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Image |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
I do appreciate all your comments. They help me understand things a lot better. So, thank you!!!
PS But today Michael is my hero :-)
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Jun 29th |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
I do appreciate all your comments. They help me understand things a lot better. So, thank you!!!
PS But today Michael is my hero :-)
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Jun 29th |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
PS yes, ring-necks. I forgot to mention that.
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Jun 13th |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
They weren't quite deep in thought, they were rudely awakened by a noisy shutter! I know I can put the shutter on <silent>, but these guys were waaay out in the marsh (using a 500 PF prime +1.4 extender so they look a lot closer than they really are). I didn't think ducks had such acute hearing!
Yeah, Larry's crop improves things quite a bit. I guess reflections will have to wait for their proper place in another photo. |
Jun 13th |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Reply |
Thanks. Still learning. . . well, I guess better to say always learning. :-)
I signed up for the Photoshop course, but after that I'm going to sign up for yours. |
Jun 10th |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Reply |
I understand about fast shutter capturing movement with clarity, but not the ISO. If I'm underexposed, even by a step or two, even in reasonable daylight, I can't seem to avoid graininess.
With the open aperture and the birds not in the same plane, could it be that the wing became part of the (blurry at f/7.1) background? Even so, would you have sacrificed bokeh to achieve clarity had the aperture number been higher? But you had no time to adjust much of anything, so it is what it is, and to me, it's not really distracting. Of course, I don't what judges like, I just know what I like. And I like a little avian drama in the evening :-) |
Jun 10th |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
No, I didn't. This is what appears under my photo: "Here is an image I just took during our recent trip to Greece, Albania and North Macedonia. This is a view of the Roman ruins of Butrint, Albania, specifically the Roman Forum. The site was continuously occupied from prehistoric times until the mid 1500s when it was abandoned. Much of the town was flooded during an earthquake which dropped the ground level by almost a meter. As you can see in the image, the ruins are still partially below sea level. The gravel in the foreground was put there to protect a mosaic floor that was in the building. <snipped the remainder>"
That's not what I wrote in my email submission, although I do wish I had just returned from Greece and owned all that nice gear!
Actually, I took this photo at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge on a dark and cloudy day. It was a salvage photo -- one that I took because there was no eagle or osprey action, no GBHs, just a dull day, and I wanted to get at least one decent photo. I used my new-but-getting-older Nikon Z9 with that lovely 500 mm PF prime + a 1.4 extender, because these guys were reallyreallyREALLY far away. In truth, they had been sleeping with their heads down, and I thought I could get a sort of peaceful image, but as soon as I squeezed the shutter button, the noise woke them up -- they must have super-qcute hearing! They poped up their heads, looked at each other, and (I swear they) said, "Dju hear that?!?!?" So rather than peaceful I got amusing-- a bit alarming to the ducks, but definitely amusing to me.
I do like your crop, although I hate to sacrifice those cool reflections. But I do understand about busy. . .
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Jun 10th |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
Um, I can only wish I was in the island country of Greece, and I don't know what a warming filter is, but I had fun reading about someone else's work. . . if only I could see the image! |
Jun 9th |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
Not a fan of the contrail, unless it is one of those that kind of fades away into a sort of elongated cloud (like the clouds to the left of the photo). But that's just an opinion and not a judgment :-) I've always been wary of contrails ever since I counted several of them in the movie "Gettysburg" (an anachronism for sure!)
I like the way the rock is dark at tits base and gradually becomes lighter, culminating with the split sun at the top, which draws my eye to the top of the rock (I hate calling it a rock because it is so huge!). It is indeed a mountainous landform, even in your cropped version, but I agree that including the cars and people render it even more spectacular. Again, an opinion not a judgment because I do realize that some photographers consider including people and/or manmade objects in a nature photo distracting.
I think the balance between the light and dark areas is just perfect -- the clouds to the left and the light area (to the right) are not too bright, and the darker areas not too dark so they don't compete with each other for the viewer's attention.
Your photos always make me appreciate that nature isn't just birds. You live in a grand part of our world! |
Jun 9th |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
This month must be Low-Light Month. :-)
A beautiful bird! -- that you reversed in post processing? I am always impressed with how much one can do with LR or PS, and your photo shows how versatile and tolerant the Nikon DSLRs can be.
The darkness brings out the green coloring of its back and the bit of yellow near the tail, and there is nothing in the photo to distract one's attention from the very beautiful subject. Very nice!
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Jun 9th |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
This reminds me of a place I visited in Florida that people call the "Stick Marsh." Lots of activity there!
The tricolored heron looks like he just stuck his bill into an electrical socket :-) And Big Bird looks quite threatening, enough to ruffle anyone's feathers.
The blurred far wing of the tricolor doesn't bother me. Instead, it suggests movement, like he's getting ready for either fight or flight. But then again, I'm not a contest judge :-)
What impresses me is the technique of getting such clarity in a low-light situation, especially with such a low ISO -- and it didn't require any de-noising! (You're my hero this month, Larry!). |
Jun 9th |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
Dang, you got the photo I was hoping to get :-( There is something about eagles in flight that is so appealing to me.
Those darned white heads, I find it so difficult not to blow them out. I love that you have gotten so much detail from the dark feathers, even with a super-crop. (I know the Z9 can tolerate a lot, but I am sure that the photographer has something to do with it, too) :-) Is the photo maybe a little dark? (I'm not skilled enough to tell for sure.) In any event, it's an exciting capture of our national avian symbol. |
Jun 9th |
| 67 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
Well, newbie here so maybe my opinion is off a bit, but I see a lot of tension in the photo. The blurred attacker flying out of the bokeh gives a sense of distance (yo me, anyway), and it looks like the attackee is just getting a whiff of approaching danger (lifted wings but not yet airborne).
That the background is completely one big cactus is stunning -- to me. No cacti up here in forlorn western NY! (We're lucky we have ducks. . . )
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Jun 9th |
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