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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
I love the moment you captured with the peaks peeking through the clouds! It does give a good focal point to the scene. And since there's so little color to begin with, the b/w conversion was a good move. I will agree with the suggestions to crop a bit of the top, but not a lot.
It would be worth trying some of the suggestions to see if a bit more detail can be brought out in the mountains. Unfortunately there may not be a lot of detail to work with though. I often find in this kind of flat light that the detail just isn't there. Or at least, I haven't figured out how to capture it...
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Jun 21st |
| 67 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
Thanks for posting this follow-on image with the pellet. What a great encounter you had! It is really hard to remember details when you have such incredible action happening, that's where experience eventually helps because the details become a little bit more "automatic".
Nonetheless, you did a good job getting the main subject in to prominent view by your choice of viewpoint. I do like Michael's suggested crop. The important part of the story is the pellet and the face. While it might have been nice to have the backside of the owl, I don't think you lose any of the story with the crop. |
Jun 21st |
| 67 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
Love the capture with that huge snail and the wonderful clouds in the sky. I really like this particular wing position as well. Seeing both the underside and topside of a wing is appealing to me. Nice job anticipating the movement of the bird.
In terms of the new sharpening and denoise, what I notice is that it's the underwing and body that look off- almost mushy as opposed to crunchy. Not sure if that's the denoise maybe? The head and far wing, I don't see as much of that. The sky looks fine. |
Jun 21st |
| 67 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
One of the challenges with photographing groups like this is getting a nice arrangement of the individuals- no overlaps of faces, no one looking backward, etc. You've done a nice job getting a good arrangement here. The crop eliminating the green stuff in the upper left completes the composition.
One more suggestion regarding test shots and white subjects in a "constant light" situation. I find it works best if I put the camera in full manual exposure mode- no auto-ISO even. That way if they move from dark to light water, or get bigger or smaller in the frame, the exposure will still be right. Those types of changes will give different meter readings, so if you're in an auto mode you'll have to keep paying attention and fiddling with exposure compensation. Manual is just easier, set it and forget it. |
Jun 21st |
| 67 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
Yes this is "busy", but I rather like the complexity of the image. The shapes of the clouds work with the overall shapes of the landscape- both have an upward, left-right flow. I would crop a bit from the left, removing the white-striped rock, to enhance this sense of movement.
Maybe the foreground has been lightened a tad too much, giving more emphasis than intended on those details.
Here's my version with the crop and darkening that foreground. |
Jun 21st |
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