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01/25/2009 01:27:55 AM |
| A little soft, probably from the excessive crop. |
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01/20/2009 09:43:03 PM |
| I don't think I've ever seen these before; I like the little one with momma and the composition. Not really fond of the frame, but I'm not a big frame person anyway. |
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01/16/2009 01:06:48 PM |
| Lovely coots. Composition and colors are nice. The border is not my favorite. Could be a bit more in focus. |
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01/13/2009 12:28:02 AM |
| Nice capture, good composion. I think focus is not there on the baby or the bird. |
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01/12/2009 12:39:20 PM |
I hate am amazed to think of how good you're going to be after a year's practice at this...
Lovely shot, capture and composition. |
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01/12/2009 07:07:23 AM |
| ooh, never seen a baby one of those before! Very cute capture :) |
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01/12/2009 12:42:29 AM |
| thanks for all the comments! ShutterPug tried your suggestion and it did work! thanks! |
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01/11/2009 10:54:52 PM |
| PAW - I guess that would be an old coot and a young coot. Very nicely composed. I especially like the reflecting reeds. As others said it would be much nicer if it was sharper, and maybe increased saturation. The border works well. |
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01/11/2009 11:53:02 AM |
| Nice find and great capture. I took note of the excellent technicals offered in the comments listed too - isn't this great! :) |
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01/11/2009 11:44:55 AM |
| Cool, so similar but so different from the coots I see. |
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01/11/2009 09:38:06 AM |
| BIRDS can be a tough subject, especially when you commit to turning out a photo a week, so when the weather doesn't cooperate I can understand that your photo in a particular week might be soft or otherwise less than perfect, but.... with that said, WOW what a great shot! In terms of composition and content, this is fabulous. Congrats! |
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01/10/2009 09:47:44 PM |
| Love the subject, but it is soft and "off" a bit. I would try ShutterPug's suggestion :) |
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01/10/2009 08:19:10 PM |
Nothing warms my heart like photos of ducks ambling about in their water. Such serenity.
I like it!
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01/10/2009 04:44:37 PM |
| The composition is lovely. Coots are hard to shoot, because there's so much contrast between the feathers and the head, but you have nailed the exposure. I gave up on using a 70-300 (any 70-300), because it's just too hard to get a shot at 300mm with no motion blur unless it's a bright sunny day. The shutter speed just has to be too slow. |
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01/10/2009 01:45:43 PM |
nice I see I will be learning a lot from you this year also thanks.
Message edited by author 2009-01-11 22:58:37. |
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01/10/2009 01:29:54 PM |
DO you use Photoshop for editing? I opened this in my version and tried smart sharpen at -62, then did a curves adjustment, followed by USM and it really made the image a lot clearer.
Nice find . Your composition is also very nice. |
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