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63 Jul 25 Reply Hi Xiao,
Thanks for the suggestion and demonstration.		 Jul 24th
63 Jul 25 Reply Thanks Alane. Jul 24th
63 Jul 25 Reply I completely agree. Jul 24th
63 Jul 25 Comment Nice capture of an Ant in its environment.
My only suggestions would be to completely removing the bottom leaf. I took the liberty of a slight editing: Slight cropping, rotation, increased contrast and decreased hightights: 		Jul 14th
63 Jul 25 Reply Hi Charles,
Thank you for your comments. I agree, the metering was more global than focussed on the wings. This is a Damselfly with Black Wings (Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly - male).
I like your version demonstrating more of the lacing in the wings.		 Jul 14th
63 Jul 25 Comment Hi Murphy,
Lovely historic image with very nice painterly effects. My only suggestion, as mentioned above, would have been to have the whole frame included.
Very nice.		 Jul 14th
63 Jul 25 Comment Hi Charles,
This is a very nice demonstration of the In-Camera stacking technique using the Canon R5ii.
Minimalistic demonstration of colors and textures.
Well done.
I would like to add the following (Although it does not apply to this image): I personnally use the RBG saturation histogram in my view finder instead of the B/W for the following reason: the light sensors have tendency to be very sensitive to red and will frequently over-saturate this channel, even if the B/W histogram looks fine. I realized that when I was taking pictures of red roses.... 		Jul 14th
63 Jul 25 Comment Very interesting information about this unusual moth.
Nice capture - colors and directing lines. I agree with the crop modification on the right as the tip of the wing was almost touching the edge. If one wants to frame this image, there would be good chances that the frame would partly remove part of the wing....
I agree that generative AI can frequently be used to successfully enlarge a crop that was too tight in-camera.
Nice.		 Jul 14th
63 Jul 25 Comment Really nice capture. Lovely details and reflection.
Really good to see the second image to put the flower in its context.		 Jul 10th
63 Jul 25 Comment Thanks Murphy. All very good points. Jul 10th
6 comments - 4 replies for Group 63
69 Jul 25 Reply Thanks Cindy. I agree. He was quite busy eating vegetation in the water by the shores of this lake. Water was pouring out every time he was lifting his head. Jul 25th
69 Jul 25 Comment Hi Diane,
Nicely done.
I like the color palette and the expression of this Roo. The green stack offers a great color contrast.
I believe that the background is a little too bright and competing with the Roo. I took the liberty of "tweaking" your image by using selective decrease of highlights and whites in the far background and adding a soft vignette to bring your animal as the center of attention. (I might have done it a little too far, but this is just to show you my vision.)
Jul 14th
69 Jul 25 Comment Hi Jacob,
Nicely done. I frequently use "manual focus" when I need to aim at an animal that is far in the field. Your camera (EOS Rebel T7 - according to last month post) will have tendency to focus on the nearest point in your field of view. In this case, the manual focus feature will allow you to change your focus point to a deeper one.
Keep on practicing! Looking forward to see more images.
Jul 14th
69 Jul 25 Comment Hi Cindy,
Very nice image, not only showing these Canada Geese parenting skills, but also the lovely interaction between the two parents.
Nice editing.
Another keeper!		 Jul 14th
69 Jul 25 Reply Hi Jacob,
See my comments above.		 Jul 14th
69 Jul 25 Reply Hi Diane,
I was with 3 other photographers on the small flat-bottom boat(+ the leader). We were instructed to use monopods to avoid rapid swings of the cameras with telephoto lens as these "swings" would make the embarcation unstable + scare the animals.
I also, as mentioned above, used the screen view with the camera at my waist level - sitting on a very low seat (also to increase stability).		 Jul 14th
69 Jul 25 Reply Thanks Mervyn
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69 Jul 25 Comment Hi Dean,
Simply beautiful. Very nice details, sharp, color palette, angles, cropping, etc... Lovely.
Another keeper!		 Jul 14th
69 Jul 25 Comment Lovely nature image. Nice framing, lines, point of interest, etc... My only suggestion would be to decrease the highlights in the background/ more contrast/soft vignette. I took the liberty to add my vision: Jul 14th
69 Jul 25 Comment Hi Dean, This was in the early morning hours. You can see that the Sun was very low by looking at the antlers shadows on its neck.
I was sitting on a very low seat, the lens was on a monopod, and I was using the live-view screen angled up with the camera body a bit above my waist to get this very low shot.
Tilted image? Not easy as the grass line was not straight. Instead, I used the vertical lines between the bull and its reflection. You might be right.
Thanks for pointing that out.
Jul 6th
6 comments - 4 replies for Group 69
70 Jul 25 Reply Hi Frans,
You have great creative skills.		 Jul 24th
70 Jul 25 Reply Hi Frans,
Thanks for these very kind comments.		 Jul 24th
70 Jul 25 Reply Hi Kathryn,
You are right, but I felt that getting up at 4 AM was very rewarding that day! (When adding the time to ride to the pier + time to get there by boat.)
Jul 24th
70 Jul 25 Reply Hi Kirk,
Thanks for your comments.
p.s.: This was an early sunrise (approx 5:30 AM!).		 Jul 17th
70 Jul 25 Comment Hi Kirk,
I liked the cropping suggestion of Geoff. Obviously, many cropping options exist. This would be my take:		 Jul 17th
70 Jul 25 Reply Thanks Geoff Jul 15th
70 Jul 25 Comment Nicely done. Good depth perspective with the curving line of the railroad tract and train. I can appreciate that you preferred to be far away from the coal/steam locomotive! Holy smoke....
I was wondering if the sky was that blue, of if the saturation is a little high...
Another keeper!
Jul 14th
70 Jul 25 Comment Wow.... Dramatic sky is an understatement. Just beautiful.
My first impression is that you perform a B/W conversion - although you did not mention anything about it! Did you convert?
Nice light and shadows, lines, depth, forest line in the foreground.
I would not change anything!
Another keeper.		 Jul 14th
70 Jul 25 Comment Very nice cityscape. Sharp throughout despite the relatively low shutter speed on a fast-riding boat. A rather Big cruise ship can be seen in the center with the city frames delineated by the Needle on the left and tall dark skyscrapers on the right.
I this case, as there is not much to the perfectly blue sky, I would have probably set the horizon line in the middle rather than the rule of thirds...
Jul 14th
70 Jul 25 Comment Beautiful sunset. This is quite the sky.
Nicely done.		 Jul 14th
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