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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 5 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
David, a little more space on the LHS is great. Jim |
Jul 5th |
| 5 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Pete, you add more texture in this, however you have darkened the backlight flash effect on the grasses. The other thing I notice is the way the valves are black, not rust colored. The valves that I photographed were rusted for years. What you did changed the interest to valves that still might work, more like they were laid aside, not abandoned. It's a different approach. Thank you for this rendition. Jim |
Jul 2nd |
| 5 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Richard, I do like the tonality the B&W verson. I did notice that there is a bright half circle in the top window pane, so cloned it out. I also noticed that while the door jam on the left is vertical, the window isn't. In Photoshop I used the transform edit and came up with this. Let me know if this helps or if it takes away from the rustic quality you want to cature. Jim |
Jul 2nd |
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| 5 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Sophia, you have an exceptional photo here. You improved it significantly when you flipped it. You have specific elements that this give the impression that there is movement happening. Because we read left to right, it works. The wings cut the image in half. We see the bird in the top half flying left and when we look below the wings we see the squirrel being pulled up, and we look up along the wing to the right and we see the bird again thinking that somehow the bird moved. Its the same principle that happens in Winslow Homer's Breezing Up - the sail boat keeps lunging ahead in the waves. Sorry, TMI. Jim |
Jul 2nd |
| 5 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
You brought out a very mystical quality in this one and a sense that any endangered species that enters here is protected. I never tried NIK Glamour Glow - nicely done. Jim |
Jul 2nd |
| 5 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
This head-shot really stands out for me. You captured so much character and expression from this subject/model in the light. Did you tell him to wear a black leather jacket and black cap? At least one of you knew what to do to make this a great portrait. By your description, this isn't in a studio with studio lighting. Thank you for a great photo. Jim |
Jul 2nd |
| 5 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
David, Stunning photo, great presentation. I agree with Mark, Tom, and Richard. One thought I have for you is to consider including the interesting moss that you cropped off on the left side. At one time I belonged to a camera club which had judges score photos about 10 times a year. One comment I heard was "You got this DEAD center!" then came a low score. To me the sparrow hawk seems to react to the environment, turning the head to look behind "What's that!" Let me know what you think. Jim |
Jul 2nd |
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| 5 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Barbara, I like this special moment of protecting ducklings. Your conversion to Black and White does bring out the detail in the eyes of the ducklings. As for me, that helps a great deal. The extension Pete made to the left edge gives the photo the space it needed. Jim |
Jul 2nd |
| 5 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Mark, the speedlight was off-camera. Linda was to my left, about a 10 o'clock position. She backlit the grasses which is why they stood out. Jim |
Jul 2nd |
7 comments - 2 replies for Group 5
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| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Linda, thank you for all of your efforts and great results. I have another photo (0.3 seconds later) with better exposure and detail on the chick on the right side, and the chick beneath the adult. The adult and chick on the left aren't as good. Everyone has made improvements. Thanks. Jim |
Jul 9th |
| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Sarita. So you would like it to look like this? I like it with more room. Somehow it's easier to distinguish all three chicks and the adult if there is room on the sides. Jim |
Jul 8th |
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| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Isaac, thank you. |
Jul 6th |
| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Thank you so much for your critical review. I went to an earlier version and attempted this as a natural background and did some burn/dodge to bring out the third chick. Does this seem more natural? |
Jul 6th |
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| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
I like this. Your thoughts? Jim |
Jul 5th |
| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
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Jul 5th |
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| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
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Jul 5th |
| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Isaac, I made significant changes to the background and lightened the third chick. I seem to have lost some of the downy feathers on the chick with the biggest piece of meat. Let me know your thoughts. Jim |
Jul 5th |
| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Isaac, I like what you did to darken the background. Almost everything looks better, but the adult head looks pale to me.
Thank you. I'll try this on my full sized photo. Jim |
Jul 4th |
| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Mike, I appreciate the action shot, catching the moment just before flight. Is this the same size as the original, or did you zoom out because it was close for the 300mm lens? Thank you for his moment of fully outstretched wings. Jim |
Jul 4th |
| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
You can see the nest in the original. Jim |
Jul 4th |
| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Mike, the nest is 40 feet high in a tree that is 150 feet away. The nest has three chicks and the adult male falcon squeezed into a notch in the tree. It is very crowded. My lens is a 200-600mm with a 2x teleconverter making a 1200mm lens.
A better photo is on the DD#5 Group for June. All 3 chicks are clearly visible.
They don't pose for photos no matter how often I ask them to. |
Jul 3rd |
| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Kathy, thank you for your thoughts and suggestions. I will see what it looks like to darken the sycamore bark. I am not sure what will happen to the separation of the downy feathers from the patch of white background.
As I look at the overall view of our new DD#15 group, everyone else has one bird and uniform background. My photo is very busy. With such a small image for the group page, it's hard to see what I photographed. I'll consider a simple subject and background for this group. Jim |
Jul 2nd |
| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Kathy, you found a great day and wonderful place to photograph birds and migrating waterfowl. I like the sharp detail, stand-out quality which separates the duck (female American wigeon?) from the dark, quiet water. I have no suggestions or ideas to do anything else. Jim. |
Jul 2nd |
| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Linda, I greatly appreciate how you have presented this Egret. Did you intend to make this "high key?" In your description of this image you did not mention any post-processing.
I like Photoshop, especially for what you can do with birds. I opened your photo in Camera RAW filter, clicked on "Auto" and pushed the shadows slider to the right and highlights slider to the left. I increased the slider called clarity. This keeps the high key artistic nature of your photo and reveals many more details. Let me know what you think. Jim |
Jul 2nd |
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| 15 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Isaac, the White Egret in flight is magnificent and you captured it at its best moment. It' very difficult to not blow out the whites and have the transparency of the flight feathers. Consider rotating the image about 5 degrees counterclockwise to give the impression that the Egret is looking down at the photographer. Jim |
Jul 2nd |
9 comments - 7 replies for Group 15
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16 comments - 9 replies Total
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