Activity for User 671 - Pierre Williot - pwilliot@mac.com

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67 Jun 18 Comment Bonjour Bernadette. Je n'ai rien utilisé. Il était simplement très curieux et m'a observé un bref moment.
Camera: Nouvelle caméra de Panasonic - Lumix G9. C'est un Micro 4/3 ciblant les photographes surtout intéressé à des images statiques plutôt que des vidéos. Je l'aime beaucoup. Moins compacte que la majorité des "mirrorless" - solide.		 Jun 14th
67 Jun 18 Comment Vue du Vieux Montreal à partir de Longueil et à travers la grande roue de l'expo?! Excellent! Bon câdrage du Marché Bonsecours. J'aime beaucoups. Jun 14th
67 Jun 18 Comment Je suis en accord avec Bernadette. L'ouverture réduite a permit d'avoir une excellente profondeur de champs et aussi d'avoid l'effet en étoile des phares. Excellente photographie documentaire. Jun 14th
67 Jun 18 Comment J'adore cette image. Il serait très interessant d'avoir plus de details: Ou? Histoire?

Réserve dans les territoires du Nord Ouest? 		Jun 14th
67 Jun 18 Comment Triste realité! Je suis en parfait accord avec Bernadette. If resemble à un crabe marabout!
J'aime bien l'humour.		 Jun 14th
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69 Jun 18 Reply Smudges.... Not always easy to see. I just saw some and then combed the picture. I normally magnify (2X) and do a systematic search. When on the "spot removal function" in lightroom, the box in the bottom of the picture can sometimes help finding them. Sometime increasing the dehaze function, increasing contrast or decreasing the saturation can make them stand out. Jun 21st
69 Jun 18 Reply Thanks. It would be nice if one could ask all animals to pose for us (and to be there when we want to take their picture.....). Jun 21st
69 Jun 18 Reply Hi Donna,
Photography is an art form. There is no "right" or "wrong" way to do things.
From my point of view, this type of conversation make me think longer when I take pictures. Should I try with a lower f/stop, cropping differently, slowdown the shutter speed, bracket my shot, back up a little, move sideways, panning at low shutter speed, etc... etc... Same with post processing.
Eventually, each artist develops his/her own style and can be recognized by it.
Keep on the good work. Looking forward to see more of your photography and reading your take on all submissions. This active conversation really makes it interesting and push me to do things differently.
Cheers.		 Jun 21st
69 Jun 18 Comment I agree with the above comments. The bird is looking outside your frame on the right side. It would be better to have more space where the bird is looking and less in his back.
I tried to crop your version and play with the contrasts but considering the size of the JPG file, you should get much better results by working on your original. 		Jun 14th
69 Jun 18 Comment So many nice variations. Good conversation and constructive comments.
Personally, I do not mind the empty space.
Of all the versions, I think that I prefer Candy's one. I detected some sensor smudge that I removed on this version.		 Jun 14th
69 Jun 18 Comment Interesting conversation.
Being at eye level really helps in creating a contact between the bird and the observer.
In the first picture, the foreground takes too much space and Mervyn modification is quite remarkable. I do believe that the same shot taken from a few inches higher would have preserved this eye contact but improved the whole picture.
I found your 3rd pict to be excellent in this respect.
For low shots, especially on a beach, I like to use the Skimmer with a Gimbal head.		 Jun 14th
69 Jun 18 Comment Nice work as usual!
Personally, I would like a little less cropping over the head of this Ibis, perhaps a vertical framing would work better for me.
I really like the added texture as the background would have been otherwise boring.
I know from multiple previous submissions that you like to flip the image. I am not sure that in this situation it makes much of a difference as the body is aiming one way and the head the other way.
Can you elaborate on your decision-making process in respect to flipping the image?		 Jun 14th
69 Jun 18 Comment Wow.... Are you sure that you were not on Pandora! Fantastic job especially from a moving boat. Surreal B/W
This is a keeper for sure.
Love it!
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69 Jun 18 Comment Very nice colors and textures. Your subjects have significant depth that was very well preserved by using f/11.
I like the modifications suggested but prefer your original cropping than the one proposed by Candy - just a matter of taste.
I really like it.		 Jun 14th
69 Jun 18 Reply Hi Brenda and Donna,
Thanks for these constructive comments. I am not a big fan of sharpening (or maybe I do not use it properly..). I added some sharpening to the left Swan on his head and remove a small white spot. Here is my new version.
Jun 5th
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70 Jun 18 Reply It is always better to get it straight in camera than post processing.
If it is not possible to get it straight in camera, I would suggest to take the picture a lot broader than needed as the distortion correction will force you to crop.
I have the Canon EF 11-24 mm. With this lens, especially at the wide range, the camera must be perfectly horizontal and perpendicular to the zenith as the perspective correction will be very difficult in post-processing.		 Jun 21st
70 Jun 18 Comment Very interesting picture. I really like the combo of the building lights (fixed) and the traffic lights. I found that the 3 vertical lines on the left upward corner were very distracting and removed them.
Nice work!		 Jun 14th
70 Jun 18 Comment Your choice of a vertical cropping is much better than the original version. Unfortunately, there should be more space in front of the horse on the right. Aiming your camera more the right while staying in the same position could have corrected this. Nice pastoral feel.
I decided to cheat... remove the horse on the right, horizontalized and cropped the original using a combo of ON1 and Lightroom.
Did you find any pot of gold?
(p.s.: Islandic horses are very susceptible and do not like to be called ponies...)		 Jun 14th
70 Jun 18 Comment Nice technical selection providing excellent sharpness throughout and softening the water. Nice lines and wonderful ominous sky. I really like it.
Great job.		 Jun 14th
70 Jun 18 Comment Did you apply the lens correction through Lightroom? Frequently this automatic adjustment works very well.
I was able to obtain a more vertical waterfall by adjusting the vertical to -40 on Lightroom. Still not perfect but I think a little better.
Nice calming color palette and textures. Nice work.		 Jun 14th
70 Jun 18 Comment Nice infrared capture. My only issue is the perspective as the building is falling backward. If this distortion was done on purpose, I am wondering if getting closer to this central palm tree looking upward with this wide angle lens would have help separating the tree from the tower, while still preserving the lighting. Just a thought... Jun 14th
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