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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Thank you Dave Roberts.
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Sep 12th |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
As you know, I have seen your variations. I very much like the one with lead room.
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Sep 10th |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Rob, this is to be helpful advice. Look at what you want the viewer to see, even if it is a tight portrait like this. Find that target of interest. In wildlife photography it is most often the eye of the subject. You should have not more than two targets ever for an image posted online since viewing time can be as little as one second, and 7 seconds if there is a brief description. But as you know, the image should stand without description. In this second image you have no target. Everything is in focus, everything is evenly brightened, color does not stand out as a secondary target. Your first image was much better at directing the viewer. Also remember, sharpness can fall off and actually is a good way of directing the viewer to the eye and in this case, the beak. Here is an extreme example of what I mean. If I do it in a subtle manner which is the proper way, it is not perceived. And that is exactly how it should be, not seen as an edit. |
Sep 10th |
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| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Thank you Rob. |
Sep 10th |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Thank you Candy. |
Sep 10th |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Thank you Mervyn. What is difficult at a rookery, is getting them solitary in a frame.
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Sep 10th |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
No more detail to give. The 300mm2.8 is a very sharp lens. The background grasses were at a good distance away. The camera was the D850 full frame. This was shot at a rookery, so birds were very close. Handheld since the birds were below a rail. I had to stand on a step stool because the rail was very high. |
Sep 3rd |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
The face of the bird should be a bit brighter since that is where focus lies. I would also remove that one naked branch coming in towards the beak. The other branches are OK. Interesting angle on the portrait. I do like your POV. |
Sep 3rd |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
I like everything about it personally. But as a judge, I might say the wolf moving and looking to the right should have more space on that side. |
Sep 3rd |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
A+ on interaction and moment. |
Sep 3rd |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
Just still a tad bright on the subject of focus in my opinion. Otherwise a nice image. |
Sep 3rd |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
My suggestion, a gradient filter from the bottom up to slightly darken the road. That way the road is a bit deeper in brightness than the road. Nice capture of the goats. |
Sep 3rd |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Nice shot.
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Sep 3rd |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
I agree with Pierre, the water makes this shot a bit difficult to capture focus or make out exactly what you are seeing in it. I knew what it was, but I see Brenda's point. Nice shot though. Two of them on a lily pad are quite a capture.
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Sep 3rd |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
This particular one was flying below me and in a narrow channel of water below it. |
Sep 3rd |
| 69 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
I usually don't vignette when a bird is in flight so as not to create a boxed in feel like the bird has no where to go. The background is a solid color of the grasses. I just added a few graduated filters as an edit. I don't
usually edit my wildlife shots. |
Sep 3rd |
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6 comments - 10 replies for Group 69
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| 77 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
Amazing capture handheld. The bird is on the left with movement headed to the right. Very good choice framing with lots of lead room. |
Sep 12th |
| 77 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
It is tough getting a new camera and having to use it for the first time in such a place. The light is harsh, hard to deal with, and very different in Africa I am assuming, never having been there myself. I went to San Francisco a few years back to help teach a group of photographers. I was shocked at the difference in lighting. That was my first time shooting there. Luckily this workshop lasted three days, so I could get my bearings on the light and be able to help them. We were shooting during the day too, not in the golden hours. That made it incredibly difficult. I think you were better off with the original shot. It looks over sharpened in the portrait, yet is still not sharp. How I surmise that is the halo around the subject. The other thing that could cause this halo is heat haze. Either way, the halo is not what we want. I don't mind your background. You did not give the aperture setting. You must have had a wonderful trip. |
Sep 8th |
| 77 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Actually it is allowed in this forum. Editing is allowed, as is manmade objects. It is just to be held to a minimum. |
Sep 7th |
| 77 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
I have many in flight without the feeder. This one I was waiting for this particular moment. To catch it like this needs a fast shutter speed. Thank you for your kind words. |
Sep 7th |
| 77 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
I think the mood of the image is well shown by the tigress. Even before I read your description, I though she looked bored. Her pose is wonderful. the subject is well lit and the background done well in deeper colors. The blurred foreground grasses add depth. Composition is nice with her off center and also, the mid ground terrain dipping to her then back up again. Nice framing by it. The one, almost horizontal stick behind her is bright and distracting though. And the far background I might lower exposure on. Very well done. |
Sep 6th |
| 77 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
The image has a great moment with the one Flicker looking at the one flying away. I think you caught focus every so slightly on the tree branch, but it is not too bad because f5.6 almost has the one flying very sharp. It is hard to differentiate between the focus on the branch or on the bird. Good job. |
Sep 3rd |
4 comments - 2 replies for Group 77
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10 comments - 12 replies Total
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