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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Comment |
I'll be in Jackson Hole for two weeks in June. I can only hope for as good an image as the one you captured! It's a heart-warming photo. You did a great job in post-processing and I thought Larry's suggestions are good ones, especially with respect to cropping the tree branches on the right. You've mentioned Topaz before and I still want to give that a try. I agree with your wish that you could have separated the doe's head from the bush. When capturing a fleeting moment, I find it hard to "see" everything that I should see in the viewfinder. My take-away is the importance of shooting from different angels for as long as the moment lasts. |
Jan 22nd |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Reply |
Ha! 30 degrees in SC isn't much different from 5 degrees in MA. I've been to Columbia and Dataw Island many times, and find SC to be a beautiful state. Crank up that gas heater! |
Jan 21st |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Comment |
I'll be in Jackson Hole for two weeks in June. I can only hope for as good an image as the one you captured! It's a heart-warming photo. You did a great job in post-processing and I thought Larry's suggestions are good ones, especially with respect to cropping the tree branches on the right. You've mentioned Topaz before and I still want to give that a try. I agree with your wish that you could have separated the doe's head from the bush. When capturing a fleeting moment, I find it hard to "see" everything that I should see in the viewfinder. My take-away is the importance of shooting from different angels for as long as the moment lasts. |
Jan 21st |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Comment |
Great shot, Richard. The image is wonderful by itself, but the back-story gives it some context. With gaping mouth, I can hear the bull calling out to the cows. In terms of cropping, I'll vote in favor of your original image that uses the tree in the upper left corner as a frame. I like the renderings with the bull having more contrast against the background (as Cheryl re-imaged it), but I also like the muted grass in the fog. I guess the editing challenge is to balance a sharpened moose with a softened grass. And since the weather today is 5 degrees and windy in New England, your moose's moment doesn't look cold at all! |
Jan 21st |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Comment |
I like this image - staging, coloring, great detail of the wren, and the mottled bokeh for the background. My wife is a birder and has feeders all over the backyard. I've taken tons of images of the our winged visitors in all seasons. I appreciate the detail of your set-up for your backyard shoots. Your set-up reminds of my need to get started with a flash to capture birds in the shade against a sunny background. Nice image! |
Jan 21st |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Reply |
Thanks, Max. I noticed the banding in the upper left image of the sky. I believe this banding is an artifact of the reduced data file, since I see no banding in the RAW file processed in LR. Perhaps I should apply post-processing to the reduced web-image before uploading? I'm new to best methods for image reduction and web-posting. |
Jan 21st |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Comment |
I really like your image as presented. As I've noted in other postings, I appreciate B&W, but my bias in nature photography is toward color. In addition to your ethereal rendering of the cold waters, the sky is moody and sets the tone for the lonely house on the edge of a stark landscape. I want that house to be warm inside! But all in all, you've posted a great shot taken under tough conditions. Having experienced rocky shorelines of the Atlantic with cold wind howling, I truly appreciate thoughtful and well-crafted images like yours that were taken against-the-gods. |
Jan 7th |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Comment |
I like the improvements you made in your second posting. By cropping the sides and increasing the saturation of the yellow, you have made put the flowers center-stage, which gives the photo a stronger thematic presentation. But I'm also a sucker for color, so don't delete the color original! With greater clarity and dehazing and similar cropping, the blue sky would make a nice compliment to the yellow flowers. Your treatment of this photo encourages me to go back to some of my marginal shots and re-think their presentation. |
Jan 7th |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Comment |
This is a great photo and, as noted by Michael, you captured in one photo two instances of a logarithmic spiral - that's got to be like winning a mega-lottery! Apart from this rare chance-occurrence in nature, this image could be rendered in several ways. Showing the entire fern is one option, and another would be cropping to show only the two nautilus shapes. Thanks for the monthly showings of your exotic world. |
Jan 7th |
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7 comments - 2 replies Total
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