A bouquet of Carmines

africaddictafricaddict Registered Users Posts: 111 Major grins
edited August 23, 2008 in Wildlife
I quite like the 3D effect and framing on this one (apart from the lower cut tail tip), interested to know what others think?
Taken on the banks of the Luangwa River, Sth Luangwa Nat Park - Zambia.

Nikon D2Xs, 300 f/2.8 VR, ISO 400, f/2.8, 1/1000s@300.

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C & C most welcome

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Marc
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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2008
    Yep, I like it a lot Marc thumb.gif Lovely colour and detail. The overall 3d kind of effect is really good.
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2008
    Great image! I'd love to travel to Africa just for the carmines and bee-eaters! Lovely color, light and framing. My only nit would be the oof carmine in the middle background. For some reason that one is distracting to me. I know it helps with the 3D effect but for me it's distracting. I wonder how it would look with that one carmine cloned out. ne_nau.gif
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  • africaddictafricaddict Registered Users Posts: 111 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2008
    Maestro wrote:
    Great image! I'd love to travel to Africa just for the carmines and bee-eaters! Lovely color, light and framing. My only nit would be the oof carmine in the middle background. For some reason that one is distracting to me. I know it helps with the 3D effect but for me it's distracting. I wonder how it would look with that one carmine cloned out. ne_nau.gif
    Perhaps something like this.
    A crop of the LHS & cloned out the lower OOF bird & centre branch.

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    Cheers
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  • HarvHarv Registered Users Posts: 1,105 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2008
    Great shots, Marc.
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2008
    Very beautiful !
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2008
    Oh yeah! That second image does it for me! thumb.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2008
    Very nice Marc and I agree with you about cloning out the oof bird. My first reaction to the first image was that it should go but you beat me to the punch with the second image. :D
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