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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 94 |
May 24 |
Reply |
Thanks. I am not now and never have been a morning person. I mostly worked afternoon and evenings when I could. I will rise early if I think the payoff will be worth it, but I am pretty grouchy for the first hour! |
May 14th |
| 94 |
May 24 |
Comment |
John makes very good points about your photo. Realizing that the mother could be very close most likely influenced where you stood and what you could do.
I agree that the baby is the highlight of the photo and it could be cropped tighter. Then the brightness of the rocks and foliage could be decreased so the eye would go right to the baby.
Good catch with Baby Bear. |
May 7th |
| 94 |
May 24 |
Comment |
You gave it the perfect title. It is so nice to see land that is still protected and open.
I like how you brought the mountains out and how the V of the trees open up to the fields. The car and the road catch my eye and show the aloneness of the area.
I was born and raised in southern California, and left against my will to move to the east coast. I often thought I could end up in your area, but it never happened. California still has my heart.
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May 7th |
| 94 |
May 24 |
Comment |
So is this Katydid an inch long? Your capture and processing is impressive. Handheld or tripod? You retained so many details.
I am not an insect person; I feel your capture shows off almost all of his parts. It would be interesting to view the eye thru a macro lens as opposed to your zoom lens to see if more details show up. He probably wasn't going to stay on that flower too long. |
May 7th |
| 94 |
May 24 |
Comment |
Wow. Thats all I can say. Beautiful feather detail, perfect eye, the DOF. Ready for a competition. |
May 7th |
| 94 |
May 24 |
Comment |
I like how you caught the heron doing its thing and catching the fish. The water dripping out of the fish mouth leads my eye right to the reflection and the light is very nice.
I see what John means when he comments on the focus. I have the same camera and lens, and I am learning that the DOF is very narrow at f/5.6. With the bird's head on a diagonal towards the back, I can see how the wings would grab the focus.
I also use group area focus mostly with birds. This might have been a moment to use single point of focus on his head.
I have also found myself moving up to f/8 or f/11 in order to get more of the bird or animal in focus. Your light was bright enough to give it a try. |
May 7th |
| 94 |
May 24 |
Comment |
You found my friend!! These Greenies at Green Cay are livelier and more manic than any place else I have seen them. It is so easy for us to be anthropomorphic and attribute our human characteristics to them. I see an angry face on a frustrated bird. When I saw one like this on the boardwalk in January, it was tangling with another bird and I thought it was part of the mating ritual.
You caught some wonderful expressions on this bird. |
May 7th |
| 94 |
May 24 |
Reply |
Thank you for your kind words. As I am not a morning person, I slightly remember turning to the sun as soon as we arrived at the wetlands before 7 am. I saw a flock of birds flying in the sky over the water and I focused on the closest group.
I didn't really see what was in the photo until it was on the computer.
One of my on-line photo challenges used to have one called "three", where you needed three objects in the photo. I think that stuck in my mine when I saw these birds. I used PS to remove the extra birds, then brought it back to LR to crop, increase the temperature, and increase the black slider. A little sharpening was added. |
May 7th |
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