|
| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
Today you are my favorite person on this list :-) |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
I don't know who said it first, but nowadays I hear it used by a lot of diappointed people, usually accompanied by a shrug of the shoulders. I like my response better -- it's unique :-)
|
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Thanks for clearing up the lens issue. Now I don't have to pay three strong men any longer to help me hoist it to face level when I handhold :-)
Thanks also for your comments. I won't let it go to my head. . .but I was thrilled when you said it was frameworthy!
Will keep on working on post processing. I used ACR and the package I bought includes LR so I will try out your suggestion of using 6000 pixels for the wide edge. . .that's 6000 not 600, right? (We all know how bad I am at math!!!)
Thanks again, so grateful for everyone's comments (and encouragement)
|
Aug 14th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Duh I'm an idiot. 300mm Nikkor PF lens.
Wouldn't it be like owning a telescope if it was a 3000!!! :-)
I do see that fuzzy back wing, and I saw it then, too. By the time I had fiddled with the f stops, though, it was gone. But the rest of it was good, so. . .I'll write it off as "depth" this time, but next time I will have no excuse! |
Aug 11th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Wow, each month your photos remind me of the beauty of landscapes.
I love the color but I also love the light that you brought out when you post processed this photo. It gives a beautiful depth to the rugged landscape, which is far from the monotomous impression I get from the black-and-white version. Besides providing contrast, it also highlights the areas of red rock that poke out through the gray layers in the foreground.
I almost missed the very-slightly-tilted aspect of the layers, but the tiny adjustment really makes a difference.
Having just returned from a trip to the Four Corners, I can really appreciate the silent ruggedness of these rocky landscapes that your photo captures beautifully. |
Aug 10th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Lots of people accept their photographic fate with "it is what it is". . .my response is usually WAHHHH!!!
I encountered many of the problems that you did when I was in the midwest this past January, photographing eagles near the Mississippi on some very cold and very gray days. The lack of contrast combined with my lack of experience resulted in some disappointing photos that I tried to salvage in postprocessing. Some were successful, some not.
I like that you were able to improve the contrast in your shot. The young 'un you chose, with its white feathering poking out of the mass of dark brown, helped with that, I think.
I do understand how you wanted to include the splash -- so frustrating that these birds don't do as we wish!!! Cindy's suggestion of cropping that out and accenting the trail of water droplets is a good one, and I wonder how that would look. A closer crop might also accentuate the captured fish, whose small size and lack of intense coloring makes it easy to miss in this big picture.
As for the sharpness of young Mr. (or Ms.) Eagle, it must have been flying amazingly fast to escape the 1/5000 shutter speed of the Z9! Yikes! |
Aug 10th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
We have GBHs up here (western NY), and I just love to watch their nesting behavior, preening, and especially their posturing when confronted by another heron. The nests in Florida are so much different that what is up here, but the beauty of the birds is the same. I am partial to back (butt?) shots, and this one is great. The face and eye are visible, and the detail and color of the feathers are great as is the nest detail. The wingspread seems to suggest that she knew you were photpographing her, and it allows her to appear in all her glory. The way you brightened it up and eliminated the haze makes me want to download Lightroom, although I do have a similar program in ACR and am thinking about AI Photo. . .so much to learn! |
Aug 10th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
I think color and sharpness are the lessons I am taking away for this month. So beautiful! I love the layering effect of the flowered field with the background bokeh. I don't mind the shortened legs -- looks to me like the missing parts are buried in the just-tall-enough flowers. Even though Bud's portrait crop is nice, I think the widened landscape view intensifies the relationship between the animal and her environment. Maybe if the background was the usual brown stubbly field that we usually find deer in, the closer crop would be fine, but this is a gorgeous background that compliments the subject beautifully. Just my uneducated opinion :-)
|
Aug 10th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Amazing! I am so impressed with the color -- great contrast between lights and darks, and so sharp! I would be thrilled to get a shot like this. I did notice the white spots on the left near her head. . .but who cares, picking it up was unavoidable. Besides, it's a great shot. |
Aug 10th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
I agree with Bud -- the shot of a lifetime and done very well. The action does supercede whatever (very minor) flaws that may exist. Jealous of your post processing skills :-) |
Aug 10th |
| 67 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
The little feet were so cute and dangly :-)
I was with a group, and unfortunately we did not go to Ash Canyon. We went to a place called Patagonia (?) and then did some landscapes at Bruce Canyon. I missed the trip to Antelope Canyon (76 steps on a nearly vertical ladder in the 110 degree heat made me think twice. . . lovely landforms but no birds, so I really didn't miss much). We also went to some place called The Arches. I'm going to go back. . .I think the best way to find wildlife is to go in a very small group or to go alone. I hung back at The Arches and was the only one to get a shot of an antelope hare!
Thank you for the nice comments -- maybe there is hope for me after all! I was disappointed not to be permitted to use flash at Beatty's (we used it at other places being careful to not get too close to the birds), but I did have the 850, which did well, considering, and that PF lens. And I felt pretty brave going all the way up to ISO 6400!
Getting better at checking the back screen for exposure. I just wish these tiny creatures would stay still long enough for me to fiddle with all the buttons. :-) |
Aug 9th |
9 comments - 2 replies for Group 67
|
9 comments - 2 replies Total
|
