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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 49 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
It looks like you used the evaluative metering mode for this shot. The shingles are perfectly exposed, nut that meant that the dark bird was underexposed. Suggest using the spot metering mode and put the spot on the bird. Also put the focusing points on the bird. |
Aug 12th |
| 49 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Alan, just returned from a trip to snd myself! What an interesting subject and I mean the church and the bird! Great that you were aware enough of the vulture to get a shot! The greatest concern I have for the image is the lack of sharpness on the bird, especially on his head. It seems like you might have had your focal points aimed at the shingle on the roof where the bird was perched. Also you might consider lightening up the underside of the bird. |
Aug 11th |
| 49 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Josh, gotta love the Oregon coast! The sea stacks and the moody weather! I like this image a lot. I think I woukd have used a greater dof. You son, the seagull and the first set of waves are sharp, but the rest lacks sharpness I think I woukd have liked to have seen it sharp all the way to the rocks. The other suggestion I'd make is to crop down about half of the sky. There is no detail in the sky. Maybe try to dehaze the sky to recover some detail? |
Aug 11th |
| 49 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Craig, great capture of a colorful pair! We had a couple spoonbills visit us up here in northern va a couple of years ago! The drew quite a crowd., suggst tgat you darken some of the foliage on the right. You might consider cloning out some of the sticks under the bird on the left. I cannot distinguish the legs of the bird and the sticks. Your shots tells the story of a pair of birds preparing their nest. |
Aug 11th |
| 49 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Owen, like you I live in the greater dc area and I love great falls. One my personal photo objectives has been to get pix of kayakers running the falls! You got amazingly good sharpness in this image. Next time I'd suggest a longer lens and a faster shutter speed. |
Aug 11th |
4 comments - 1 reply for Group 49
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| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
Great explanation of the process!! |
Aug 11th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Bud,
Sounds like quite a circus of birds! Love to go there sometime! You took a different approach to capturing an eagle grabbing a fish. My eye immediately went to the bird with the fish in its talons. Then my eye en t to the splash! The shot I'm used to seeing is the splash and the eagle closer together, so you caught me off guard, which is a good thing. My only suggestion would be to give a little more room to the right of the splash equal to the amount of room between the left edge of the eagle and the frame on the left. That would giv ethe picture a bit more balance. |
Aug 11th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Richard,
What a great shot! I really appreciate the sharpness you brought to the feathers on the back of the bird. You could easily count every feather and you got the wings outstretched! Love what you did with the clarity and de-haze tools too! |
Aug 11th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Larry,
so much to learn and appreciate in this image as well as the others for this month! What I really liked about this image was the sharpness you attained by shooting at f8. The doe's butt through her head are all sharp, but the background is beautifully blurred. I realize that this is also because of how far away the background is from the deer, but your camera angle made this happen too. bravo! Like one of the others I'd reduce the bluish cast. |
Aug 11th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Cindy,
Love this shot! It's always so hard to get a good shot of an animal in the deep shade. Personally, I always put the WB on my camera on automatic and then work on changing it in post if i need to. I agree with Larry about the leaves on the left. I'd clone them out. |
Aug 11th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Susan,
These little guys are tough to capture! They visit the red flowers in my backyard! Did you really use a 3000mm lens? Or did you mean 300mm? You shot it as f4.5. The back wing is slightly out of focus. I think shooting at f6.3 might take care of that. I also used 1/2500sec to freeze the wings and it works well as you have shown us. |
Aug 11th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Michael,
This is a lifetime shot that everyone dreams of getting! I've been on several whale watches, but have only seen a breach sat a great distance! My only nit is the shutter speed. I think I would have gone with something like 1/1000sec or faster, but I cannot argue with the results!! Bravo!! |
Aug 11th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
Thanks, Susan! |
Aug 11th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for taking the tme to play with this image in B&W. I think you did about as good as anyone could to make this work in B&W, but I think given tht low contrast it probably works better in color. |
Aug 11th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
The sun was rising off to the right. |
Aug 11th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
I shot this at dawn. |
Aug 10th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
I shot this at dawn. |
Aug 8th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
Larry, OK now I know what you mean. I have that ap. |
Aug 6th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
Ph now I understand. Good point. BTW here is a B&W version of the shot. I don't think it is contrasty enough for an effective B&W, but I am eager to hear what the group thinks. |
Aug 6th |
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| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for your comments. Good point about improving the iso. Please explain the hyerfocal method. I think I know, but I'm not sure. |
Aug 6th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
Michael I'm not understanding your comment on "slanting layers." I took 3 images of exactly the same scene on a tripod. The only difference is that in each image I changed where I focused. I used auto focus, but moved the focal points in camera. I'll give rendering in scene in b&w and will post it probably later today. |
Aug 6th |
6 comments - 10 replies for Group 67
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10 comments - 11 replies Total
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