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| 73 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Janos, just beautiful! I'm surprised you were able to bribe him! In Tanzania and Kenya they are pretty strict about staying off the savanna after sunset and before sunrise. They could be fined a significant amount of money were they caught. Not been to Botswana, it is still on my bucket list!
Did you use a light to bring up the tree (perhaps his headlights?). I have not attempted a Milky Way shot yet and you did this several years ago....WOW! Very nice!
I have the App. Photographer Ephemeris, and can't quite figure out how to use it :-)! |
Oct 12th |
| 73 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
It is a little distracting and overall not great but I did not spend a lot of time with it but just tried to see if it helped. I suspect the water was actually blue because I did not touch the saturation of any specific color, just rather overall shades and brightness. It would be possible to decrease the blue saturation if you fo to HSL....Lets see what others suggest and their take on the blue. I was just trying to give some options :-)
For me I would rather do the bracketing and initially forced myself to learn it since I could never remember when I was taking shots. Once I had done it a few times it became more automatic. |
Oct 12th |
| 73 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Beautiful shot , and while there are no clouds, it does not take away from the composition or beauty of the scene. The from trees make for a nice leading line. What a beautiful pristine place and fall in the air which combine to make a lovely image! Nicely done. |
Oct 10th |
| 73 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Ian the reason I left the tree line in was because it allowed me to put the Lighthouse in that iconic rule of thirds spot. |
Oct 10th |
| 73 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
I do have ones with it higher but the sun gets blown out ....so you have to decide which bothers you most and for me it was the blown out sun. I like them both, but really love the soft pink of this sky. This one is about the lighthouse with the sun secondary so I opted for the sun lower. But both could be successful.
We were there for over 2 hours....got there long before the sun came up and stayed after it was up, then decided we were hungry and needed coffee to keep going (also needed a nap at that point). |
Oct 10th |
| 73 |
Oct 20 |
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Oct 9th |
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| 73 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I like the way the stream acts as a leading line into the falls. Your composition is good. So overall except that you have the large dynamic range (very brights and dark) this is a nice composition.
Suggestions:
after the fact - if you use Lightroom I tried lowering the brightness to -100 and increasing the shadows to +31 I also used the Histogram to decrease the shadows as far it would go and the brightness to -100. It helps a lot. If you would like more detail just send me an email and I can send you a screen shot. Not sure if you know Lightroom very well so I could be totally confusing you but send me an email if you want more.
When taking the photo you might want to try bracketing the shot to give you one normal, one under exposed and one overexposed, then merge them in Lightroom. I googled the the D700 and it offer a 3 exposure bracketing and there are several You Tube videos that might help explain it better than I could in a short description. I routinely use bracketing and sometimes it works perfectly and other time I struggle . But more often than not it gives you a better image.
Both techniques took me some time to execute but it can be well worth while to give it a whirl. Any questions just email me separately. Others might have some suggestions as well! |
Oct 9th |
| 73 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Spectacular spot, just love the area. That water looks pristine and the color of the trees is magnificent. A 2 day hike is pretty steep requirements to get the image of the larch trees but certainly worth all the effort. It looks pristine and untouched by human thoughtlessness. The composition is spot on and makes me sorry I can't travel to get to the states with such beautiful fall colors. Congrats!
I happen to really like the starburst effects but some people will not do them because they say people will only focus on the starburst and nothing else (or so one of the nay sayers told me - a professional photographer). |
Oct 9th |
| 73 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I love the scene and the dreamy nature of the rainy morning....but I think what I am seeing is chromatic aberration from the lens. I looked at the original and tried to adjust based on lens, but it does nothing to help...so not sure this is really from the lens. Could it have to do with the rainy conditions? I checked on the sizing and it is ~700kb so it is not the size. I love the scene and the Opera House with the water reflection, but wish I knew what caused the color variations. It sure does make me want to travel again! I am missing learning new things!
Could it possibly have something to do with the foggy conditions? |
Oct 9th |
| 73 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Love this and the ingenuity to get the shot. I use to always carry a camera in my car but since the phones have such good cameras I stopped doing it....but I could never have gotten a shot as great as this from an iPhone. Boston is one of the few cities on the East Coast that I have not spent a great deal of time in and around. My daughter graduated from Tuft Vet school but only visited her there a few times. I should have gone to visit more!
The light on the buildings is beautiful, and so incongruous with the clouds but I've seen it here in Florida many times. We also have many rainbows as a result!
The anachronistic nature of the old buildings in the front and the skyscrapers in the back is intriguing and draws me into the scene. It is almost like two different cities! Very nice, love it!
I personally would not crop it I think the way you have presented it is great! |
Oct 9th |
7 comments - 3 replies for Group 73
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| 76 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
ICM is quite popular now and I've seen some beautiful examples. They are indeed commonly used in artwork for both homes and public spaces. I think I prefer ICM to OOF. And I particularly like ICM vertically particularly at the beach. I do very much like the softness of the colors and the placement of the vertical figure. The soft colors of a beach are lovely. Have you printed it a at all to see how it would look on a wall?
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Oct 7th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 76
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| 94 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Jeffrey, you can't submit a raw image....but you can export the raw as a jpeg with the same size restrictions. Some groups submit them regularly, others not so much. It is really up to the individual. You would just have to send me one labeled as original so that I know which one to piut in the right spot.
If you go to Guidelines it says:
Before the 9th of the month (preferrably before the month begins), you e-mail one image (plus up to 3 original(s) if needed) to your group's administrator, with your "how I did it" description. |
Oct 27th |
| 94 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I agree with Jeffrey that a tighter crop would improve this image. Not sure how that would look given it might degrade the quality. I really like to show the environment ( in this case a defining part of the animal) which you could do and not crop too tight, but I would suggest you do it on a full size rather than the crop mandated by the site. Using the one you sent me just does not work ....so give it a whirl. I would also apply some Noise reduction which might help. I've seen them in the rockies and they live a tough life, but they thrive there so I guess that is only by my standards!
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Oct 8th |
| 94 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Usually fog gives a very flat light that is not very pleasing, but in this case it only makes the bird stand out more. Almost like a High-Key photo. Really makes those pink legs and unusual shaped body stand out. Looks much better with the noise reduction. Composition is good with the bird consuming most of the space. Nice. one! |
Oct 8th |
| 94 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
David, Cheetahs are my favorite big cat. Did you know they will never kill anything unless it is to eat. That is unlike any of the other cats, in Africa at least.
I love the composition on this one! Blurred background helps them to stand out yet the termite mound is in focus which gives you a clear delineation of planes. Three is always a nice number in photography. I find it usually improves the composition. One of the things I noticed, in general, it is difficult to get very close to Cheetahs so I suspect they were a good distance away which make sit a more difficult shot. |
Oct 8th |
| 94 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
The date October 2020 is an automatic addition by the system for the month it was submitted, has nothing to do with when it was actually shot. If you look all of them have the same date for this month with the title. |
Oct 8th |
| 94 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Sarita, I have yet to photograph an owl in the wild......I keep looking and plan to go to a spot where burrowing owls are plentiful in the spring (assuming it is open). It was planned for last spring and got interrupted by Covid.
This guy is so expressive, looks like he can't believe you would take his picture ;-). Great composition and nice sharp image of the owl. I might suggest you try and reduce the highlights on the right of the owl so that our eye is not dragged back to that bright spot. Very nice image!
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Oct 8th |
| 94 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thank you Sarita, I too like this image a great deal because of the interactions. |
Oct 8th |
| 94 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Each to its own. That is why there is a description and I usually read it first. This is about the interactions of the three giraffes and the father's affection for the baby with the mother looking on.
I do not do altered reality in photography (rarely use PS) and would fully disclose if that were the case. I like to show interactions of animals and their environment. |
Oct 8th |
4 comments - 4 replies for Group 94
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12 comments - 7 replies Total
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