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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Sunset Sandhills at Bosque

Shot this one a few years ago at the Crane Festival and just got around to processing it. Magic place...

Jan 06, 2019 at 11:28 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Sunset Sandhills at Bosque

Nice shot, do the sandhill cranes winter there?

Jan 06, 2019 at 11:37 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Sunset Sandhills at Bosque

Lovely shot Steve ~ Ron

Jan 07, 2019 at 08:18 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Sunset Sandhills at Bosque

steve, great colors,. IMHO the tree is not adding to the pic.

Jan 07, 2019 at 08:23 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Sunset Sandhills at Bosque

Nice shot. I like the colors

Jan 07, 2019 at 08:25 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Sunset Sandhills at Bosque

Without that tree you would have a wall hanger. I don't know how you feel about removing things, that tree could be removed and then a super print made

Morris

Jan 07, 2019 at 08:53 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Sunset Sandhills at Bosque

AmbientMike wrote:
Nice shot, do the sandhill cranes winter there?

Thanks Mike. Yes, the cranes and other migratory birds spend the winter at the Bosque. Lots of other wildlife as well. Plus there is the amazing light that happens there all Winter.

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surfnron wrote:
Lovely shot Steve ~ Ron

Thanks Ron.

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kdacharya wrote:
steve, great colors,. IMHO the tree is not adding to the pic.

Thanks for the comments. The birds tended to circle that tree when landing as if it were some sort of landmark for them. So I keyed in on it and grew to like it. But your right, it might be distraction in the image.

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40Driggs wrote:
Nice shot. I like the colors

The Bosque is known for amazing colors at sunrise and sunset. This was a magic day.

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morris wrote:
Without that tree you would have a wall hanger. I don't know how you feel about removing things, that tree could be removed and then a super print made

Morris

Another tree hater. I will try one without the tree. Thanks for the comments Morris.

Jan 07, 2019 at 11:33 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Sunset Sandhills at Bosque

1bwana1 wrote:
Thanks for the comments. The birds tended to circle that tree when landing as if it were some sort of landmark for them. So I keyed in on it and grew to like it. But your right, it might be distraction in the image.

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You could however have the tree in either the LHS or RHS of the frame and that would be okay. Again MHO, your preference could be different.

Jan 07, 2019 at 01:00 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Sunset Sandhills at Bosque

Ok, I tried to quick removal of the tree. It was OK, but in my opinion the image lacked depth. It would have taken a lot more work to do a perfect removal without artifacts.

However, building on Kdacharya's suggestion I have processed the frame just prior to the original. This moves the tree over to the right hand side. Yes, this may be a better composition, and still allows the tree to provide a sense of depth.

Thanks to all for the suggestions.

What do you think about the new version?

Jan 07, 2019 at 01:58 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Sunset Sandhills at Bosque

I like the second one better.

Jan 07, 2019 at 02:24 PM


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