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12/18/2005 11:30:11 AM · #1 |
Thought I would share some photos of some battles going on in my back garden
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12/18/2005 11:37:51 AM · #2 |
cool! great color light too!
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12/18/2005 11:51:38 AM · #3 |
The third photo is AMAZING! Great shot!
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12/18/2005 11:53:40 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by eslaydog:
The third photo is AMAZING! Great shot!
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I agree! Great catch! My ex-husband would be beside himself with these photos! If you bumped up the....contrast? and a little tweaking (talk to BradP, excellent PSer) this would be breathtaking!!
Message edited by author 2005-12-18 11:55:07. |
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12/18/2005 11:54:08 AM · #5 |
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12/18/2005 12:33:31 PM · #6 |
Thanks everyone for the lovely comments.
The light that day was unbelievable. Some crazy mist and fog in the forest with the sun rays coming through! Felt like I was in a dream. Hope the photos did it some justice.
Oh just processed a simliar one that was actually sharper. Better or worse than the original?
Cheers
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12/18/2005 12:34:38 PM · #7 |
these are awesome! I added the third as fave and you as fave - you do some great work!!
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12/18/2005 01:10:42 PM · #8 |
holy cow! deer? whatever, that third photo is wonderful.
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12/18/2005 01:55:01 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by alexsaberi:
Thanks everyone for the lovely comments.
The light that day was unbelievable. Some crazy mist and fog in the forest with the sun rays coming through! Felt like I was in a dream. Hope the photos did it some justice.
Oh just processed a simliar one that was actually sharper. Better or worse than the original?
Cheers
Rose
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FANTASTIC!! I would put this one up for sale if I were you. It is just gorgeous! They all are really. The last one, with the city in the background would have made a fantastic DOF entry! Definately would have gotten a 10 from me!
Message edited by author 2005-12-18 13:55:36.
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12/18/2005 01:57:23 PM · #10 |
Those bucks are just huge.
Fantastic photos ! |
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12/18/2005 02:06:02 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by alexsaberi:
Oh just processed a simliar one that was actually sharper. Better or worse than the original? |
The original one is better, IMO - the central buck is looking right at you. It is awesome. You should definitely sell that one - you'll make a lot of BUCKS. LOL |
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12/18/2005 02:27:58 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Rose8699:
FANTASTIC!! I would put this one up for sale if I were you. It is just gorgeous! They all are really. The last one, with the city in the background would have made a fantastic DOF entry! Definately would have gotten a 10 from me! |
Unfortunately, the challenge isn't DOF, it's *shallow* DOF, and that photo doesn't in any way represent shallow DOF, as good as the photo is.
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12/18/2005 02:28:11 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by alexsaberi:
Oh just processed a simliar one that was actually sharper. Better or worse than the original? |
The original one is better, IMO - the central buck is looking right at you. It is awesome. You should definitely sell that one - you'll make a lot of BUCKS. LOL |
The main buck in the orginal looks back focused a little, is it? So the second would be better if the main buck is sharper. If the orginal is perfect in focus, then you have a one hell of an image. ;o)
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12/18/2005 02:29:04 PM · #14 |
| Great shots! Love the lighting and early morning feel to them. Beautiful. |
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12/18/2005 02:33:51 PM · #15 |
| No fair not leaving photog comments... 70-200 at 200mm? How far away were you? Camera settings? |
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12/18/2005 02:40:39 PM · #16 |
yep was at 200mm, on a 5D. f/5, 1/320, ISO 200. manual mode and spot metered (just on areas I didnt want to blow out)
alex
Message edited by author 2005-12-18 14:44:42. |
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12/18/2005 03:06:22 PM · #17 |
some very awesome shots there. I would love to get an opportunity to shoot bucks in the middle of a tangle. I'm planning a trip next fall to Isle Royal where I hope to catch Moose diong the same thing.
My favorite is the third - with the front buck looking at you. Definitely consider selling as a print.
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12/18/2005 03:55:35 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by alexsaberi:
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This one is far and above the best of those shown. It captures a sense of majesty about the central buck that makes the image about the bucks, more so than the realm. With the bucks as the main subject and being a fan of tighter crops, I would pull the edges in almost to the rear of the bucks and the top down to remove the distracting tangle of limbs and the bottom up to suit.
In any event the lighting is simply amazing.
David
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12/18/2005 04:13:55 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by alexsaberi:
Thought I would share some photos of some battles going on in my back garden |
Nice photoshopping skills. Pretty cool how you cloned in the deer so well. Supprised nobody else caught that.
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12/18/2005 04:18:11 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by nsbca7:
Originally posted by alexsaberi:
Thought I would share some photos of some battles going on in my back garden |
Nice photoshopping skills. Pretty cool how you cloned in the deer so well. Supprised nobody else caught that. |
u are joking right! dont be silly dear boy! These are not composites. |
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12/18/2005 04:18:58 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by alexsaberi:
Originally posted by nsbca7:
Originally posted by alexsaberi:
Thought I would share some photos of some battles going on in my back garden |
Nice photoshopping skills. Pretty cool how you cloned in the deer so well. Supprised nobody else caught that. |
u are joking right! dont be silly dear boy! These are not composites. |
Deer antlers are like snowflakes.
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12/18/2005 04:21:24 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by alexsaberi:
u are joking right! dont be silly dear boy! These are not composites. |
I don't know, I wondered about that myself. All their antlers look the same to me.... ;)
Still, really cool images!
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12/18/2005 04:21:35 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by Britannica:
Originally posted by alexsaberi:
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This one is far and above the best of those shown. It captures a sense of majesty about the central buck that makes the image about the bucks, more so than the realm. With the bucks as the main subject and being a fan of tighter crops, I would pull the edges in almost to the rear of the bucks and the top down to remove the distracting tangle of limbs and the bottom up to suit.
In any event the lighting is simply amazing.
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Really dont agree you! It is the entire scene that makes it. The colours, the engulfing trees, the backlighting. And amoungst it all the deer!
cheers for you thoughts though! :-) |
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12/18/2005 04:23:23 PM · #24 |
| NONE of their antlers look the same...they're not the same length, same arc, or anything of the sort. There always has to be someone who takes pride in raining on other people's parades...pathetic. |
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12/18/2005 04:28:26 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by laurielblack:
NONE of their antlers look the same...they're not the same length, same arc, or anything of the sort. There always has to be someone who takes pride in raining on other people's parades...pathetic. |
Whoa! Not trying to rain on any parades. Just saying that the thought occured to me. To me, there are some similarities in the antlers of a few of them. I don't know how anyone could clone them in that well, at the different angles, etc. - it just seems like such a mind-blowing shot that I had to wonder.
I'm perfectly happy believing that they are in fact all real. And that being the case, some of the most amazing photographic work I've seen in a long time.
Message edited by author 2005-12-18 16:29:38.
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