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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 40 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
Hello Catherine. I am once again visiting from Group 52 Nature+. The GBH is one og my favorite birds and a frequent subject for me. I am alwasy astounded at how still they can hold for long periods of time. Although you have not provided any metadata, it appears that you have a pretty good exposure, especially as it seems to have been captured in relatively bright light. I do not see any blown out whites, so good on that, I think. Also you have allowed more space in front of the subject than behind. Since you haven't shown us the original, I don ot know if you have potential for a drop, but if you do, I think a little more cpace at the bottom would improve the composition. In my opinion, the very busy background competes with your subject for attention. The bird is pretty close to the background so getting a lot of bokeh is probably not possible but a wide open shutter would help to make the focus fall off a bit behing the bird rendering the background less of a distraction. Have fun with that new lens. |
Apr 7th |
| 40 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
Great capture, Julie. In my opinion everything works - wing position, detail and composition. I might consider brightening the birds face a tiny bit and sharpening the eye. Nce work. |
Apr 3rd |
2 comments - 0 replies for Group 40
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| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
Oops...I missed that. Sorry. I think your choice of f/5 worked for you. I was just trying to make the point that we would love to know more about how you achieve your final image, whether most of the work in done in camera or what you have added in post. WE are all just trying to learn. |
Apr 19th |
| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
Thanks for that info. I was thinking it might be useful with cell phone images. It is not too expensive and it might come in handy. |
Apr 17th |
| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
I always enjoy trying a blur with flying birds, but rarely get a keeper. I find it difficult enough to track with high shutter speed. I just returned from shooting birds at High Island, TX - thousands of shutter clicks to get a small group of keepers, so I enjoyed your comment about that. I am curious about when/why you decide to flip an image like this one. I understand the thinking about humans reading left to right, but sometimes I think it works better to see the head and eye first. So how do you decide? Overall, I enjoy looking at this image, but I am not sure non-photographers would understand the intentional blur. |
Apr 16th |
| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
To me this is a lovely, visually appealing capture. I love the color palette and the softness of the flower. The light is beautiful, and I think the composition with the bee in the lower left corner really works. The head of the bee is tack sharp, and I like the subtle fall off of sharpness because it focuses my attention to what is going on with this little pollinator. If this were my image it would be framed and on a wall. Well done. |
Apr 16th |
| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
I will start by saying that I know absolutely nothing about underwater photography, so you will have to evaluate any comments I make to see if they make sense. Secondly, I really appreciate all the information you gave us about how you made this image. It helps to make whatever comments I can more appropriate.
When I first looked at the image I thought there was a WB issue but after reading your text and Mike's comments I now understand why it is so blue. I too had a hard time finding the fish, so anything you could do to make it pop out would help, in my opinion. I am interested in knowing more about Topaz Giga. I have debating whether or not to purchase it. Did it give you enough pixels to allow you to crop this image more so there is less background distraction? |
Apr 16th |
| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
I completely understand your comment that you did not have a lot of time to think about settings when these adorable cubs appeared. That is what makes wildlife photography so challenging. However, for these images if you could tell us all what the settings were - whether you deliberately chose them or not - it would help the rest of us learn from your experience.
I think this is a captivating image. Lions are great, but the cubs are even more interesting. In my opinion you did a great job getting the eyes of all three. I too am partial to the color version, and I like th edit Mike did as it makes the cub sort of pop out from the background. This is a keeper for sure! |
Apr 16th |
| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
I agree with the comments others have made, so won't repeat. The blossoms are the star of the show here, so anything you might do to make them pop more would help the image in my opinion. Also, I feel there should be a little more foreground. |
Apr 16th |
| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
I am very jealous - I too love Wood Ducks. We have them in our area, but they are really shy and hard to get close enough to for a decent capture. When I first looked at this image I thought the male may have been dunking the female underwater. I recently saw some Snowy Egrets doing that during mating and did some research. Turns out that is normal behavior for ducks! Who knew?
You captured a "decisive moment" here. I think you got the exposure and depth of field right. It looks to me like there is plenty of detail in the feathers and the eye is sharp. In my opinion everything in the image looks very natural. Well done. |
Apr 16th |
| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
Thanks, Mike. I wish I would have thought to use a little negative exposure compensation - but, oh well, maybe next time I will think of that! I agree with you assessment. I will go back to the RAW file with these suggestions in mind. |
Apr 16th |
| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
Hi Judith, camera settings were: ISO 1000; f/10; 1/2500 sec. If I had been thinking I might have used a little negative exposure compensation as well. It seems like I have to think ver fast when shooting birds - a real challenge! |
Apr 16th |
| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
Thanks, Lisa. I think I need to work on that area of the heron's yellow feathers a bit more. |
Apr 16th |
| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
I am curious about your reference to the sky. There is no sky in this image. Do you think I should clone out the slightly lighter reflection which might be mistaken for a cloud? I was thinking that the water droplet spot gave viewers the cue that this was all water, so I am not sure how to handle that. |
Apr 16th |
| 52 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
Thanks, Pam. I believe you are right about the hot spot. I had not noticed that before; I think it will be easy to eliminate if I go back to the RAW file an reprocess. The spot in the water poses a dilemma for me though. The background is entirely water and I think the droplet that creates that spot gives the viewer a clue that it is not sky. |
Apr 16th |
6 comments - 7 replies for Group 52
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8 comments - 7 replies Total
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