White feather...

jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
edited August 7, 2011 in Other Cool Shots
Thank you very much for viewing.

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Nikon D70, 70mm, ISO 200, f/8 at 1/500 second.
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2011
    Great concept, my friend. I have a suggestion, though, that would make this shot more appealing to my eye. I think the feather needs to stand out much more than it does....I don't see a white feather, I see a dull gray one. As such, the surrounding elements seem to overwhelm the feather and the dynamics of the scene suffer. A pump-up in the vibrancy of the feather would help a lot in setting up a separation between the main subject and it's environment. I'm sure others will see this differently.

    Take care,

    Tom
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2011
    black mamba wrote: »
    Great concept, my friend. I have a suggestion, though, that would make this shot more appealing to my eye. I think the feather needs to stand out much more than it does....I don't see a white feather, I see a dull gray one. As such, the surrounding elements seem to overwhelm the feather and the dynamics of the scene suffer. A pump-up in the vibrancy of the feather would help a lot in setting up a separation between the main subject and it's environment. I'm sure others will see this differently.

    Take care,

    Tom

    Thank you very much for your comment. Tom. I thought, when I did the post processing on this one, the mind will fill in the idea of a white feather since the whole scene has that warm tone in it. If I deliberately make it white it would look a bit unnatural but I perfectly got your idea on this one. Actually my first title for this was supposed to be "Feather on the ground" but I then decided to go with a simpler title of "White feather". I can do another edit on this one and save it on my computer. Thanks a lot for your valuable input. Kind regards. thumb.gif
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2011
    How about this edit, Tom?

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,955 moderator
    edited August 5, 2011
    I like the second one more. thumb.gif
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    Wonderful.clap.gif As I said, I'm sure other folks might see this one differently, but I think this version is, by far, the better one. Many thanks, my friend, for taking the time to offer up another interpretation of the scene.thumb.gif

    Tom
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  • TenThirteenTenThirteen Registered Users Posts: 488 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    I like #2 as well :)
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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    I like both of them..........:D
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    I like the second one more. thumb.gif

    Thank you very much for taking the time to view this, Richard and thanks for the like. :Dthumb.gif
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    black mamba wrote: »
    Wonderful.clap.gif As I said, I'm sure other folks might see this one differently, but I think this version is, by far, the better one. Many thanks, my friend, for taking the time to offer up another interpretation of the scene.thumb.gif

    Tom

    Thanks, Tom. I'm here to learn my friend and thank you as always for your input. thumb.gif
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    TenThirteen wrote: »
    I like #2 as well :)

    Hey, 10-13 thanks for dropping by. I'm glad you like the 2nd edit. I am learning a lot from you guys. Thanks! thumb.gif
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    Azzaro wrote: »
    I like both of them..........:D

    Thank you very much, Gary. thumb.gif
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  • jennejenne Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
    edited August 7, 2011
    I prefer your second one as well, the white really stands out and to me the rest of the items have a much warmer feel and look as well.
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2011
    jenne wrote: »
    I prefer your second one as well, the white really stands out and to me the rest of the items have a much warmer feel and look as well.

    Thank you very much for viewing this, Jenne. I'm glad you like edit. thumb.gif:D
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