] #14264
04/08/08 07:37 AM
04/08/08 07:37 AM
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NY USA
Nice view of the turtle, chantay. When taking the shot, a lower perspective would change the look quite a bit and reduce our view of some shadows behind the turtle. If you could get low enough, you would have the turtle head against the light sand instead of the shadow. Too late now of course! It's also possible you couldn't get any lower, but we can't tell from the pic.

Re: Green turtle hatchling [Re: Jim Rickards] #14265
04/09/08 09:35 PM
04/09/08 09:35 PM
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Williamsburg, Va
Joe Piotrowski Offline
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Joe Piotrowski  Offline
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Williamsburg, Va
Since you are so close to the turtle, the main change I would make would be to remove all the distracting out of focus sand. I took the liberty of changing your photo to show what I mean.
Here is your original(converted to JPG).

Here is a different crop. With decreased contrast in the highlights,added shadow, and added saturation especially in the greens(It is a turtle!)


Joe Piotrowski www.avipics.net

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