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

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69 Dec 18 Comment Hi Geoffrey,
Welcome to our group. I am looking forward to view your pictures and the scenes from Australia.

Nice capture, unfortunately, the wings were clippe! I can't count the times this happened to me.... Well, how to turn a clipped wing(s) into a masterpiece partly depends on the definition of your picture. My tendency is to say that I wanted to get a great shot of the head of the animal (or another body part). Nobody needs to know that you failed to capture the whole bird! Here would be my take - I cropped very tightly (probably too much) but this is more to push my point. The head details are just amazing! Keep on the good work.		 Dec 13th
69 Dec 18 Reply This hawk lives in a nature preserve just south of Buffalo, NY (TIFFT farm). There is another one that lives in Depew (also South of Buffalo) at Reinstein Woods. Dec 11th
69 Dec 18 Comment Wonderful trio of Monarch butterflies. Just beautiful. Tack sharp focus helped with the setting at f8. Maybe reducing the shadow and the highlights would help reducing the "noon light" effect with the deep shadows alternating with the very bright highlights.
Very nice catch. 		Dec 11th
69 Dec 18 Reply Thanks.
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69 Dec 18 Reply Thanks for these comments. This Red Tailed Hawk hunting territory is at the TIFFT Nature Preserve, just South of Buffalo, NY.
I am probably too much of a purist with the catch light, but I have to admit that I never added one as of yet. How do you proceed? With a radial brush or an adjustment brush? Where is the best spot? How you set it up? (local increase in exposure, hightlight, decreased shadow, etc...)
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69 Dec 18 Comment Majestic animal. Very nice portrait. It looks like it just came out of the water! Simply lovely. Dec 7th
69 Dec 18 Comment Very nice Black Crowned Night Heron shot. I love the lighting and details. Great image. Dec 7th
69 Dec 18 Comment Very interesting artistic touch. I always learn from your images.
Great.		 Dec 7th
69 Dec 18 Comment Great composition and lines but I do believe that it is a bit oversaturated. I would tone it down a bit. In respect to HDR, I certainly would have also bracketed this image.
I tried to work on it. I slightly decreased the overall saturation and then selectively increased the saturation on the clouds. 		Dec 7th
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70 Dec 18 Comment Mesmerizing pattern of light and shadows. Nice angle and great dept of field. Great capture.
If you go back there, I would suggest to take exactly the same photography during the "orange" hours.
Just wonderful. Great work.		 Dec 11th
70 Dec 18 Reply Hi Frans,
Thank you for the very kind words. I realized that since I started getting more involved in photography that I pay much more attention to everything around me. I was stunned by this wonderful sky and did some researched to find out more about it. This is a particular cloud formation that is of fairly short duration (transitional). The shimmering effect is caused by ice droplets within the clouds.
I appreciate your directional lines and the decision to keep the original cropping or removing the right side. The rule of thirds would be in favor in keeping the right tail end. I do believe that my photography is pretty representative of the scene "as seen" but I agree that lighting up the right area is more pleasing visually.		 Dec 11th
70 Dec 18 Reply The Lumix G9 is a great and very fast mirrorless camera (micro 4/3). It took me a while to learn how to navigate in it's extensive customizable setup. Despite the size of the sensor, the image quality is very good (but not as good as Full frame sensor in low light condition). Dec 8th
70 Dec 18 Reply Hi Todd,
I worked on this pano either right before the new version of Lightroom (HDR and Pano separately) or with the New version. With the new "combo" version, one could not reduce motion artifacts. I do not use HDR if it is very windy as I prefer not to use the motion reducer.
I do not adjust the differences in lighting - done automatically in Lightroom.
In this scene, the sun (on the left side) was pretty bright. Although the right side looks darker, the exposures were significantly longer at that end (by 2.3 stops). In other words, the right was very dark compared to the left side!		 Dec 8th
70 Dec 18 Comment Nice area to visit. To put on my bucket list once I am retired!
Nice scenery.
Personally, I prefer not to have to many man made structures in my sightseeing panoramic views. I do believe that increasing the contrast would also give more importance to the clouds.
I took the liberty on cropping the left portion of your picture, adjusted the white balance, and slightly increased the contrast, clarity, dehazing and vibrance.
Keep on the good work!		 Dec 7th
70 Dec 18 Comment Interesting effect. I am not sure that you were in focus. Although one could expect the clouds to be moving/blurred there should be an area that was not moving (ground) in focus.
It is very difficult to adjust the focus with a 10 ND unless one uses the focal scale on the lens or focus first without the filter, turn the autofocus off, and then add the filter.
Dec 7th
70 Dec 18 Comment Nice perspective, composition and light.
Although you had a relatively high f stop (11), it looks like the focus point was fairly close to you as the city is not perfectly sharp. The best hyperfocal point should be approximately a third of the distance between the foreground and the background.
Another way to do this is to use the focus stacking method.		 Dec 7th
70 Dec 18 Comment Hi Todd,
I really liked this concept of Focus stacking/vertical pano idea. The Marc Adamus website is very interesting. Your image from last month with variable shutter speed in the foreground and background was also very nice.
My only issues with this present photo is a very slight angle of the horizon line and the strong highlights on the foreground.

Keep this nice work. Looking forward to see more of your images.		 Dec 7th
70 Dec 18 Comment Interesting story. Do you know this family? Did they leave this area prior to the upcoming high tide?
Interesting way to do an aerial view!
I am not sure that I like so much barrel distortion. I tried to correct the lens distortion but it had minimal effect. Is it possible that your camera was pointing slightly down?

I played with your image a bit.... I changed the vertical angle and slightly touched the horizon line.
I am not sure if I like my modifications.
Nice image and a good way to trigger a discussion.		 Dec 7th
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77 Dec 18 Reply I tried to slightly brighten the Head and Head reflection using the radial filter (oval) and inverting the selection + feathering. Here is the result: Dec 8th
77 Dec 18 Comment This is a really nice landscape of the Grand Canyon. I love the soft colors of the sky and the canyon and all the layers. Impressive depth of field! Did you use focus stacking or just a very high f stop? I also like the few sunlight area on the canyon that are adding to the mood.
Wonderful work.		 Dec 7th
77 Dec 18 Comment Very interesting composition. Nice depth of field. If possible, I think that a less tight cropping would be better (a bit more room around the water).
Beautiful.		 Dec 7th
77 Dec 18 Reply Nice suggestion. I was not considering a vertical composition as this Deer was walking towards the left side. Here we go... Dec 7th
77 Dec 18 Comment Very Nice. Where did you find this Yak? In Buffalo, NY? Dec 7th
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