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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 21 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
Don, you got a great head shot of this falcon. I didn't realize kestrel species were widespread. I'd like to see more pictures of the whole bird |
Sep 12th |
| 21 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
Great shot of a dramatic struggle! Tough luck for the breakfast snake |
Sep 12th |
| 21 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Leslie,
Totally agree, the color saturation was excessive. The crop too tight. Altogether just too liberally processed. |
Sep 12th |
| 21 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Isaak,
I've got to agree. White is white, and the blue is artifact. It's sort of an over-enjoyment of colors on my part...same thing for us of Topaz 2 and the painterly effect. Which begs the question: Is "Painterly" OK in photography? |
Sep 12th |
| 21 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Tom. I had a look back at the original, and I believe there was a bit of blue sky and or water reflection on the bird....then I overdid the saturation |
Sep 12th |
| 21 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
Thank you Mike. I agree, framed too tight. |
Sep 12th |
| 21 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
Looks like he/she was gliding in to land. You can almost feel the lift in the wings.
Good capture.I'm thinking you were panning along with the bird.
I have never noticed those buff colors on the wings of a GBHE. I'll look for them now. |
Sep 4th |
| 21 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
I agree with Tom. A lovely bird. Great sharpness with the jungle bokeh. Maybe, just maybe, I'd center the bird a little lower if that was possible in post.
Was this a photography tour in Columbia? |
Sep 4th |
| 21 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
A very pretty shot, great use of a compositional basic: shart tonality, light and dark. Wings frozen at 1/2500. Good job |
Sep 4th |
| 21 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
Nothing very deep, complex, or fabulous. Just a close up of a bird that I enjoyed, then I enjoyed manipulating the texture of the feathers and the colors. It certainly could have been sharper and composed better, but I found the overall effect pleasing. No grand design, no other task or vision to accomplish. One either kind of likes it or not, nothing more to understand. Thanks for contemplating it, though |
Sep 4th |
5 comments - 5 replies for Group 21
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| 29 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
Yes Judy,
Those highlights are quite a distraction. Thanks to you and everyone for the great suggestions.-Ron |
Sep 18th |
| 29 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
I really like the image and the edits you did. It got me to wondering: Could a camera actually capture such an image natively with such extreme backlighting? Could one's own eye perceive so much dynamic range? I don't know the answers. Regardless, the effect is great. |
Sep 12th |
| 29 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
What an interesting image. I'll bet not many photographers have sought to get such a symmetrical perspective by lying on the floor. Probably many legislators would enjoy an enlargement for their office or home. |
Sep 12th |
| 29 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Elaine, big improvements! |
Sep 12th |
| 29 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
Bob,
Yes, the right half could go, though I wanted to convey the surprise appearance of the bug as I was looking at the image. That notion can't really be conveyed with the preservation of the right half , though.
I just totally missed the blown out highlights. |
Sep 12th |
1 comment - 4 replies for Group 29
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6 comments - 9 replies Total
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