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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 16 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Thank you, Joan. I never noticed it before. Great catch! Will do. |
Feb 20th |
| 16 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Thank you all for your constructive comments. I appreciate your insights. |
Feb 20th |
| 16 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
Thanks, Jack. Those boats are anchored out in what is very shallow water and wadable at low tide. I could have cloned them out, but then it wouldn't be Kaneohe Bay. |
Feb 7th |
| 16 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Thanks, Walter but that overdoes what I captured and wanted to display. |
Feb 7th |
| 16 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
You convinced me, Terry! It looks so much better in B&W than the original color shot. Your finished picture looks to me like an artist sketch. I like it a lot. |
Feb 6th |
| 16 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Love the photo, Joan. Great job smoothing the water too. I don't like waterfall photos that look like milk. The colors of the leaves against the black rocks make me want to visit there. Nice capture, it belongs in a calendar. ;-) |
Feb 6th |
| 16 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi Walter: I love Osprey. They are fun to shoot. The head, eye, beak, legs, and talons all came out beautifully sharp. Nice job removing the power line from his talons too! |
Feb 6th |
6 comments - 1 reply for Group 16
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| 67 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi Todd: That's a great idea for a shot and getting the calm conditions and the mirror-like surface is terrific. Yes, the sunspot is a problem but lacking a GND in the field, you could ameliorate the problem with a mask in Photoshop or with a GND in Nik Color Effex Pro4.
Having been there a number of times, I hope you had a flashlight with you if you stayed after sunset. Good ankle-breaking possibilities. |
Feb 20th |
| 67 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi David: Luminar 4 and Luminar Ai are great fun to play with. Sometimes you can adjust the sky saturation with a slider in Ai. If not, you can always bring the image into Nik Color Efex Pro4 and apply a GND filter there. I agree with the comments above that the sky color needs to be accounted for in the water/snow. |
Feb 20th |
| 67 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Jason - Given the angle of the sun and shadows/reflections, black & white was absolutely the right choice. I am so envious because I was scheduled to go to Serengeti for 10 days for the first time last September, canceled by Covid-19. Nice capture of a great opportunity. |
Feb 20th |
| 67 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi Michael - Interesting photo. I like the capture of the two woodpeckers together as a silhouette. Given the challenges of a poor original, I don't think I would have tried to bring up the tree trunk details. I'm also not sure what the branch on the left adds to the composition. I might try to select and fill the silhouette on the right with black and do a vertical composition eliminating the branch on the left. But that's just my weird perception of the world. ;-)
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Feb 20th |
| 67 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
Larry, you're right as always. I was in a hurry and committed the grave sin of rushing to submit. My bad. Here's another with the blurred trees gone.
We did spend hours outdoors in the chill photographing moose, elk, and bighorn rams. ;-) |
Feb 10th |
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| 67 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
You are absolutely right about the aperture David. I agree wholeheartedly but I was in a moving car on the passenger side and rolled the window down just long enough to fire off a couple of quick shots, forgetting to check the aperture. At -35 degrees my photo partners were not in the mood to stop for casual landscapes. |
Feb 8th |
| 67 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Larry - Your story paints a great image and you had me crawling along the sand with you. I'm amazed the bird allowed you to get that close. I don't know if my old body could have gone that far on my belly only to see the bird fly off at the last minute. But, you got the shot and blurred the background beautifully. Love it. |
Feb 4th |
| 67 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi Richard: I have been trying to get a picture of the cedar waxwing for years. They just don't stay around here very much. I love your capture with the bird's mouth about to close on a berry. I agree with Larry that it was a good idea to flip the bird. Your 300PF had the foreground berries nailed sharp, but at f/5.6 I don't think the depth of field covered the whole bird. It appears the lack of feather detail in the breast may be due to noise removal. I recognize it because my library is filled with many such shots. Nonetheless, if you were to print it small on metal and hang it on the wall, it would be a great cedar waxwing shot. |
Feb 4th |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 67
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12 comments - 3 replies Total
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