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01/29/2007 12:02:38 AM · #1 |
| Post your outtakes from the Wildlife III challenge here. |
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01/29/2007 12:14:37 AM · #2 |
I had a lot of choices for my Wildlife entry (all in their natural environments)...
...but none as fun as my actual entry! |
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01/29/2007 08:39:19 AM · #3 |
Well, I went out several times to get something for this challenge. I did have one that I considered submiting but decided not too.
I had two critiques on my own piece that made me stop entering. I am curious to hear what others thoughts on this photo might be and if they mirror my own.
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01/29/2007 09:16:20 AM · #4 |
yakatme - the series is amazing. Beautiful color and clarity. Well done!
CNovack - left comment.
My entry sharpened. I forgot to apply sharpen after resizing. :(
This was my first choice. I liked the comp and thought 4 birds would be a more unique view for the voters.
Thanks for all the comments and favorites!!
second choice
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01/29/2007 09:39:49 AM · #5 |
Oh my! those are gorgeous!! and so sharp! how close were you?
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01/29/2007 09:45:50 AM · #6 |
Here are some of my outtakes.
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01/29/2007 10:02:02 AM · #7 |
Here's one of mine, I had about 500 outtakes ;)
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01/29/2007 12:55:47 PM · #8 |
I'm not a bird shooter, and this was really my first time even trying, but living in a large "lake community" with a huge variety of birds living naturally as part of the protected landscape I figured I'd give it a shot for this challenge.
Here's a full frame -- i.e., uncropped -- version of my entry. I really liked this one as well, with everything that's going on, but thought the cropped version focussed more on a single element ... one story among the many here, if you will.
I probably snapped around 100 shots that morning. Here are couple of others I considered.
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01/29/2007 01:01:33 PM · #9 |
  
I like the black and white one, but i didn't think many others would, having said that the one i entered did poorly.
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01/29/2007 01:03:29 PM · #10 |
I was going to post this one. But it not that sharp and the fringe is not popular with many voter ;)
Besides, since the challenge description didn't say insects well you know the rest...
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01/29/2007 01:07:22 PM · #11 |
I clearly went with the correct shot, but this was the eagle shot I mentioned as an outtake. The quality is degraded because it's a fairly severe crop.
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01/29/2007 01:23:11 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I clearly went with the correct shot, but this was the eagle shot I mentioned as an outtake. The quality is degraded because it's a fairly severe crop.
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Thanks I remember u mentioning this shot, I wanted to see it...
I have no doubt you could have polished it up nicely..It is quite a capture none the less! |
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01/29/2007 01:45:10 PM · #13 |
I was considering entering this one:
Instead of this one:
I was able to get plenty of eagle shots on a trip up to BC but luck was not with me concerning light. I ended up having to use a little fill flash just to force the shutter speeds on all of them as the waeatehr did not cooperate. But it was sure a fun trip.
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01/29/2007 01:50:26 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Marjo:
yakatme - the series is amazing. Beautiful color and clarity. Well done!
CNovack - left comment.
My entry sharpened. I forgot to apply sharpen after resizing. :(
This was my first choice. I liked the comp and thought 4 birds would be a more unique view for the voters.
Thanks for all the comments and favorites!!
second choice |
Second choice was the one for me. Nice job.
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01/29/2007 01:51:11 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by rob_banks:
Here's one of mine, I had about 500 outtakes ;)
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LOL!
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01/29/2007 04:40:33 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Puckzzz:
Oh my! those are gorgeous!! and so sharp! how close were you? |
I was from 10 to 30 feet away from all of these guys.
There is a wild bird sanctuary in the Florida Keys where injured wild birds are cared for. Every day the birds that have not been captured and are free to come and go are fed in hopes of capturing and caring for the injured ones. The birds have learned that they can allow themselves to be in closer proximity to people than they ordinarily would. With so many of them around I had many opportunities to get some good shots and experiment with exposure compensation on their white feathers. |
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01/29/2007 04:50:34 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by jbsmithana:
Originally posted by rob_banks:
Here's one of mine, I had about 500 outtakes ;)
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Elk like to stand around a lot. And graze. And, for some reason, you can't get them to stand where you want them to. "Excuse me. Mr. Elk. Can you move sideways a bit so that your antlers are clear of those bushes behind you in my picture?" |
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01/29/2007 05:07:48 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by CNovack:
Well, I went out several times to get something for this challenge. I did have one that I considered submiting but decided not too.
I had two critiques on my own piece that made me stop entering. I am curious to hear what others thoughts on this photo might be and if they mirror my own.
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I really like the setting here. The dead branches extending from the green algae looks totally natural and definitely not odd. I like the continuity of the carpet of algae. I would have liked to ask the Green Heron to move to the right a little if I thought that he would cooperate because it would have been a better shot if the branch didn't obstruct the view of his body. I agree that the low intensity flash would have helped to bring out some details on the bird, but lacking the flash I would have played around a little with the shadow/highlight tool (the shadow portion). I have been using it a lot lately with good results, especially if I clean up after myself with the history brush because it can really make a picture look unnatural if it is overused. The crop is absolutely perfect with the ends of the branches not cut off and just enough lead room in front of the Heron's face.
edit to add: I tried my hand at processing the image that you posted using the shadow tool, levels, and more saturation on the yellow in the bird. Bringing up the right slider in levels brightened up the branches too much. I cleaned up using the history brush tool while zooming in close (especially on the branches and around the Heron). This is a very quick attempt at exposing some more detail in the Heron from the small file that looked very grainy up close. I'm not sure how it is going to look posted here or if I will even have made an improvement.
Message edited by author 2007-01-29 17:08:26. |
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01/29/2007 05:49:49 PM · #19 |
I was going to enter this one;
but my actual entry made me laugh so I entered that instead. Oh well, all I can say is that my free study entry for january ROCKS! |
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01/29/2007 10:59:01 PM · #20 |
I loaded about a dozen outtakes into my portfolio. They are all ducks or geese in flight, and all but one was taken the same day as the challenge entry. I really did have a good time with this one, and loved quite a few of the pictures.
I think this is my favorite of the outtakes:
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01/30/2007 08:54:30 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by yakatme:
Originally posted by CNovack:
Well, I went out several times to get something for this challenge. I did have one that I considered submiting but decided not too.
I had two critiques on my own piece that made me stop entering. I am curious to hear what others thoughts on this photo might be and if they mirror my own.
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I really like the setting here. The dead branches extending from the green algae looks totally natural and definitely not odd. I like the continuity of the carpet of algae. I would have liked to ask the Green Heron to move to the right a little if I thought that he would cooperate because it would have been a better shot if the branch didn't obstruct the view of his body. I agree that the low intensity flash would have helped to bring out some details on the bird, but lacking the flash I would have played around a little with the shadow/highlight tool (the shadow portion). I have been using it a lot lately with good results, especially if I clean up after myself with the history brush because it can really make a picture look unnatural if it is overused. The crop is absolutely perfect with the ends of the branches not cut off and just enough lead room in front of the Heron's face.
edit to add: I tried my hand at processing the image that you posted using the shadow tool, levels, and more saturation on the yellow in the bird. Bringing up the right slider in levels brightened up the branches too much. I cleaned up using the history brush tool while zooming in close (especially on the branches and around the Heron). This is a very quick attempt at exposing some more detail in the Heron from the small file that looked very grainy up close. I'm not sure how it is going to look posted here or if I will even have made an improvement.
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Thanks for the critique and showing me how to improve the shot Robert. I had upped the green channel slightly, played around with the Hue/Sat/lightness levels & brightness/contrast - but found adding enough to brighten the image washed out the lovely details on the branches. Hmmm, I will have to look into the History brush feature. I wish I could have used flash but I know from experience that the drop-off rate increases exponentially after 10 feet. The heron was 35 feet from where I was standing so flash would not have worked. The image I posted is 1/3 crop (resized down to 45% to meet challenge size specs) out of the original photo . My Olympus can only zoom so far in and getting closer was not an option either as that I was not about to wade in that muck:-)
And I am glad that most who commented saw that it was a algae swampland that the bird was in. I was overly concerned that most would look at it and think it was branches sticking out of a golf greenway:-). |
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01/30/2007 08:57:15 AM · #22 |
| Maybe this thread should be called January Free Study outtakes as well. ;) |
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