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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 59 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Thanks Don I appreciate your comment. Bruce |
Nov 13th |
| 59 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Gerald, all I can say is "Wow". A winner an any competition. Bruce. |
Nov 12th |
| 59 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Ronald, The crowd size reminds me of my beginnings of playing soccer where the crowd size was similar and teams were made up of all ethnic players and names such a Germania, Incas, Hollandia, Hellas the Greek team I played on even though I am not Greek. Now, there are more youth soccer players in the US than basketball players. Bruce |
Nov 12th |
| 59 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Don, The action makes this image making the viewer wonder what what the result. In my opinion, the action overcomes the bright overexposure. I would like to see the background blurred more but not possible shooting youth soccer. Bruce |
Nov 12th |
| 59 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Andre, Welcome to Group 59 and what an awesome image to start out with for your first image. There are many things that make this a great image, the low perspective, the beautiful light, the clouds, the sunset, and most of all the peak action. A first class image. Looking forward to more of your images. Bruce |
Nov 7th |
| 59 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Isaac,, It is always great when you can get some action images of your family. Your image I sharp and well exposed. It make me wonder did the other player catch the ball and was your grandson safe? Nice action image. Bruce |
Nov 7th |
| 59 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hans, I like the way the first three are in focus and the rest are blurred, making them less important in the image. I also like your shooting position looking straight down the track and keeping some separation between the leaders. I do wonder why the spectators at the front are looking away as though they are not interested in the bikers. Bruce |
Nov 6th |
7 comments - 0 replies for Group 59
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| 72 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Adrian, good job on your remake of the image, not an easy task with the harsh conditions. Bruce |
Nov 19th |
| 72 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
I have been to Katmai many times and it is indeed an amazing place, especially for the brown bears. I actually like the pano imager as well. Your image shows the difference in size of the male vs the females. Bruce |
Nov 12th |
| 72 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hey Barbara, Nice image of a bull elk bugling. Your composition is pleasing and shows a good pose. The details show that the antlers were rubbing off some of the fur making an unusual image. Very nice image indeed. Bruce |
Nov 12th |
| 72 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hey Adrian, I have visited Yellowstone many time during the winter and only had one opportunity to see wolves on a kill. It was very close to sundown so light was poor and they were about 100 yards way. I did manage to get a few decent images of the 12 wolves at the scene. You were lucky to come upon a kill close enough to get good images. The sun appears quite harsh creating shadows especially on the dark wolf. Todays technology might be able to deal with them, but still would be difficult. Bruce |
Nov 12th |
| 72 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hey Maria, welcome to the group 72 Nature Study Group. I am looking forward to seeing more of your images. I hope the members can give you many hints to improve your skills. My most important advice to get images that stand out is to must be there. Many things have to occur to make the right conditions for great images, including light, background, correct exposure and shutter speed, and most of all the subject has to be there doing something interesting at the time you are there with all these conditions met. Of course post processing can make up for some problems, but getting it correct in camera is the best, so just being there at the right time is for me the most important factor. I do spend a lot of time in my back yard setting up perches for the birds at my feeders so you do not have to travel far. Your image is Nice of the bird however there are to many distractions in the background. I Cropped it to a square to eliminate some of them, darkened the background and lightened the bird because your eye is naturally drawn to brighter areas. Of course you are the maker and the choice Is yours . Bruce Benson |
Nov 12th |
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4 comments - 1 reply for Group 72
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| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Adrian, Thanks for the feedback, good idea for the portrait view, it would eliminate much of the distracting elements. I will give it a look. Bruce |
Nov 21st |
| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Cindy, here is my humble attempt to improve the background using the background and subject mask tools in Adobe Raw. I also cropped a bit off to just eliminate some of the brightest areas in the background. I am sure that all of us have had similar situations since birds like trees so we have to shoot into the bright light shining above them. Bruce |
Nov 19th |
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| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Thanks Steve, I surely missed dealing with the bright weed, Cindy caught that as well. Interesting concept to shoot wide open for landscapes, I will have to try it. I do have 400 2.8 and an 800 5.6 for birds a 13-19 2.8 and 24-70 Bruce2.8. I hope you will post one of your landscape examples for us to see. Bruce |
Nov 18th |
| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Adrian, a difficult image to get the best composition, and agree with Jerry, about liking the alternate image better. Bruce |
Nov 12th |
| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Cindy you did a great job of bringing out the darks in the birds. You did have to sacrifice a bit on the difficult bright highlights but I think you handled it very well. What a nice pose with the interaction and nice perch. Very nice image, Bruce |
Nov 12th |
| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
I agree with Jerry, (Wow) Also agree that you might lighten the bird just a bit. Bruce |
Nov 12th |
| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Sunat, You present a nice documentary image of the Black Tailed Godwit. Your image shows the habitat of the bird nicely and the bird is well exposed and sharp. Perhaps a small amount of additional contrast might make the bird stand out from the background. My style is to have the background out of focus as in the sample I have attached. This is achieved by using a wide open f stop such as 5.6 or lower and getting down low so that the lens does not face down into the grass behind the bird. If your intention is to show the habitat of the bird, you did a great job and of course it is your choice how you want it to look, well done. Bruce |
Nov 12th |
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| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Jerry, I love the story told by your image. I have several similar images from the Alligator Farm in ST Augustine. You removed the most important sticks. Perhaps a light vignette might limit distracting branches. Bruce |
Nov 11th |
| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Thanks Jerry, Good catch with the bright out of focus reed. I can not believe I miss that. I guess that is why we belong to a group so we can get others observations. Bruce |
Nov 11th |
8 comments - 1 reply for Group 91
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19 comments - 2 replies Total
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