The Times Crossword... In INK!?!?!
by klkitchens

Comment:
This is a genuinely creative take on the challenge. Great job, made me laugh.

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by DogAngel

Comment:
Highlights are a bit harsh, but this is the best of the recent bunch imo.

Showing off
by boyd2000

Comment:
This is not meant to be mean, but the best thing about this photo is what you can learn for the next time you try and shoot something like this.

A few things that jump to my mind

- Patience. Wait till the subject is in a more suitable position. In this case that would be not sitting on a rock with bright sun spots on it that will make it difficult/impossible to properly expose.

- Focus. Might be some hand shake, maybe you focused and then recomposed - hard to say but from feet to beak the focus on the bird is off a bit. You have a good camera, don't be afraid of iso 800 or 1600 if the situation demands a higher shutter speed to account for subject movement (or to counteract the espresso you had with breakfast!) edit to add: did you have your IS engaged? Did you wait half a second for it to spin up and stablize?

- Go easy on the saturation. If you've properly exposed the subject (dependant on the previous two points) then you should not need to give the colors much of a bump in post. I know I am not alone in saying that I would start bleeding off points just for the extreme saturation of this shot.

Message edited by author 2007-08-28 13:02:44.

The Hunter
by RayEthier

Comment:
Think the noise held you back on this, because apart from that it's a hell of a great capture.

Time Flies...?
by Kathrine

Comment:
Sure it's a cliche, but damn if I don't find myself liking it quite a bit.

Thank you. Thank you very much.
by SandyP

Comment:
Wow not a single vote below 5.

I didn't vote in this challenge, but I knew this would win as I was flipping through. Really nice, great job.

Mmmm, L!
by smurfguy

Comment:
Grats! Damn it I miss that lens.

Garden Spider
by JH

Comment:
Nice. Strobist is a hell of a site eh?

Red
by lunachicken

Comment:
This is pretty cool actually. Either that or I just burst ome blood vessels in my eye.

Would really pop if the lights themselves were white against that sea of red.

...and he beheld a far green country under a swift sunrise.
by DrAchoo

Comment:
Did you really shoot this with your 180mm macro or is that an error?