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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thanks Frank. Gald I could hel[p with the Bluebird. Nope, the distance is what it is. My patio is on the back of my home and the end of my property is the edge of the hedge row that does not belong to me. Common community property. I am stuck with it
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May 18th |
| 67 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Thanks David. That yellow is from row of Yellow Privet on some common area behind my home and when the sun is out, and it usually is here in SC it can be really bright. It is out of focus enough for me, but I could try and tone down the brightness some more. I do think it would help the photo. I have a patio about 16x16 feet surrounded by some flowering hedges and a short wire fence to keep my little dog from running to the neighbors' house for handouts. I keep several kinds of feeders around the outside of the patio edge. and the perches for the birds to land on when coming to eat. I place the perches so that when a bird lands on one of them it will not be too close to a feeder and so won't be in the framed shot. I do change the perches from time to time just to have something different. |
May 16th |
| 67 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Wow Great action shot Bud. That's always a plus in wildlife images. You certainly have a great story line with these guys. There is some kind of a disagreement going for sure. There is some noise you could get rid of but unless you are going to enlarge for showing I don't think it is needed. Really nice capture. |
May 16th |
| 67 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Really sharp and detailed Green Heron. You sure have a story going on here. I will agree with David. I am finding the background of rocks bothersome. It also is not easy getting shots of these guys with a nice clean background. They are usually hanging from low hanging branch of a tree near a lot of brush and therefore a terrible background. Normally that golden hour is our friend with photography, but I don't think it has done you any favors this time. |
May 16th |
| 67 |
May 22 |
Comment |
My wife would say this photo rates high on the curtness scale. I'll add that it is a terrific photo. There are a few minor things you could do to highlight the baby more. Larry took care of a couple of things in dulling down some of the brighter places that direct you to the monkey's face. I think you could use the Radial Gradient tool to add ever so little light to the babies' face and the same thing to the eyes to add just a touch of brightness. I took the liberty to make the adjustments to see what you think There is very little difference but just some subtle things. This is a great image; I wish I had taken it. |
May 16th |
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| 67 |
May 22 |
Comment |
I think I went to the same School as Larry and some of the others when it comes to nature. I like the original image. The beautiful bird is the subject. In my opinion the background should never be in completion with the subject of the image. I don't always accomplish it, but I really like my background to be clean and clear and let the subject to be the show. Now I wish I have taken a couple of those trips to Africa when I could have. Back to the bird. It is a wonderfully colored bird and you captured it at the correct moment to show all of its Glory. Well done. |
May 16th |
| 67 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Michael the log does not bother me too much. You did a good job with the environment you were given. It may have been better without the log but absent the hike back to get the chain saw it is what it is. I am impressed with the 4-mile hike to get the image. I may have done it if the hike back to the car was downhill as well. I too think the image is a little flat. I think I would try using the selective masking tools in LR and placing the light and contrast where you needed it. The Long exposure on the waterfall is very food. It is a great photo non the less. Using F16 really helped this image. Good detail from front to back. |
May 16th |
| 67 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thanks, Bud, for the comments. Thats what I have done is to gather driftwood, and downed tree branches. My best find is what appears to be a large limb cut from a tree about the length of a short fence post with a cavity on the top perfect for mealworms or birdseed. I place several feeders with different types of seeds for different birds close to the perches but not so close that they become part of the pictures. It may take a while but most times you can attract several species to your feeders. Don't forget the Hummingbird feeders.
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May 12th |
| 67 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Larry, none of my shots are more than about 18 feet and some as close as 14 feet. I do move my chair around some to make use of the sun direction. My set up runs from east to west and the perches are under a large River Birch. I did use some selective sharping and yes, I could have shot at 5'6 or maybe even something up around F8. I do change from, coffee to a cooler beverage as the day warms up. |
May 12th |
| 67 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Dave I will comment on this image really quick. I think you have done some really good work on this photo. I like the s-curve of the stream that leads you back to the light and through the photo. I also like that you didn't over process the image with saturation. The colors are brightened which is good, but they still look like what normal trees should look like. Nice depth and good contrast in the photo. Wonderful image. |
May 3rd |
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