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

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63 Feb 25 Comment Hi Xiao,
I believe that this is a Milkweed Bug (Asclepias Syriaca). These bugs will be seen in great numbers all over the open Milkweed pods (seen in my area normally in October - Buffalo/NY).
I agree with the comments above. The specular lights could be avoided by using a flash diffuser, or simply using the natural light. One needs to be careful not to increase the f/stop too much as diffraction issues, not seen here, could affect the sharpness. I like the slight blur on the bloom while the bug is in good focus.
Well done.
Feb 14th
63 Feb 25 Comment Hi Murphy,
Very well done.
Nice play of light and shadows with surfaces of various angles. A keeper!		 Feb 14th
63 Feb 25 Comment Hi Charles,
This is a very nice demonstration of the "minimalist" approached, with a side-lit portrait technique + reflections on a black surface.
Nicely done and very pleasing.
Feb 14th
63 Feb 25 Comment Hi Alane,
This is a lovely image. I agree with Charles that the crop was a little tight - Canvas extension (AI) is a very nice feature.
I just have a question/suggestion/debate?: The snow is supposed to be white. I understand that the vignette helps direct our attention to the subject, but I feel that, in this case, it is a bit "artificial." I took your image, tried to reverse the vignette and used an expansion canvas.		 Feb 14th
63 Feb 25 Reply Thanks Charles for these constructive comments and demonstration. Feb 10th
63 Feb 25 Comment Thanks Murphy Feb 9th
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69 Feb 25 Comment Thanks for all these comments. Appreciated. Feb 28th
69 Feb 25 Reply Thanks Jaswant.
So, please find attached the initial cropped image prior to removing all the snow flakes.		 Feb 13th
69 Feb 25 Reply Nice.... I liked it better like this.
And yes, it makes a lot of sense that your capture was from Austin instead of Chicago.		 Feb 10th
69 Feb 25 Reply Hi Mervyn,
Thanks for your comments. Initially, I left the snowflakes in place, but I found them distracting as some were in focus and others were not (see original). This bird was relatively far away as I did not want to disturb him/her. The flakes between the bird and I were out of focus and looked smudgy, like multiple sensor dusts... I felt that the image would be cleaner by removing them.		 Feb 10th
69 Feb 25 Comment Hi Diane,
Nice action but I found it very dark. When I brought in ON1, I realized that there were a lot of totally "black" areas. I decreased the dark area, decreased the shadows and applied a Neutral density filter to darken the bright grass in the foreground. Just a few suggestions...
Feb 7th
69 Feb 25 Comment Hi Jaswant,
I agree with Dean, this is really rare indeed. I am not sure that the left one is out of focus, but instead, it could be a motion artifact. Even though you were at 1/2000 sec, these small birds are quite fast!...
Feb 7th
69 Feb 25 Comment Hi Jacob,
Nice capture, but we normally do not want a superposition of 2 animals when possible. The way you cropped your image, you obtained a Nene with one head and 2 bodies!
I modified your crop from the original image, focussing on the Nene that was behind these 2 and also removed (quickly - not perfect) the 2 leg bands on its right leg.
Furthermore, I cropped this bird tighter behind the bird, so, this Nene is looking into the frame rather than passed the frame.
Just a few suggestions...		 Feb 7th
69 Feb 25 Comment Nice and sharp with plenty of details.
Is it frequent in Chicago to see the moon laying down? - This is pretty unusual rotation where I live (by the east end of Lake Erie.
I would have liked to get more details in the really bright bottom portion of the moon (even if I did not detect any "burned" pixels). I tried to work on it (decrease highlights, decreased whites, graduated ND filter, increased contrast, etc...., but was not able, on this jpg version, to help much.
Did you perform a bracketed exposure? I find that I have to underexposed the moon significantly to get the details on the bright edge.
Very nice image - Just a suggestion.
Feb 7th
69 Feb 25 Comment This is a very nice image-intimate. I agree with Dean about the very tight crop, although both versions are really nice.
Feb 7th
69 Feb 25 Comment Hi Dean,
Thanks for these constructive comments.
Feb 4th
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70 Feb 25 Comment Thanks for all these comments. I find snow landscapes to be challenging! This was a small beach located at the end of a path through the forest. There were no possibilities of moving the tree and no other anchoring item nearby. Lake Erie is vast and almost completely covered with ice and snow this year. Snow/ice hills are visible and result from ice plate collisions. Everything is bright! Feb 28th
70 Feb 25 Comment Wow... nice work! I love it. Feb 15th
70 Feb 25 Comment Wow.... this capture is really nice with plays on colors, light and shadows, curved lines....
Some details are missing on the right and left. I took the liberty of "tweaking" your image a little bit by decreasing the shadows, decreasing the highlights and the "whites", and slightly decreasing the "blacks" to bring these details back.
Another keeper!
Feb 15th
70 Feb 25 Comment Hi Geoff,
Simply lovely image. Pristine undulated sand hills with nice light/shadows alternating.
Suggestions: I believe that the white band that runs from the right lower corner to the mid portion of the hill is a little overexposed.
Interestingly, you frequently use a drone, providing with a very different perspective. Here, I would have like your viewpoint to be a little higher...
Very nice - A keeper.
Feb 14th
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