March, week two:
Another image from my trip to Seattle... Here is a picture of one of the birds that was flying right next to us as we rode the ferry from Bainbridge Island back to Seattle. The original image was slightly washed out, so I had to downplay the blue channel during black-and-white conversion to regain some contrast between the sky and the clouds. Otherwise, I didn't use any new technique for the monochrome conversion. I'm happy with the detail, which was aided by the bird flying so close to us. It was gliding so peacefully...
Image details:
Date and location: 3/5/7 at 16:03 PST, Bainbridge Island Ferry, Puget Sound, WA
Equipment: Canon 30D, 17-85mm IS lens, Hoya SMC UV filter
Settings: 85mm, handheld with IS, ISO 100, f/10.0, 1/320 sec, shot in raw
Processing: raw conversion in Aperture v1.5.2 -> export as jpg to PS7 -> USM (150, 0.5, 0) -> crop -> resize -> USM (100, 0.5, 0) -> channel mixer monochrome (100, 100, -100, 0) -> watermark/border -> save for web
Photo-a-week goals addressed: #1 (b+w), #9 (action), #17 (wildlife)
