White Egret Reedit by jgpittenger

White Egret Reedit

More rain and more PS play. I added reflections and rays. Does it work do you think? We've had 10" of rain in the past week! I've been practicing some of the techniques in Scott Kelby's new book "Photoshop for Lightroom Users." It's a wonderful book.
Thanks for your visits, comments, suggestions, favs
Wonderful timing and capture!
February 16th, 2019  
Great reflection
February 16th, 2019  
Wonderful processing!
February 17th, 2019  
wonderful capture ...
February 17th, 2019  
Lovely image!
February 17th, 2019  
Super capture and edit. Think it works very well.
February 17th, 2019  
IMO the rays and reflections work well Jane, not noticeable as additions.
February 17th, 2019  
10"????? That's more rain than my son's had in a year!
February 17th, 2019  
Great timing. Wonderful rays of the sun
February 17th, 2019  
This is so very very elegant. Light burst is gorgeous, it's like it flew out of the sun. 10" of rain is rather substantial!
February 17th, 2019  
Beautiful shot, nice processing. The reflection and rays both look wonderful, I may have to look into that book
February 17th, 2019  
Love this!!! Fav
February 17th, 2019  
Terrific job of processing! You're using your time indoors to great advantage.
February 18th, 2019  
I like the reflections with the undefined boundary. Not so sure about the rays - should they change direction at the boundary? Did you add them before or after the reflection? :)
February 18th, 2019  
@robz I added them after the reflection...not sure what you are thinking re should they change direction at the boundary...but I sure appreciate your thoughtful comments. Can you speak more tomwhat you are thinking re the change of direction?
February 18th, 2019  
@jgpittenger Hi again Jane - it's probably just a remnant of my science teaching days - reflections being light rays bending, therefore if we have a reflection of the egret should we also have the rays bending or reflecting? Would it be interesting to put the rays in before doing the reflection and see what the program does with them? See which looks better? All just thoughts - maybe in real life the rays wouldn't bend as they have a different angle when hitting the water? This is why I love composites - so many bits and pieces to consider and then there's usually something that looks not right anyway!! Lol. Cheers Rob
February 18th, 2019  
@robz and that’s why I love people who give thoughtful critique because I sensed something didn’t quite work and I had no idea what! I may try again changing the order but I did a lot of masking out of the reflection so I have my doubts...worth a try though. Thank you, thank you
February 18th, 2019  
February 18th, 2019  
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