Photographer Frank Waters has been selected as the winner of the September 2018 GreyLearning Photo Contest with his closeup image of a flamingo. The theme for this photo contest was “Abstract”, inviting photographers to submit their best photo where it is not immediately obvious to the viewer what the subject is.
Frank had this to say about the photo:
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This photo was shot at the San Diego Zoo. It was taken with a Canon T6i equipped with a Canon EF 28-135mm lens. My settings were pretty simple: f/16, 1/200th of a second at ISO 200, with automatic white balance and manual exposure settings. The lens was fully extended, at 135mm, as the birds were pretty far from the closest place I could stand. I also used a tripod, because of the extension of the lens.
When I imported the photos into Lightroom, at first I was not terribly thrilled. They just looked like simple photos taken at the zoo. But upon closer examination, I liked the quality of the feathers, and I thought I might be able to make a decent composition with a pretty severe crop. There was not a whole lot of processing in Photoshop. I added a Levels adjustment layer and a Hue/Saturation layer. I brought out the highlights in Levels, and brought out the yellow a bit, while decreasing the luminance of yellow at the same time.
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As the winning photographer Frank will receive a Tamron 18-400mm lens valued at US$649, thanks to a sponsorship from Tamron USA.
Congratulations to Frank on a beautiful winning image! You can view more of his photography on the following pages: