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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Apr 19 |
Reply |
For birds I use my long lens, which weighs 5.5 lbs, with a monopod. Lighter and faster than a tripod. And if you're looking for a Nubian slave, you can find them on eBay. |
Apr 9th |
| 67 |
Apr 19 |
Reply |
Yes, a portrait crop works well too. See my Flickr page for a "full bird" shot: https://www.flickr.com/photos/124612053@N08/ |
Apr 9th |
| 67 |
Apr 19 |
Reply |
One thing I have learned from participating in this group is how much of a sacrifice you make by heavy cropping of an image. In this image Cheryl needed to do this to remove the background and foreground distractions. In doing so some of the feather detail and awesome color was lost. I'm wondering if reducing the crop to get better color and detail, and managing the distractions wouldn't be a better option. Including part of the tree limb in the foreground might not be so bad. The sand traps and golf cart in the background can be minimized somewhat by using Lightroom tools - even more if using Photoshop. But the ultimate solution for getting images like this is to buy one of those $15,000 800mm lenses, and get a Nubian slave to carry it around for you. |
Apr 9th |
| 67 |
Apr 19 |
Comment |
What a very beautiful and unusual bird! The thing about bird photography is that you often have to take what you can get, and on this one you have to deal with tree limbs in the foreground and the golf stuff in the background. Even with that, I would back off the cropping a little to try to get more feather detail, sharpen the bird and use the adjustment tools in LR to minimize the distractions. |
Apr 6th |
| 67 |
Apr 19 |
Comment |
Great color - the pinks, oranges and blues. I like the way you really brought them out. I am a recovering cropoholic and am not quite where I need to be in my recovery, so I suggest that you further crop the image to remove the bird on the right. I would try sharpening the birds, and also apply a little dark vignette to further focus the viewer's attention to their wonderful colors. Well done! |
Apr 6th |
| 67 |
Apr 19 |
Comment |
Oh my what eye-popping colors! And a very pleasing scene. It's nice as-is, but I might crop the image differently, taking out about 2/3 of the vegetation at the bottom, getting rid of the top band of clouds and then widen the image to nearly the original width, giving it a panoramic effect. |
Apr 6th |
| 67 |
Apr 19 |
Comment |
Thank you for another wonderful image, and for the great description of what a professional photographer sees in composing a photo. That is so helpful! In commenting on the image I feel like a guy in a Geo Prizm telling another driver about his Rolls Royce. I wonder about the orange object in the upper right corner - it doesn't distract too much but I wonder about it. And I wonder about including a little more of the right moss-covered bank - instead of entering the image part way down the right side would it look better to have it completely frame that side of the photo. |
Apr 6th |
| 67 |
Apr 19 |
Comment |
I love the backlighting on this one, and the action of the adult feeding the young one. The cropping is just right.
The storks don't bother me the way they are. I don't use PS either, but would try to get rid of the white out-of-focus bird behind the right chick using the adjustment brush or the spot removal tool in Lightroom. Worth a try. A good photo! I like it. |
Apr 6th |
| 67 |
Apr 19 |
Reply |
Thank you Cheryl. Every now and then I get lucky on a shot. I was expecting to see some birds along the trail which passed by a wetlands next to the Rio Grande River, so I had the 300mm on the camera. For nature hikes I usually carry a 300mm f4 for critters, a 31mm f1.8 for landscape, and a 100mm f2.8 macro for flowers. Was also lucky the bird stopped in the shade. I darkened the background somewhat in processing. I felt sorry for the poor lizard, but Big Bend is a completely natural environment and that's the way of Nature. |
Apr 6th |
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