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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 52 |
Feb 17 |
Comment |
Your eagles are quite sharp. Both have strong eyes and crisp wing feathers. The eagle’s left wing is not as focused; however I see that as movement in flight so it works. Because the plants are obstructing I cropped in closer. I focus more on the eagles, less on the plants. I also think this crop separates the left eagle's face from it wings span. |
Feb 11th |
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| 52 |
Feb 17 |
Comment |
OH MY! What a wonderful expression and a sharp owl. The green eyes grab me and are almost a perfect match with the green beak. The feathers are perfectly clear. You have a winner for your competition. If not, I want to see what did win. |
Feb 11th |
| 52 |
Feb 17 |
Comment |
Your colors and tight crop work well, and I like the green pod to the left. The backgrounds don’t bother me at all. I like the whole image.
I wonder what type metering you used and where you metered. I ask because the top of the main flower is a bit soft while the right flowers are sharper. An aperture of 16 should have worked.
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Feb 11th |
| 52 |
Feb 17 |
Comment |
As crisp as the whole image is the brown ring color around the face draws me in more than anything. What a wonderful looking bird. You have captured great detail in the feathers…they look a bit like a fur coat people wore in the old days. You captured a great shot under difficult conditions. Bravo to you.
By the way, you could enter this in Tom’s competition for eyes.
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Feb 11th |
| 52 |
Feb 17 |
Comment |
The action and nature story of the image is grand. Bird hitting water. The sparkle of water which gives great interest and info. I like the open mouth and the perfect feet position. Composition is first rate.
I think the overall image needs a punch of something to make the bird stand out from its surroundings; just a bit more contrast between them would add more power.
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Feb 11th |
| 52 |
Feb 17 |
Comment |
I like the idea of your picture. I would crop out the small patch of sky under the body but that is more a personal preference. I would also use a curves adjustment (or your choice of another method) on the bird’s body. I think there is good texture and detail to be enhanced there. Finally, there is color to be teased from the eye and beak with, perhaps, a dodge tool. |
Feb 11th |
| 52 |
Feb 17 |
Comment |
Oh, I do like what you did with noise reduction. As for the extra line, I went back and forth on that. One thought was it gave more info on its being a spider web line. The other had to do with trying to follow the guidelines for Nature to see how I could enter it in competition.
For printing I do like what you have done but it would then go in Pictorial rather than nature in my home club. Thank you, Mike. I will play with the noise to see if I can follow your lead. I'll also decide in which category I want to enter before I keep processing. |
Feb 3rd |
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