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

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67 Aug 18 Reply Aucun clonage. Toute cette petite famille était bien tassée sur cette branche. J'ai pris plusieurs photographies mais celle ci avait moins de superpositions que les autres. Un de mes problème est que j'étais en contre-jour, rendant la tâche de réduire les ombrages difficile. Le premier canard venais tout juste de refermer ses ailes. Aug 24th
67 Aug 18 Comment Très bien. J'utilise très frequemment le câdrage carré pour ce type de photographies, en parti pour se débarasser de l'environnement qui distrait souvent.
J'aurais probablement diminué la grandeur de l'iris afin d'avoir un peu plus de profondeur de champ.
Bien réussi!		 Aug 2nd
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69 Aug 18 Reply Nice. Thanks. Aug 14th
69 Aug 18 Reply Yes. He got the fish! Aug 10th
69 Aug 18 Comment Beautiful. Perfect reflexion in the pond.
For me, the initial version was not cropped enough but I found the last version a little too tight!

I put the interface between the left front paw and it's reflexion at mid-height and kept all the bottom portion of the image.		 Aug 6th
69 Aug 18 Comment Lovely colors and textures. I like Mervyn's cropping. There is still a lot of space around the frog and less distraction caused by the out of focus area.
Beautiful!		 Aug 6th
69 Aug 18 Comment I love all of these pictures. Very nice textures and flowing water. Interesting each vision. Aug 6th
69 Aug 18 Comment I agree with all the comments above.
Bird photography requires a lot of practice and patience. Generally, I would choose a higher shutter speed (1/1000 minimum - unless one to immobilize the head and preserve some wing movement).
Keep the good work.		 Aug 6th
69 Aug 18 Comment Beautiful bird. I like the cropped version better without the branch. I really like the details on the feathers.
I would have liked a little more space on the left side of the bird. I believe that the reason you cropped like this is that you did not have much space above it's head.
To remove anything from the image, unless is from cropping, is forbidden in most nature photo context but acceptable in a Nature Plus group.
Set up choice: nice ISO but I would have traded some of the shutter speed (1/8000) for f stops. As one increase the focal length, the depth of field decreases with the same f-stop and distance from the subject. I find that f/6.3 does not give me enough depth of field for this type of picture.		 Aug 6th
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70 Aug 18 Reply Nice job. I have to withdraw the comment above.
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70 Aug 18 Reply I agree but to crop tighter would remove too much of the scene. To erase the tree would not be conform with the view from this location. Not always easy to decide!
Thanks for all these comments. 		Aug 24th
70 Aug 18 Reply Thanks for the info. Aug 6th
70 Aug 18 Comment Nice time of the day for this type of pictures.
Although I feel that comments can sometimes be unfair on my submissions, I want to be constructive.
1) I would use a much higher f-stop. Ideally, I would focus at about a third of the distance between the camera and the trees far away. This would allow your whole picture to have a sharper focus.
2) I found 2 big sensor dust spots in the central area of the sky - please check your sensor. On a mirrorless camera, make sure that you turn off the camera prior to changing your lenses. An active sensor attract dust +++ and there is no mirror to protect your sensor.
3) I used the graduated neutral density filter to darken the sky a bit. I am wondering if the sky was overexposed, and because of this, some of the details were possibly lost.
4) If it is not possible to overexpose the highlights without losing details in the shadow, I would suggest bracketing a few shots.
5) I am wondering is the sharpening or the dehazing tools were used a little too agressively.
I tried to work on it, but it is always difficult when using a JPG version of less than 1 kb!

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70 Aug 18 Comment Really nice colors, vegetation and water textures. Excellent dept-of-field with tack sharp focus throughout. Personally, I would have like a little bit more room above the head of the fall.
Beautiful!		 Aug 6th
70 Aug 18 Comment I also like the simplicity of this picture as well as the texture and color scheme.
I would have like a little bit more room on the top but short of this, I felt that cropping a little tighter on the bottom would bring the reflexion interface closer to the midline. I also remove some of the water bugs and either flies or some sensor dust spots.		 Aug 6th
70 Aug 18 Comment Very nice panoramic picture with impressive depth of field. The wide angle lens help in this respect.
I am not presently viewing your image with a good quality monitor but I am wondering if you use a little too much of the "dehazing" function? Maybe applying a graduated filter will help reducing the very strong contrast between the upper left portion of your picture compared to the rest.

p.s.: You do not have to use Photoshop to create Panos or HDR. These functions are available on Lightroom. I find easier to apply the lens correction to each image before creating the Pano.		 Aug 2nd
70 Aug 18 Comment This is a very nice panning photography with a well selected shutter speed. Practice, practice, practice.....
I like all the action and the sharp face of the rider.
I love it. Good work.

My Only question: Can this be considered a landscape/cityscape shot? 		Aug 2nd
70 Aug 18 Comment Really nice capture. I am a bit surprised that with such a slow shutter speed that the leaves are still pretty sharp! No wind at all!!
Did you take the same picture without using IR? It would be interesting to compare.
Just to start a conversation of IR photography:
Did you have to use this long shutter speed because you use a regular camera and added a IR filter in front of your lens?
I send by Canon 6D for an astro conversion (all filters removed including the AA filter). To to IR, I simply use an IR filter in front of the lens. Because the internal filters were removed, the sensor is much more sensitive to the light and I can use a high shutter speed if needed.		 Aug 2nd
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77 Aug 18 Reply This Leica DG Vario-Elmar 100-400 is a great lens and very convenient for wildlife photography. Very handy range expecially when on a trip. I also have the Elmarit 200mm with the 1.4X teleconverter. This second lens is more expensive but opens up to 2.8 without and 4 with the converter. This second lens is also sharper, combined shaking compensation of 6.5 stops, but is not as flexible as a zoom lens.
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77 Aug 18 Comment Nice capture of this family of Mallards. All the birds are tack sharp.
I agree with Donna's comments. Can you try decreasing your cropping (if possible) as well as the highlights and whites in LightRoom on the original?

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77 Aug 18 Comment I am in awe with the very sharp and bright colors of these birds! Very nice action shot.
I like the initial framing better than the second one. Nice work on the flower and the drop between the 2 birds (drop or dirt on your sensor?)
Simply lovely. Looking forward to your next submissions. 		Aug 2nd
77 Aug 18 Comment I agree with the above comments. I also want to point the light in the eye and the good angle of the head and body. Nice Job! Aug 2nd
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