Activity for User 217 - Dennis Hirning - dchirning@msn.com

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1 Oct 20 Reply It would probably be easier to do the 4am start. :) Oct 25th
1 Oct 20 Reply What's a tripod? :)

I was laying on my stomach so I had a natural tripod with my elbows. The next time I looked it was gone and there was another one caught after that. I have an idea that they are all piled up next to a nest under the house.		 Oct 22nd
1 Oct 20 Comment I like the rim lighting on the bird. I probably would agree to crop off the right side enough to eliminate the lighter spots. You might also add a slight dark vignette to keep the viewer's eye where it belongs. Very nice. Oct 19th
1 Oct 20 Comment I would have to disagree with Neal and Sharon. I would have no desire to climb up there. My knees hurt just thinking about it.

I think that it might not be easy to do but I would like to see the light earlier in the day so the east faces would be lighter and the west darker giving you more contrast.		 Oct 19th
1 Oct 20 Comment I think the composition works well with the stream running from the left side towards you. I might have cropped off all of the sky to make the stream fill 2/3 of the image. Oct 19th
1 Oct 20 Comment I guess I would have to go along with the other comments. The leaf is interesting but the water in the background does draw the eye away from the leaf. I hate to even mention it, but a polarizing filter might have helped. I have one but the last time I used it, it was as a neutral density filter.
Oct 19th
1 Oct 20 Comment The contrasting colors between the grapes and the vines work great. The grapes are well placed in the image.

I do agree with Neal. I dark vignette well placed vignette would help tone down all the vegetation and also make the out of focus vines in the foreground less noticeable. 		Oct 17th
1 Oct 20 Comment I hate to say it, the flames are great in this. The helicopter does add even more interest. I am sure that you didn't have much chance for this other then to just grab the camera and start shooting without doing any adjusting to what the camera was set on. For flying propellers, it is usually best to use a slower shutter speed, maybe around 1/250, to give some motion blur.If you had time, you could have dropped the ISO to achieve that. I'm not sure what the flight path was for the helicopter but it might have been possible to catch the bucket closer or with the main flame right behind it.

This is a lot of "what if" suggestions. You did a great job in the heat of the moment.		 Oct 17th
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