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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 33 |
Aug 20 |
Reply |
I never said stripe....
I said "Swath" Translation. = a long broad strip or belt
meaning the entire area with red overlay... which in my mine is too dark and needs brightening. |
Aug 21st |
| 33 |
Aug 20 |
Reply |
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Aug 20th |
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| 33 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
One question? To the right of the pier is a small bird, that look more like a spec of dirt. I keep going back and forth. Remove it or not? |
Aug 19th |
| 33 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
Really nice composition. The few tress and contrasts really jumped out to me. It reminds me of an area near where I grew up. The morning and twilight fog would come in off the nearby ocean and the sun would provide a wonderful soft misty light. Who'd a thought, a field of dirt could conjure up such a storyline.
Nicely done. |
Aug 19th |
| 33 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
Very nice location, the flowers and reflection make a really nice composition. There just one thing that bothers me and that is the middle of the photos is a dark swath. It almost makes this two photos. I'm trying to come up with a nice suggestion to fix it, but other than lighting up the entire foreground, I'm in a quandary. |
Aug 19th |
| 33 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
When I first saw this I looked at the waves and thought the photo was a bit crooked. But the horizon is spot on. Growing up in California, I've seen my share of sunsets over the ocean, but hardly ever one with tire tracks and the dunes were typically replaced by cliffs. I also like the 3 subjects in a triangle, bush, sun, man. Have you considered boosting the blue ocean to really provide some complementary colors? |
Aug 19th |
| 33 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
Yes, this does provide an eerie feeling. Sort of a surreal scene. Ansel Adams liked dark skies, but I don't remember any orange foregrounds. Its funny I was watching an old re-run of Star Trek and I believe they may have used this same type effect. Nice photograph. The only modification, I might do would be remove the telephone lines and pole. |
Aug 19th |
5 comments - 2 replies for Group 33
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| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
The south texas bird ranches are not without controversy. Many people complain that they "bait" the birds, which they do, and would not meet the standards of the Nature division. The water holes (small concrete ponds, maybe 10-20 ft diameter) alone would attract the birds but they also use seeds, peanuts and mixture of yard, peanut butter and wild seeds, not to mention chicken thighs and legs for raptors. They are not cheap either with daily rates over $200. But if you are birder, the Texas gulf coast and Rio Grande valley have a wide variety of very colorful birds and the "ranches" give you a full day of shooting. |
Aug 20th |
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| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
Have any of you seen Sean Bagshaw videos on YouTube? Look up the Briscoe light technique. I think it would be perfect for this photo. I'm thinking this photo just needs a little pizzazz and it would be outstanding. |
Aug 20th |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
What is the owl so concentrated on? Do they catch fish? Nice photo, good composition, only thing that would make it better is patience to see of it will lift its head and look towards you, or catching whatever it is so intently watching. I might have left some of the water in the crop also, as that is part of the story. |
Aug 20th |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
I'd like to mention a couple things. Underwater photography is not like photography above the surface. You lose light with every foot of depth (and also distance away from the lens). You have to get within about 6-8 feet (or closer ) to get any sort of decent photo. So finding a subject in any condition is an achievement. Especially a willy "old" grouper. Its kinda like the old adage... "F8 and be there" except its more often "wide open and hope your flashes are pointed in the right direction and intersect with your lens at the right distance away" all before the fish swims away. You try to have the flashes come in from the side to prevent plankton and others floaties from reflecting back to the lens or at minimum only as a little crescent. The water has an effect of "dampening or blocking the light" thus "filtering/blurring" the DOF. What I believe you are seeing is the flash is predominately on the front of the fish. So with all things happening, this is really, a very good UW result. About the only thing to make this better is get a bigger flash... or get a bit closer(not easy to do without fish moving away). |
Aug 7th |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Reply |
Thanks for the suggestion... This image was only for the web and I got it out fast... So I really didn't try to make it perfect. But good to know Denoise works. Did you use a particular preset? or any reduction slider values you'd like to share? |
Aug 5th |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
Well, I've just moved to a new house and the first thing I assembled was 2 bird feeder stands. I used to have year round hummingbirds in California, but now in Central Texas, I'm looking to bring in more of the songbirds etc. Birds are not my primary attention but its nice to have subjects in your backyard. I love the oriole. The colors really work. The analogous colors of fruit, nectar, and feeder and feathers work well with the complementary background. |
Aug 3rd |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
Nice photo. Mary do you use a 2 light set up. I always found that a bit much to deal with, especially above water, but it does give nice light. I see shadows indicating a light high and left but wondering if a fill is also coming from about mid right. Nice clear water so you've got them set up right. Groupers of that size are/was quite rare when I was doing a lot of my diving. But marine parks are helping. |
Aug 3rd |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Reply |
The trick was trying to get a photo with all of them somewhat looking towards the camera. I probably have close to a thousand shots of these 5 in various "poses" I came across them 3 different times during my time in the Tetons. |
Aug 3rd |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
Very Nice capture. The reflection and water trail from the wingtip make this special. Your cropping and flipping the image works well also. It is surprisingly sharp for a 1/400 shutter speed. So how do you like Topaz. I've found it works on some and not as well on other photos.
Since I'm new, I do have another question, how much post processing is allowed in the "nature" division? |
Aug 1st |
7 comments - 2 replies for Group 72
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12 comments - 4 replies Total
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