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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
I love this, Bud. I'm a sucker for a good animalscape and this is beautiful. Providing context and setting for good animal interaction tells you something about where they are and adds to the story.
Yes getting the tight shot is important too. When you have a subject that doesn't run away, get that tight shot, then look at what else you can do so that you don't just take the same shot over and over. I remind myself of this often with wildlife. |
Sep 21st |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Interesting story being told here. I like the flip, it really does bring all the elements together well. I actually like the fact that the animals are a bit soft- it helps to relegate them to the background, and brings your eye back to the sharp skeleton.
I'd like to see this a bit brighter, which would make the grasses more yellow and bring a bit more contrast and punch.
Evocative image. |
Sep 21st |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
What a great story. Your low point of view was important here, worth getting mucky for.
After looking at the alternate crops, I like your original best: The hatchling is heading on a diagonal toward the upper right corner. Your horizontal shot gives the maximum room to travel along that diagonal. In the vertical crops, it actually has less room to move (so to speak).
I love the timing with the roll of foam about to engulf the baby, perfect. The small size of the baby to me tells a story of "little baby, big world".
What a great encounter to come upon. Yeah- the waves can be done another day! |
Sep 21st |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Scott, I love that furtive pose! As Larry noted, that really takes this image to the next level. Nice job on the processing and making the fox stand out more. I like your second crop with the extra space on the right. |
Sep 21st |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Another wow for the simplicity of this image, and for the use of lines and patterns in the composition. I love the opposing diagonals of the main rib and the lines in the leaf. The behind, just casting a silhouette on that leaf, adds a nice break to the pattern and gives a focal point. The sharpness throughout works perfectly.
Beautifully seen and captured. |
Sep 21st |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Scott. See my crop below. |
Sep 21st |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Bud. See my crop below. |
Sep 21st |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Butch. The subtle lines were one of the things I liked about this composition. I like the idea of emphasizing the path but these dunes are quite pale. I'd try going the other way and making the path lighter while leaving the dunes their natural color. |
Sep 21st |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Reply |
Here's a version with the sky cropped- definitely changes the story of the image! Thanks for the suggestion. |
Sep 21st |
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5 comments - 4 replies for Group 67
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| 91 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Actually not all that uncommon for birds that dive down on the water to go after food- they come up and do a little shake to get rid of excess water. You can see the line of droplets flying off the tip of the beak indicating the direction of the shake. But capturing the shake is another thing! Nice shot. |
Sep 21st |
| 91 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Beautiful shot. That background is so pretty for this white bird. The pose captured is terrific, showing the whole body like this. The soft light means you don't have annoying shadows running across the body either. Well done. |
Sep 21st |
| 91 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Sanat,
nice capture of this pair. You can see the different plumage of the female and male. I like the position of the birds with respect to each other, and the raised leg of the male. I agree there needs to be more room at the bottom so that the "virtual legs" aren't cut off.
I also think this is a bit underexposed, the birds should be white. I raised the exposure about 0.5 stop. I think they stand out more from the background with this change. |
Sep 21st |
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| 91 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Steve,
The soft light and gray background just shout winter. I like your proportions in the image- meaning the amount of trunk vs. space on the left, and both above and below the bird. All supportive of the story and the image, nothing extra but also not cramped. Beautiful shot. |
Sep 21st |
| 91 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Adrian,
We have a cousin to this bird locally that eats the fruit of Saguaro Cactus. You don't think of woodpeckers eating fruit, but at least this family does! Cool to have it feeding on the grapes though, that makes a very interesting behavior shot.
I like all the diagonal lines from the leaves, provides an interesting background. Your crop is effective.
There is a distinct greenish cast to the image, probably the light filtering through all the leaves created it. You can use the white bars on the back with the white-dropper tool to correct it. |
Sep 21st |
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| 91 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Maria, the soft light and the soft background are so pretty. It is a really nice complement to the colors of the bird.
Cropping is obviously a matter of taste! I personally like the bird small in the frame- to me it tells the story of how tiny this bird actually is. Because the setting is so simple, it is a very minimalist image which I find very appealing. I do think though you could lose a bit of space on the right, particularly the one stick that stands out. Also I find the image a bit dark, although again that's a matter of taste. Here's my interpretation to consider. |
Sep 21st |
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| 91 |
Sep 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Jerry. I use both the histogram and highlights. Since I have the histo in the viewfinder I look at that first, then check a playback image for the flashing highlights. Sometimes the area that's blown is too small to really be noticeable in the histo. |
Sep 21st |
| 91 |
Sep 25 |
Reply |
Hi Adrian, yes I typically shoot at either 6 or 8 fps in bursts when trying to catch action like this. I should probably use a higher frame rate sometimes, but I don't like to have too many images to sort through! |
Sep 21st |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 91
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11 comments - 6 replies Total
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