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Herb Houghton
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Here's some shots of Dolly Dagger coming out to hunt at the golden hour.

Herb

#1-4





#1







#2







#3







#4




Jan 30, 2014 at 08:30 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Golden Hour Snowy Owl


Neat name for the owl Herb. The last is my pick from this fine set

Morris



Jan 30, 2014 at 08:39 PM
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#2 for me Herb. Makes me kind of sad seeing these

TFS
Geoff



Jan 30, 2014 at 08:40 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Golden Hour Snowy Owl


Nicely done Herb. It's 2 and 4 for me ~ Ron


Jan 30, 2014 at 09:22 PM
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Wonderful light and great IF capture. I am partial to #4. TFS.


Jan 30, 2014 at 09:40 PM
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Another vote for the last one Herb, to my eyes it's the sharpest. Way cool

Tim



Jan 30, 2014 at 10:24 PM
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#3 for me Herb. I like the angel wing look. Good looking set overall.


Jan 30, 2014 at 10:34 PM
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the last one for me Herb


Jan 31, 2014 at 03:53 AM
Michael Rucci
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Golden Hour Snowy Owl


She is a beauty Herb I look forward to the pin down and lots more


Jan 31, 2014 at 06:01 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Golden Hour Snowy Owl


Great set Herb, #3 is my pick
Paul



Jan 31, 2014 at 06:39 PM
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Beautiful set , such glorious light. 2 and the last are my favorites.

Birdie



Jan 31, 2014 at 06:44 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Golden Hour Snowy Owl


Nice set. #4 is my pick as well.


Feb 01, 2014 at 10:44 AM
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Wonderful sequence, well shown and illuminated. Don


Feb 01, 2014 at 10:53 AM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Golden Hour Snowy Owl


Nice light and good lift off action sir, I think I like #2 for the full extension.


Feb 01, 2014 at 10:54 AM
Mark Cronin
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Golden Hour Snowy Owl


Well done Herb,
You sure caught that late day light.

Mark



Feb 01, 2014 at 12:43 PM
David Leask
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Really nice Herb, well captured
David



Feb 01, 2014 at 05:38 PM
Charlie Shugart
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A fantastic shooting series, Herb.
Except for the last image, the others look quite soft on my monitor.
And the background colors a bit noisy.
Because I think #3 is the most spectacular of the images, I did some quick processing to clean up those things.
IMO the edit did wonders. If you'd like me to post it, please PM me.
Then again- I may be the only one who sees those things .
Charlie



Feb 01, 2014 at 08:58 PM
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My Herbinator.......you drive just fine Great captures #3 and 4 standout to me. Try a selective NR on the bg.

Ted



Feb 01, 2014 at 09:03 PM
Charlie Shugart
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With Herb's okay (Thanks Herb).
I hope this might open up possibilities that you can use.
A quick edit- using auto color (then reducing some of the blue that resulted).
35% noise reduction
A fair amount of sharpening and edge sharpening.
Please note that all procedures are basic- and used sliders, so the possibilities were myriad.
I chose them according to taste. Which almost certainly will vary for others.
The following is an example of one person's opinion.
Charlie

Change for comparison
1- Herb's post
2. My edit





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My edit




Feb 01, 2014 at 10:53 PM
Charlie Shugart
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Some changes occurred by posting my edit.
On the board- I would do the background color and noise factor differently.
As far as the owl is concerned- I might reduce the blue more.
But that's about all.
Just more IMO of course.
Charlie
The blue shadowed areas are problematic- but more adjustments could make a fair amount of change- I'd go for even lighter blue than this.



Feb 01, 2014 at 11:04 PM
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