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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Thank you Tomi. Much appreciated. |
Aug 27th |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Thank you Tom. We have no choice but to shoot in these temperatures else we will have only a window of four months in a year when it is "not so hot"!!! The darkness that you see at the bottom of the image is black plastic tarpaulin(this is a man made lake in the middle of the desert) and is not natural. As the birds are fed for part of the year, they have made the lakes their permanent home. The gold background that you see is sand.....!!!! |
Aug 27th |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Thank you Barbara. Will try what you have suggested. Yes, even I was surprised with the bird eating another species but could not make out if it was another species or a dead baby heron. Either way the prey appeared dead when it was holding it. |
Aug 27th |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Thank you Gaetan. |
Aug 27th |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Thank you Butch. Yes in the summer and in the desert light and heat is not a photographer's friend. We struggle with both and the resultant haze which often takes away sharpness. The image was shot from my car as my fear was that if I opened the door of my car the subject would fly away, so decided to shoot from a higher vantage point which leads to a slightly top down approach and hence the background. I will try and blur the background and reduce the whites of the subject a bit more. Thanks for the tips. |
Aug 27th |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Wow Butch, this is professional stuff. I am sure your biologist friend was very happy with the image as all of us are. It is simply superb. The flashes were set up perfectly, the subject illuminated just right and is very sharp. I would like to know what shutter speed you used in your settings with ISO 1000 at 500 mm? Nikon Z9 has an auto feature now which monitors movement and then clicks when it spots it. I often wondered how I could use it and your image now makes it very clear as to how it could work though I simply do not have so many flashes and laser equipment. This is the image I dream of making some day. Thanks for being an inspiration. |
Aug 27th |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Good job with the slow shutter speed. Image is a bit too dark for my liking especially the rocks. I like what Tom has done. I tried to improve the lighting a bit, removed the second subject on the right so that there is one subject on the water, converted it to a 16:9 ratio. I hope you like it. |
Aug 27th |
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| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Wow Judith. Well done. I do macro photography and I know how difficult it is to photograph these guys. They hardly ever sit still....You got the main body sharp, very good and non distractive background with very good colours and the right direction of movement. The jury is still out there on the blurred wings. In some salons I have won an award for the blurred wings of a bee and in some salons not even an acceptance for the same image. I personally like the blur as it shows motion and your skill of using the right shutter speed. Very well done. |
Aug 27th |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Timely capture Barbara. Good lighting except a bit soft on the female's head. Catch light on the male is good. I played around with the light, colours and increased the sharpness a wee bit to make the image pop. Sometimes when the action is too fast I use shutter speed of 3200 to get that additional sharpness. Are you using the back button for focus or the shutter button. Sometimes the back button is more accurate and helps focus faster. If eye autofocus is not working for you try switching it off and take some pictures and see if that works better. Good luck. |
Aug 27th |
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| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Hey Tomi. An unusual picture. I agree with what others have stated in terms of composition, inclusion and exclusion and other aspects. In conversion to mono the whites appeared to be washed out, perhaps a little bit of contrast and lessening of highlighting may improve the image. Using Tom's image, I played around with darkening the background and the subject. Not sure if it works but happy to hear from you and the others. |
Aug 27th |
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| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Yes, sometimes it is important to remember why we adopted photography as a hobby...to give ourselves the time to do what we enjoy and which at some point becomes a competitive activity. I am glad you took this image with the best camera you had....the one which was handy. I loved the colours in the sky, especially the blue peeping out from all that orange and red and trees framing the sky. It just made me happy. Well captured on the spur of the moment. |
Aug 27th |
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