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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 52 |
Jul 22 |
Reply |
We were driving through the outback: from Adelaide up to Broken Hill and then on to Sydney by way of Dubbo, Parks, Bathurst and Katoomba. As I mentioned I'm apparently the rain goddess as it had rained sporadically in Broken Hill (which is part of the eastern edge of the desert) throughout the week before we arrived. Most shipping in Australia is via rail or road train, and the road train trucks mainly travel at night due to the extreme heat and they are all equipped with roo bars. The deaths like this result because a) there are just a handful of paved roads that cut through the bits of outback and they are all just one lane in each direction; and b) Red Roos are nocturnal and there aren't a lot of tasty soft things to eat in their native desert habits, so when rains come and a day later green stuff shoots up on the road side it's a very common occurrence to see their corpses on the shoulders: very similar to deer here in the states. The roos aren't dying by the thousands and the local scavenger population don't mind the offerings.
It's also common to see dead cows and sheep on the road that have met similar ends. It is however very rare to see dead goats....they seem to understand that moving trucks are not going to stop. |
Jul 15th |
| 52 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
The heron itself is well shot, but as for the crafted background I'm not a fan. Mainly because the choice of evergreen/rocks isn't fitting for a water bird. Try with something watery look or reeds or even a willow tree and I think it will be less jarring. |
Jul 14th |
| 52 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Very very cute and imaginative imagery/idea!
My two bits to make stronger: I think you overdid it on the background though as so much of the "arms" get lost in the shadows, so it might be interesting to leave a bit of the broad green leaves visible and instead of stark black for the bg, lighten it up to a grayish tone instead.
Also for some weird reason the original orientation reads better to my eye as the cape floating off to the right makes me fixate/go back to the upper left area and then really take notice wee dude's head and arms. |
Jul 14th |
| 52 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Very pretty dawn landscape. I like what Mike did to bring up more color to the sky and over all contrast, but I much prefer your crop as tree on left helps break up the long horizon line. Perhaps try cropping more of the foreground grass (half of it at least) and see what you get.
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Jul 14th |
| 52 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
The night sky looks good in the edited version, but for my eye the trees and foreground are then to prominent/well lit. My suggestion would be to mask the areas you don't care about/distract from the main subject and darken them down.
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Jul 14th |
| 52 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Processing wise (and after reading the other comments) I don't have much to add on the technical/shoot side. My only suggestions is that I think this is a great image for a non-standard crop. I would play around with it - even trying a square crop to focus on a particular section of the walls/water.
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Jul 14th |
| 52 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Nice capture! I agree with the others about having a bit more space mainly because it appears that the fledglings tail is cut by the right side edge. My only extra trying to be helpful comment is that the top of parent's head seems a bit over blown and some of the pretty blue is thus lost. Perhaps a tiny mask to darken it down a wee bit. |
Jul 14th |
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