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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 69 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Thanks for all the great feedback! I did open the shadows (thanks, Candy!) and darkened my sky (thanks, Dean!). Take a look and give me your feelings. I'd really get this perfect for competition. |
Jun 17th |
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| 69 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thanks, Candy! I appreciate the "leave out the trees". I'll work on lightening the feathers and getting some cloud detail and repost here. Great tips! |
Jun 14th |
| 69 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thanks for your feedback on the "no trees" image. I'm glad you liked the story and the image. That makes me very happy!
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Jun 14th |
| 69 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Oh, I want one! Such a gorgeous animal, and you've captured him posing perfectly! I agree with the other comments on the tail tip. The eyes seem a bit over bright to me on my screen, I would probably darken a bit and leave the catch lights.
The wallaby and the rocks make a great diagonal, also!
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Jun 14th |
| 69 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
When I saw this, I felt this was your best image, so creative. As all have said, it needs some lightening. If you have Lightroom CC, you can add a radial gradient with a bit of exposure. That will give you a winning image! There are a million You Tube videos on the Radial Gradient. It is very easy to use, even on a phone. Great job! |
Jun 14th |
| 69 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
What?! Your original looks like a throw-away. What a wonderful creation. The blue and gold make a great complimentary color contrast. To me, it seems abstract, as its difficult to see where/how its floating on water. Really peaceful and creative!! |
Jun 14th |
| 69 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
So glad to see a Cape May warbler! I have yet to see one in Florida and Indiana in my very new birding photography phase.
So cool you have it in a gorgeous setting. I agree the tighter crop works well. I do like the exposure down a bit, as it did seem bright to me. If you are going to compete in PSA Nature, vignettes are not allowed.
Great job! These are so fast and flighty! |
Jun 14th |
| 69 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Love love love these! I especially like the original, a great diagonal formed by the birds' path.
In your composite image, there seems to be a whitish haze or halo behind and around the top bird? Maybe needs some darkening?
Did you get this at your birding workshop in Texas? I ask because we had a lot of similar setups in Edinburg, Texas in birding blinds.
Thrilled you got such great images! |
Jun 14th |
| 69 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Love everything about this! I've taken several images of purple gallinules, but, as you mentioned, they live in swamp plants! Great color, fab background, spectacular story, great lines with the wings and plant.
Being super picky, I might consider lightening the bird's eye. I hope you are going to compete with this...I would love to have this in my portfolio! |
Jun 8th |
| 69 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
I love your version! However, for Nature, it would be too big of a change. But I definitely think I can edge it more your direction. Thanks for saying you liked the "air" with "no trees" version! |
Jun 7th |
| 69 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Very kind of you! I so appreciate it!
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Jun 7th |
| 69 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thanks so much! Did you like the tree version or the "in air" version? I appreciate the compliments! |
Jun 7th |
7 comments - 5 replies for Group 69
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| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thanks, Sunil!
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Jun 30th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thanks so much, Helen. I appreciate your efforts! |
Jun 23rd |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
I just posted a new version today, can you take a look and see if you like it better? Does it need more? Thanks a million! |
Jun 23rd |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Will you take a peek at my latest version with less pink and more room? I reworked it from the beginning. Better? Less pink/purple? |
Jun 23rd |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Will you take a peek at my latest version with less pink and more room? Better or drop more of the color? Thanks so much, Mitch! |
Jun 23rd |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Bev, so nice to hear from you! Thanks so much for your feedback! Take a look at my latest posted today. Any better? |
Jun 23rd |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
I'd love for you to take a look at my last version? Any better? |
Jun 23rd |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Will you take a peek at my latest version with less pink and more room? Thanks for your help! |
Jun 23rd |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thanks, Helen! Will you take a peek at my latest version with less pink and more room? |
Jun 23rd |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I lightened the purple....better? I gave him a bit more room to fly into...too much to fly into?
Thanks for all the help on this one! |
Jun 23rd |
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| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I made the changes you suggested below. What do you think? Thanks! |
Jun 17th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
I took your advice, check out my newest rendition below and let me know your additional changes. Thanks! |
Jun 17th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Mitch, I took all your advice. Please check out my new one below.
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Jun 17th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I gave the Spoonbill more room, as everyone advised. I lightened the eye. Is the whitish neck too dark? It is in shade. I sharpened it a bit differently, and I think its better.
Thanks for the feedback! Wanna compete with this one! |
Jun 17th |
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| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thanks for your thoughts, Jason. Let me see what I can do and I'll post my updated flyer. Appreciate you! |
Jun 14th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thanks!! |
Jun 10th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thanks! Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing all your efforts! |
Jun 9th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Terry, Thanks so much! Did you do a rework for me? It sounds like it from your comments. I'll rework the crop and image using your thoughts. Much appreciated! |
Jun 8th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
We love you stopping by, Karl! Thanks so much! Great comments! |
Jun 4th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Whoa! I LOVE Jason's LUT! Incredible transformation. A guy in our club is a Hummer photographer, and he uses four lights to stop the action and light up the hummer and add the shine to them. So you did a great job getting so much detail. Happy to share the R5 settings I am using that nature photographer Adam Jones gave me. Easy to do over the phone.
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Jun 4th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Jeez, once again, I had the same thoughts as Mitch! I love his face, but I would think you were in to close if it was a family member or friend. So if we identify him as a bartender/owner, it will work really well. And just a bit of straightening will perfect it. |
Jun 4th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
What??!! She jumped that high in the woods?! Way cool! I do love Jason's colors fit a bit better--going to have to learn about LUT's! Either flip works for me.
Brilliant and fresh, as always! |
Jun 4th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
What a fun capture! Like Mitch, I'd love to know where you snapped this. I like everything you've done, but I do think the back windows and the bright spot take away from such an interesting character.
One thought, there is a man in the train facing your subject. He might be interesting to lighten just a bit. |
Jun 4th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Sunil, what a sweet idea! I'd love to see more of your faces, but i get that's not your "look". The pup facing would be cute. Congrats! |
Jun 4th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Jim, What a great pic! I had the same thoughts as Mitch, almost word for word. And I really like how its warmed up a bit and lighter in Mitch's version. I use NIK's Perspective, which does a great job getting rid of distortion on wide angle lenses. Great potential here! |
Jun 4th |
| 78 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Mitch, thanks for the suggestion of modifying the crop, I'll play with that. Feel free to reach out on the firmware updates, I highly recommend them. I googled how to do it, and it was surprisingly easy. But happy to Zoom with you and walk you through it. |
Jun 4th |
9 comments - 17 replies for Group 78
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16 comments - 22 replies Total
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