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HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited July 1, 2005 in Wildlife
Hi you'll,

I've been pretty busy lately sos I haven't been able to shoot much lately. Since i have fewer shots to process I've been playing with them more than my norm. Which version floats your boat or should I sink both of them?

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  • MuskyDudeMuskyDude Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2005
    Hi Harry
    I'm tempted to say #1.... But, I really like the treatment for #2 and it's different...

    #2 for me Harry! thumb.gif



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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2005
    #1 for me Boss, eye color pulls me right in thumb.gif
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  • Eric&SusanEric&Susan Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2005
    I gotta go with # 1 Harrythumb.gif but I like the BW also , the only thing that bothers me is the blown highlight on the top of the neck.

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  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2005
    #1
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2005
    #1 but i am not a big bw fan --eye in color bird bw ???????????????
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  • HawkmanHawkman Registered Users Posts: 93 Big grins
    edited June 29, 2005
    #1, which is a very nice composition btw, unless you can tone down the white in the neck of #2.


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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2005
    #1 thumb.gif
  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2005
    color
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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2005
    ne_nau.gif but methinks color has to be the one.

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2005
    Ok..now that im back on broadband & can actually see the shots instead of just saying what the last person said & pretending i can see the photos

    def the 1st one harry & its a keeper.

    Gus
  • marlofmarlof Registered Users Posts: 1,833 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2005
    I'm going with the majority for a change: I love the color rendition in the first one. And a cool pose to boot.
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2005
    I prefer the one in color, too, Harry. Just my worst opinion, I guess, but I would prefer the eye to be right side up, and I love "design" photography. Something about this one does not do it for me, and I am obviously in a very small minority of one.

    I would keep working with the shapes, just because you have so many good shots to do it with, and "design" makes the object unique, IMHO.

    Also, you certainly do have the lens, along with the skill, to get the clarity you need for this stuff. I love the colors and sharpness of the first rendition of your photograph.

    ginger
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  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2005
    one Harry..
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited June 30, 2005
    color works for me too!

    Hey Harry - are egret or heron ever hunted?
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2005
    ANGELO! I just read this, they had better not be, not now!

    In the past many of these birds, don't know which ones were hunted practically to extinction, but the ones you are seeing have come back.

    The ones you are not seeing, they have not come back, or only in slight numbers.

    I think the one on my challenge photo, the Snowy Egret was endangered for awhile, I am not sure about that.

    Good gosh, that woke me up.

    (I do feel like a modern hunter with my camera.)

    Also, you don't have to hunt them to kill them, just take away their habitats, replace them with developments, cities, roads, etc..........

    That is one reason for all these protected places where they are safe from encroachment.

    ginger
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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2005
    Absolutely, positively the color version, Harry.

    I really, really like this shot - the wonderful dof/seperation from background, the sharpness of the bird, the unusual position, the diagonal composition of the shot, and the great color of the background. It is painting like.

    Great work (I can't wait to retire, so I can get at good at this as you are!)

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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited July 1, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    ANGELO! I just read this, they had better not be, not now!

    In the past many of these birds, don't know which ones were hunted practically to extinction, but the ones you are seeing have come back.
    Thanks G - I just wondered. It's nice that their numbers are being revived in the wild.
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  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited July 1, 2005
    Hi harry,

    Are you suicidal yet? Had enough rain?ne_nau.gif

    I really like the color version of this shot...very cool compo!
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