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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 1 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Very interesting but also a very busy image. Not saying I don't like it because I do. All over there is something interesting to check out. I especially love the golden figurine barge. It has great color, sharpness and definition. |
Jul 7th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 1
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| 2 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Jim, being a lover of HDR and even grunge I really like this image. Did need a little room in front of the boat and by doing this lengthened the image so I really don't see the need in cropping the sky. |
Jul 7th |
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1 comment - 0 replies for Group 2
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| 5 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Xiao, outstanding image of a very small, very sharp Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Like Pete's work on the bird but also felt that the extra space on the left detracted from the nice detail. What do you think? |
Jul 8th |
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1 comment - 0 replies for Group 5
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| 7 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Barbara, Excellent composition, and all technical aspects to me are outstanding except the movement of the wings unless you wanted to show movement. Hummingbirds move their wings from 80 times per second all the way up to over 200 times per second. To stop them cold you need to shoot 1/4000 per second or higher and even that may not do it. A friend of mine that is way more proficient than I am at stopping the action of their wings uses a flash and sometimes several flashes, he has very good luck. Still a gorgeous image. |
Jul 9th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 7
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| 10 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Mark, agree with Donna. Wouldn't change a thing. Love the earth tone colors, perfect crop, simplicity and detail. Very nicely done. |
Jul 14th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 10
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| 14 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Ingrid, your duckling image has great visual impact and interest. I think the multi colored bait fish really helps to draw you to the ducklings face. I took the liberty to play with your image. Cropping different ways but always came back to your crop as by far the best. The small ripples of the water also draw you in. Tells a good story. |
Jul 14th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 14
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| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments Michael. Hope you are well on your way to a full recovery. Some of these things take time though. Best wishes... |
Jul 27th |
| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Super image Micheal. Like what Mike Cowdrey did to soften and blend the background. Like the way you offset the Great Gray Owl to the right slightly. |
Jul 17th |
| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Mike, lucky for us, this pond is only about 30 feet from my home. Even though it is small we do get a lot of hawks, ibis, Pileated woodpeckers, crows, migrating birds, frogs and turtles. Thank you for your comments Mike.
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Jul 17th |
| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments Don. The darkened background doe make the Hawk stand out a little better. |
Jul 17th |
| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments Marilyn. I certainly agree with everyone that the background needed some help. When is the Wokodahatchee Wetlands the most active? |
Jul 13th |
| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Jim, I like everything that you did. I think your adjustment definitely made the hawk more prominent. We are lucky here to have a small pond behind our home and hawks are an everyday occurrence. |
Jul 13th |
| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
As usual Leslie your comments are on the mark. I tried darkening the surrounding greenery and and lightening the head of the hawk. What do you think? |
Jul 8th |
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| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Don, hope you don't mind but I am at it again. Tried to leave the ducks the same yet reduce the overdone contrasty (by me) water. |
Jul 8th |
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| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Very nice catch of a Moorhen. I have to agree that it has picked up something to eat such as a bud, berry or fruit. I don't think a bird would pick up a led shot. His expression is that he is not going to give it away. Very realistic colors but I do wish the eye was a little sharper. |
Jul 4th |
| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Leslie, I certainly agree with everything that Jim said and I too think this is an amazing closeup of a night heron. The eye and fines detail of the head is superb. This image is a great example of the strength of simplicity and is very striking. |
Jul 4th |
| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Ted, your image certainly displays the peak of action with the fish proudly in the Great Blue Herons mouth. I think the heron is slightly over sharpened but what bothers me most is that the feet a cut off. Good catch. |
Jul 4th |
| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Jim, this image of a Finch is a picture perfect shot in every way. The bird, leaves and background are outstanding. Jim, wouldn't change a thing. Hang it on the wall. |
Jul 4th |
| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Marilyn, So sorry, my mistake. Did not see the Original when originally posting. Here it is. |
Jul 4th |
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| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Marilyn, love where you caught this young dove in the V of a branch and the background is super. I did think the baby was a little dark and contrasty so I lightened it slightly. What do you think? Still a super image. |
Jul 4th |
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| 21 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Don, this is a very nice, well cropped image of a Blue Winged Teal pair. Your composite of the two ducks is perfect and really like the catch lights. I thought the image was a little flat so I used haze removal and now it pops somewhat. May not look natural? What do you think? |
Jul 4th |
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11 comments - 4 replies for Group 21
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| 28 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Super image Sandra. The image would have been a record shot without your son and dog. Being from the east coast I would have thought it was fog coming in but in my opinion the smoke adds an element that helps give it nice visual impact. This is an excellent composition and all technical aspects are outstanding. |
Jul 20th |
| 28 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Kathy, I think this is an extremely gorgeous composition. I don't know if I would call it an abstract but more a real work of art. Love the simplicity and detail. |
Jul 20th |
2 comments - 0 replies for Group 28
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| 48 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Jamie, this gator certainly was big and intimidating. This one was probably a thousand pounds. Photographers beware for sure! |
Jul 28th |
| 48 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Bev, thank you for your comment. Years ago my parents used to live on Sanibel and I can remember signs that said if a gator chases you run in a zig zag direction away from them. They say they can run (and I have seen them) very fast for short distances straight line but not turn. I wouldn't want to find out! |
Jul 15th |
| 48 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Stewart, very interesting image. Would have liked to have seen the bland image. Looks like you put a lot of work into this. Your colorization is very well done and your color choices, definition and sharpness are right on. I did think is was a tad dark so I lightened it. What do you think? Maybe too light? |
Jul 12th |
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| 48 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments Bridget. He does look like he was posing but I know one thing for sure is that he has one thing on his mind and that is DINNER! |
Jul 8th |
| 48 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Stewart, thank you for comments. Thank goodness for telephoto lenses. We have had many close encounters with gators and I have a deep respect for them. |
Jul 8th |
| 48 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Richard, thank you for your comments. I have had several close encounter in Florida and try and give all gators a wide birth. My parents years back had a home on Sanibel and one night my wife and I were going out to dinner when all of a sudden a 12 footer came out of a gully in front of us. We hit him and the car just about jumped off of the road. I looked back and he didn't even miss a beat crossing the road and into a swamp. Scared us to death. |
Jul 7th |
| 48 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Richard, your crop is perfect! The number one thing I get from your image is the feel of the heat and the expanse of the land. Love the sun exploding in the V of the forest. Outstanding image. Rich to your question. I'm sure you do exactly what I do. Shooting manual, I bracket f- stops and speed. Shoot many images and hopefully some of the experiments might be better. |
Jul 7th |
| 48 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Donald, very nice tack sharp image of a well decorated lighthouse. Perfect crop. Would make a beautiful Christmas Card. Whenever we are in Booth Bay we always spend a day or two at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. Is Bet's Fish stand still on the way into Boothbay? Donald you live in one of my most favorite areas in the whole world. |
Jul 4th |
| 48 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Bridget, I find this a very well done, colorful, well thought out artistic composite. I wish the woman was more to the center or more to the left. The problem with this is the third element which is your blooming blue flower. It would be cropped and I wouldn't like that either. Did show a cropped image but my thoughts are to leave it alone. Well done., |
Jul 3rd |
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| 48 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Beautiful calming landscape Jamie. Do like Donalds slight right side crop or that house could have been burned in slightly. Love the sun, sky, warmth and the feeling of depth of the mountains. Very nice! |
Jul 3rd |
| 48 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Bev, very interesting shot. Really like the colors you chose for the backgrounds and it does have good visual impact and interest. Did think the faces needed some dodging so you could see the detail and some general cleanup around the bright colors. Very nice. |
Jul 3rd |
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| 48 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments. I'm with you! Gator are pure predators! I have had the pleasure to talk to Clyde Butcher many times. There is no way in hell that I would go on one of his swamp walks in four feet of water with all those gators and snakes!!! |
Jul 3rd |
6 comments - 6 replies for Group 48
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| 71 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Michele, I figured you would know this area. I remember you saying you had a place on the Outer Banks. Thank you for your comments. I still have a lot to learn about landscape photography. |
Jul 20th |
| 71 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thank you Dennis, great commentary. The old Inn and the area around it is a photographers paradise. |
Jul 20th |
| 71 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thank you so much Spring. I am going to make a print and send it to the family that owns the Inn. |
Jul 17th |
| 71 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Mike, the diagonal dock that lets to the Inn comes out to a big dock paralleling the water and when I saw this shot I thought to my self what a Classic leading line. |
Jul 17th |
| 71 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
John, I cropped the lower grass and dock and I liked it that way also. The lower grass does have some nice color in it though. Thank you for your comments. |
Jul 17th |
| 71 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Dennis, I too like the ferry coming diagonally across the bay. Being a sailor, I am amazed at the sailboats in that huge marina. This is an excellent land/sea scape. It is cropped perfectly and everything is tack sharp. Normally I would think the sky would need some detail but in this case it helps to draw you right to the city and marina. Very nice. |
Jul 17th |
| 71 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
John, love the comparison between the 1063' cruise ship, the 40 plus foot catamaran and the massive expanse of sea and sky. The warm earth tone colors of the sky and reflection on the sea really make it. The crop or angle of exposure is SUPER. Very well seen John. |
Jul 4th |
| 71 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Nigel, like the composition and I think the sharpness was there just hidden by haze. Ran it thru de haze in PS and so much more looks in focus and it brings out more color and depth. What do you think? |
Jul 4th |
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| 71 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Spring, certainly agree with Michele and Nigel. Breathtaking!!! I gather it is the angle that the sun hits the falls. Hope the falls never erode the cliff to a point that this rare phenomenon ceases. Hope generations and generations get to see this! Nature is amazing! |
Jul 4th |
| 71 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Michele, I am torn between your original and the edited image. I really like the sky and forest of your edited image but I also like the rock and water of the original due to so much detail. Also really like the small falls to the right of larger blurry falls on the left. Love black and white! |
Jul 3rd |
| 71 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Nigel, thank you for your comments. I tried the crop and do like it better. |
Jul 3rd |
5 comments - 6 replies for Group 71
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| 91 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Steve, love this image. The horizontal ripples of the lake and your crop is perfect. You caught this Canada goose family perfectly to make a very striking image. Your image has great visual impact and interest and is perfectly exposed. |
Jul 17th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 91
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31 comments - 16 replies Total
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