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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 73 |
May 22 |
Reply |
The Falcon is on Group 94 (nature Plus) this month if you're interested in seeing it. Not yet posted any of the Osprey but will get around to it....I too am a birder, living in Florida, USA makes it inevitable!
And as for slower shutter speed I was worried as we were on a Pontoon boat (with a group) and was worried that the motion of the boat would cause a problem. So I opted not to try it.....but perhaps next time I will ask the captain to stop so that I could try it at least.
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May 17th |
| 73 |
May 22 |
Reply |
and yes the sky is beautiful! |
May 11th |
| 73 |
May 22 |
Comment |
I really like the composition on this one. Those stairs are well placed in the image and invite me into image and the "road" above leads me to that beautiful old (I think) building. Nicely done! I have one very small suggestion, there is a blue sign that catches my eye and stops the motion into the building. It would be very easy to do spot removal there or darken the color so as not to stop my eye and try and investigate exactly what is there.
But really nice images and fitting our other tree images this month. |
May 11th |
| 73 |
May 22 |
Comment |
This could easily be hanging most anywhere in your home. The stark beauty of the stripped trees and the snow along with mist are fantastic. Love it! |
May 11th |
| 73 |
May 22 |
Comment |
From Lettuce fields to train yards and a stop along the way in Transylvania. While trees are prominent this month some other mundane parts of life are well represented, cities (and Train Yards as well as lettuce fields). And you are correct, this image is perfect for black and white. It gives it grit along with all the construction and equipment. And the final touch to include Empire State Building places it geographically. |
May 11th |
| 73 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Very unusual and different photo, but the lines and the variation in color draw your eye into the image and make me think about how many people these fields would feed. In this particular time of global issues it is soothing and calming that life indeed continues, regardless of all the other stressors. Calming image in that it is in a critical and yet mundane part of life. I like it more and more as I look at it. |
May 11th |
| 73 |
May 22 |
Comment |
A month of trees for Group 73 and no I did not specify that was the topic, just coincidence ....a moody, dark shot perfect for black and white. And a very active imagination! The imagination fits well with the image. Forbidding might be the best description. It's amazing how fickle the weather has become around the world. I have a good friend who is also into conservation and global warning who has told me he fears we have passed the last exit for redemption of our planet and I fear he is correct.
But back to your image....at first I thought it there was an angry body of water there, but in fact I think it is just an really "angry" sky. I think my brain jumped to conclusions thinking about flooding, therefore had to be a source for the flood. That's why I always look more closely after I read the description. |
May 11th |
5 comments - 2 replies for Group 73
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| 94 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Peter,
I wish I could see why you think this is underexposed, unless you are referring to the original. And it was indeed underexposed but I generally keep my shutter speed high in this particular lake mainly because I am really "focusing" (pun intended) on getting Osprey in flight. This was a surprising finding and I just focused and upped my ISO. What I have found with the A7rIV is I have dynamic range to work with so underexposing is not as crucial. I would not be able to do this with my Nikon D500, but I can get away with it on the Sony. I do clean it up in Denoise AI because there is lots of grain in the image and this was taken before sunrise. |
May 26th |
| 94 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Peter, I am pretty sure she did indeed combine the images into an HDR. She mentioned combining 3 bracketed image. |
May 20th |
| 94 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Leslie, Welcome and I love the composition of this image and you made due with what you had (far away and bland skies). The snag and Bee Eaters draw you into the photo and keep you there. I too like the high key approach. Beautiful birds for sure. Nice work and it shows.
Have you found a sweet spot (f stop) for getting depth of field using a zoom lens? I think it is lens dependent, but I have be working on trying to find it for my two long lens. Right now my Sony 100-400 appears to be between 13-18 and I haven't tried with my Nikon 500 PF lens, yet. Did you travel with something larger than the 100-300 (just curiosity for me)? Last time I went I did not have my Sony camera or lens. Used Nikon d500 and d850 with 500pf and Nikkor 100-400. |
May 16th |
| 94 |
May 22 |
Reply |
I used the Zion -1 image . I also did a sky select in LR and decreased the Exposure slide a very small amount. |
May 15th |
| 94 |
May 22 |
Comment |
I see what others are saying about getting some depth in the photo. I have tried bracketing and never been really successful. I find myself using the new features of masking in Lightroom, but I am using at least a 45mp raw image and both my cameras have great dynamic range so by using the brightness and shadow slider and the LR masking I find I get good results. You don't mention your camera/lens make/model and that would be helpful for future images.
One thought you might consider is turning this into a panorama by cropping the foreground and then put more depth by darkening the bottom. I tried it and attached for you decide but I think it might be worth a try. Just fuss with it a bit. Remember I was working with a small image...you've got more pixels to work with but I think it might be good with just your one image. |
May 15th |
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| 94 |
May 22 |
Comment |
I think since Florida photographers see the Spoonbills all the time (and know the implications of trying to get a branch of that size back to the nest is testament to their determination) that we focus on the behavior. I agree that the eye on Spoonbills are incredibly beautiful and add a great deal to a photo, but we look for behaviors as much as the the bird image. If I had a choice on these two I would probably be in Judy's camp. Totally understand why she choose the way she did.
Both images are great nicely done, but I would have chosen the one she did. These birds work hard to make their nests in rookeries and this kind of fortitude is why they can be successful. Not to mention really impress their mates! Nice shots Judy!! |
May 15th |
| 94 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Leslie it is actually 1/1250. You are correct, getting crisp wings at 1/250 would be impossible. You just missed the 1 in front of 250. |
May 13th |
| 94 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Reddish Egrets are one of my favorite birds to photograph and this image is beautiful. On the East Coast of South Florida, the Reddish Egret is a rare sighting! They apparently do not like the heat. But watching them dance across the water is a favorite for me. They are delightful to watch! Love the background and the expression on the Egret is perfect! Great image. |
May 11th |
| 94 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Nice time of year to capture Osprey with nesting so active. I see what Judy is talking about but my thought was it was the side lighting that caused that white line. I went back and looked through my images and depending on the way light is hitting and the bird, I do have a white rim on some of my osprey shots.
I mostly use my R7r4 for birds in flight and its a 65mb file so I can crop in a lot and get a reasonable image. If you're using a teleconverter you have no options sometimes but to shoot at 7.1. In fact if I use a tele on my Sony 100-400, I have to go up to 8.0 since I loose 2 stops of light. So lots of variables.
That discussion aside I like the image and the only thing I might suggest is if you have enough pixels which with the 23 mp Nikon you may not, depending on how much cropping you have already done, I might not leave as much space to the right. but that is just my thoughts...what you've got is nice and tells a story. Nice job! |
May 11th |
| 94 |
May 22 |
Reply |
For what it is worth this same Peregrine Falcon ending up stealing one of the Osprey chicks with the Mum present in the nest, very surprising when you compare the size between the Female Osprey and the Falcon. Mark Smith captured it and it was heart breaking! |
May 9th |
5 comments - 5 replies for Group 94
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10 comments - 7 replies Total
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