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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 21 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Tom. Now I understand. |
Oct 9th |
| 21 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Nice differing colors and peaceful coexistence between the 3 species. What is the brown bird? I'm partial to the Snowy egret. Agree the setting and focus not OK |
Oct 7th |
| 21 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
This must be burrowing owl month.
Raptors (and lots of birds) like to perch at the highest point on a snag, so I don't get the impression of staged shots. Burrowing owls do generally tend to stay close to their burrows on the ground. Surely they fly up to hunt.
Was the slight concern that one or the other bird was captive raised or somehow not wild? Is that not OK anyway? A pretty picture of a caged canary would be pleasing, but I guess that's not ok. Group 29 has a nice image of a "wild " bald Eagle, but the bird is in a zoo. I've got to review the rules, it seems.
Come to think of it, could one stage a wild bird shot unacceptably by constructing a perch or a feeder? Is that not ok in nature photography?. What about a "bird in hand" as in falconry? Perhaps the latter would be more along the lines of photojournalism. |
Oct 7th |
| 21 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I agree with above. Should be the Burrowing Owl picture in a field guide. |
Oct 7th |
| 21 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
What Mike said... |
Oct 7th |
| 21 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Wow. I didn't know Great Egrets became so showy in breeding plumage. Great capture, and I believe the adjustments do help . A great capture deserves the improvements offered. I would call that one a wall hanger. |
Oct 7th |
5 comments - 1 reply for Group 21
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| 29 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Got it. Thanks! |
Oct 10th |
| 29 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Gotta agree with you. Thanks, Gunter |
Oct 10th |
| 29 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Thanks Bob,
The LR sky mask made an improvement, I think. I'll definitely try the PS tools |
Oct 8th |
 |
| 29 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
It's very pleasing and intriguing.You did very well with the color adjustments. Reminds me of an M.C. Escher print, colorized. Thinking about what Bob writes, maybe more preservation of stairway features would allow the viewer to wonder about how it would be to go up and down these stairways in an Alice in Wonderland world... Just thinking out loud, I love the image as is. |
Oct 7th |
| 29 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Gunter, I believe you were striving for subtlety and softness in the form ( you achieved it ). And I'm thinking your color choice was unique, and no doubt your camera club approved.
But my senior mind is in alignment with Bob's. So here's a somewhat harsher version in blue. But maybe this wasn't your vision |
Oct 7th |
 |
| 29 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Yep, instant impact...works very well. My notion of a zoom burst involves a longish exposure while zooming with one's zoom lens. So Topaz has a zoom filter I'm learning about here. Thanks. And I'll start paying more attention to the flowers I see at the grocery store! |
Oct 7th |
| 29 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
A very nice head shot, and great that you cleaned up the beak. So sharp. Looks like everyone but me is using Topaz Photo AI for sharpening. I'll have to get board. |
Oct 7th |
| 29 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Wonderful capture of frenzied coots. Who knew coots were so ornery? Agree about the foot. Bob, are those your baseline settings for all your shots, or particularly when you need to freeze fast (bird) motion? |
Oct 7th |
| 29 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Thanks Bob. You are right...the sky parts/clouds are blown out. I tried to gather some detail back with levels, curves, HDR toning...to no avail. I hope I can go back to this spot some day and take another shot |
Oct 7th |
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8 comments - 1 reply for Group 29
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13 comments - 2 replies Total
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