Somehow I'm getting the idea that there is something being carried over to this forum from another forum. Whatever it is I really don't care.
Not as good as your street images Russ. The wood stork capture would be interesting if you had a better angle on your subject. The clouds and the sky are a good BG though. The GBH capture is the best of the set. Good details and an excellent angle on your subject. The highlights are tad hot though. The light reflection on the lower right is a real distraction. The anhinga warming itself is OK but the highlights are really blown. The white blobby reflections in the BG should have been cloned out.
Harry http://behret.smugmug.com/NANPA member How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
Thanks, Harry. Happens I agree with everything you said, except, actually, if you were to pull the anhinga into Photoshop and check you'd see that I reduced the highlight clipping to tiny points. I actually got three shots of the wood stork as he flew by, but the other two are against a background of trees. Even though the trees are well out of focus and full of motion because of the pan, they're too distracting. The GB isn't bad, but here's one I like better. I have about 300 great blues in my library. The first three shots here are from the past few days. I didn't print any of them, but I posted them to make a point. Well, they may not be as good as my OTHER street images, but according to what I've been reading on Street & PJ these are street shots.
Good to hear from you again. I wondered where you'd gone. Happy new year!
Thanks, Harry. Happens I agree with everything you said, except, actually, if you were to pull the anhinga into Photoshop and check you'd see that I reduced the highlight clipping to tiny points. I actually got three shots of the wood stork as he flew by, but the other two are against a background of trees. Even though the trees are well out of focus and full of motion because of the pan, they're too distracting. The GB isn't bad, but here's one I like better. I have about 300 great blues in my library. The first three shots here are from the past few days. I didn't print any of them, but I posted them to make a point. Well, they may not be as good as my OTHER street images, but according to what I've been reading on Street & PJ these are street shots.
Good to hear from you again. I wondered where you'd gone. Happy new year!
I like this last GBH capture better also.
You can always reduce the clipping in PS but the details are another story. On your anhinga capture the wing highlights don't really matter because there's no detail there anyhow. However the area under the anhinga's beak really bothered me with the loss of detail. Notice the difference in one of my anhinga captures.
Harry http://behret.smugmug.com/NANPA member How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
Yeah, That's a lot better Harry. As I said, I just plucked three quick bird shots from the past couple days to make a point on Street & PJ, where Richard swore he didn't care about taxonomy. He cared enough about taxonomy to decide these weren't street shots though.
But here's another Anhinga from a couple years ago. This guy used to talk to me when I'd go out on the river in the morning with a camera. He'd say "good morning," and I'd say "good morning," and he'd let me get so close to him we almost could shake hands.
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Nonetheless, shot #2, the colors and motion are lovely.
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I think it should have probably stayed in the street forum, I think he was trying to make a point, but now that it was moved I'm really cracking up:)
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Not as good as your street images Russ. The wood stork capture would be interesting if you had a better angle on your subject. The clouds and the sky are a good BG though. The GBH capture is the best of the set. Good details and an excellent angle on your subject. The highlights are tad hot though. The light reflection on the lower right is a real distraction. The anhinga warming itself is OK but the highlights are really blown. The white blobby reflections in the BG should have been cloned out.
http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
Good to hear from you again. I wondered where you'd gone. Happy new year!
www.FineArtSnaps.com
I like this last GBH capture better also.
You can always reduce the clipping in PS but the details are another story. On your anhinga capture the wing highlights don't really matter because there's no detail there anyhow. However the area under the anhinga's beak really bothered me with the loss of detail. Notice the difference in one of my anhinga captures.
http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
But here's another Anhinga from a couple years ago. This guy used to talk to me when I'd go out on the river in the morning with a camera. He'd say "good morning," and I'd say "good morning," and he'd let me get so close to him we almost could shake hands.
www.FineArtSnaps.com