We were invited to Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario. This was a private day and only a handful of people got to visit the park. My son loves whales and he had a great day playing with this calf.
Photoshop Processing:
- RAW Conversion
- Crop with perspective adjustment
- Curves Adj. Layer
- Flatten
- Cloning an Healing Brush to remove specks that were floating in the water.
- Just a touch of dodging and burning
- Resize
- USM
- Convert to sRGB
- Add border
Post Voting:
Wow, I can't believe how well this did. Thank you all for viewing and voting. Believe it or not, this was the shot I had in mind from the start of this challenge. We had been invited to a private event at a local Marine attraction. Only 20 patrons plus staff were in the park. When the Free Study was announced, my plan was to produce a shot very close to this. The calf was very cooperative and playful and Noah can always be bribed.
There was a lot of really great photos in this Free Study. The talent at this site is incredible.
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I really like it upon my first impression. Aquariums are not the easiest place to take photos due to the low light but you've done well. Exposing for the whale and leaving the child's silhouette was a nice choice. I really like the deep blue tones that give a sense of depth to the water. The fact that you captured the whale and child seemingly looking eye to eye is the best part. If I had to change one thing, I would crop off the black bar at the bottom of the imgage. Slightly distracting for me. Nice job.
Oh, and also, check out the similarities to this image of mine:
What are your thoughts?
Great capture! I think this would be even more powerful cropping the bottom of the image so that the whole background is comprised of the water (I minimized the window to see how it looked, I think it's awesome that way, but it is still nice as it is). Good work.
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