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Dave In La
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got out a bit, as the rain subsided to clouds saturday
and a bit of sun today.

All exif intact for those interested

#1 a local duck from a week or so ago
http://i35./24311le.jpg

#2 Sunday Worship Service
http://i37./4kbnv5.jpg

#3 a distant flyby....almost 100% crop @ ISO 1000
http://i35./2w4e5at.jpg

#4 feral cat
http://i34./15s5zc5.jpg

#5 another feral cat
http://i35./35buv5g.jpg

#6 egret in the clutter
http://i38./5r4id.jpg

#7 a bit of habitat
http://i36./dczoeg.jpg

#8 Hooooray.....I found a small bird finally.
They have been so scarce, but are now hanging out by the lake
Ruby Crown Kinglet
http://i38./2vnia34.jpg

#9 Artsy Phartsy
http://i35./152okn9.jpg

#10 another Artsy Phartsy
http://i34./e6sjkn.jpg

+1 yup....artsy again
http://i35./10pd8gp.jpg

+2 late addition from this afternoon
http://i33./149auqc.jpg

thanks for looking/comments/critiques.....even you Karl

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Nov 30, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Lil Judd
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What a lovely mix Dave,

the last four are my favorites

Lil



Nov 30, 2008 at 01:03 PM
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p.1 #3 · Odd Ball Mix.....10 + 2


Outstanding display Dave


Nov 30, 2008 at 01:10 PM
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What a nice mix Dave. You do an awesome job on the feral cats, the faces tell such stories. Wonderful job on the white birds, 1 is not an easy exposure, it looks great. 7 may be my favorite of the bunch. The kinglet is well done, those guys don't sit still for a minute. I know, I have yet to capture one

Artsy, I don't like the atomic cormie, interesting but over the top. 10 is a treatment of one of my favorite shots of yours, I think I like the original better The last one, that one I do like, maybe because it is far enough away from being a photo so that it doesn't look contrived.

Nice set, I do like the experimentation.

Tim



Nov 30, 2008 at 01:15 PM
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p.1 #5 · Odd Ball Mix.....10 + 2


Great series Dave, Great for the diversity, color, clarity and comp. Thanks for sharing.

Ted



Nov 30, 2008 at 01:28 PM
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After going thru them a couple of times #9 is my favorite.


Wacky roger
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Nov 30, 2008 at 01:38 PM
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These are really nice. I like the last one and second to last alot. Was the effect or mods made on the bird done with Painter?


Nov 30, 2008 at 01:45 PM
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p.1 #8 · Odd Ball Mix.....10 + 2


Lovely series. 9 and 10 are my picks too.
Harsha



Nov 30, 2008 at 01:47 PM
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A great display and use of your many skills Dave. Particularly impressed with #7 (HDR?) and #1.
Bill



Nov 30, 2008 at 05:25 PM
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Dave, you have a very interesting post here!!! As far as the photos go, the kinglet is my favorite!!! I love those little guys and gals!!! I love all of pharts!!! I love the white egret piece. Do you mind if I ask, What process you went about to render that? I have an idea of how to achieve that affect, but I was wondering in what way you did it. Nice work Dave!!!


Nov 30, 2008 at 05:29 PM
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awesome photoshop skills dave. #10 and +1 are simply beautiful. reminds me of watercolor paintings. +1 in particular has vibrant colors in the feathers. how did you learn how to do this?

- hung



Nov 30, 2008 at 05:29 PM
Dave In La
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Lil Judd wrote:
What a lovely mix Dave,
the last four are my favorites
Lil

Thanks Lil, I was wondering how the artsy stuff would go over

Alex Paul wrote:
Outstanding display Dave

Thanks Alex....good seeing you....probably won't be for long

Tim Kuhn wrote:
What a nice mix Dave. You do an awesome job on the feral cats, the faces tell such stories. Wonderful job on the white birds, 1 is not an easy exposure, it looks great. 7 may be my favorite of the bunch. The kinglet is well done, those guys don't sit still for a minute. I know, I have yet to capture one

Artsy, I don't like the atomic cormie, interesting but over the top. 10 is a treatment of one of my favorite shots of yours, I think I like the original better The last one, that one
...Show more
Thanks a bunch Karl....oops, I mean Tim
Good to get some firm input....that kinglet was a grab.
He stopped by while I was shooting the feral cats

Ted ellis wrote:
Great series Dave, Great for the diversity, color, clarity and comp. Thanks for sharing.
Ted

Appreciate the comment Ted....I had the camera, card, lens....evereything I needed

thehotel wrote:
After going thru them a couple of times #9 is my favorite.
Wacky roger
Founding Member Of OOOPs

Thanks Sir Rog....glad you looked more than once

pcimaging wrote:
These are really nice. I like the last one and second to last alot. Was the effect or mods made on the bird done with Painter?

Thank you...the green heron was done with a combination of
Topaz Simplify and Topaz Adjust.....and then some selective saturations. Just fun to play

harshaj1 wrote:
Lovely series. 9 and 10 are my picks too.
Harsha

Thanks Harsha....so glad some of my friends like those

Bill James wrote:
A great display and use of your many skills Dave. Particularly impressed with #7 (HDR?) and #1.
Bill

Thank for comment Bill.....that was a straight shot, actually with
a 400mm, so it has little depth. I pp with selective channels for saturation until I get the look I like. But as the sun was peeking in just a bit, this is quite close to how I remember it

Brenton Biggs wrote:
Dave, you have a very interesting post here!!! As far as the photos go, the kinglet is my favorite!!! I love those little guys and gals!!! I love all of pharts!!! I love the white egret piece. Do you mind if I ask, What process you went about to render that? I have an idea of how to achieve that affect, but I was wondering in what way you did it. Nice work Dave!!!

Thank you for comment Brenton....asking about white egret #10?
I rendered the original image for a pastel look, and used Topaz Simplify filter plugin

Hungtran10 wrote:
awesome photoshop skills dave. #10 and +1 are simply beautiful. reminds me of watercolor paintings. +1 in particular has vibrant colors in the feathers. how did you learn how to do this?
- hung

Thanks for looking in Hung. re: #1, I use Capture One for RAW conversion and can get back and incredible amount of detail.
I actually intentionally darkened the lower shadows for effect,
Eyedropped the green and boosted its saturation.
See below....blocked shadows and blown whites
http://i35./15q9is7.jpg






Nov 30, 2008 at 05:57 PM
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You must' ve traded the GH for the FC (Feral cats), Dave. I must say that I like the cat shots a lot. They have the wild look and stare that makes them different, plus they seem to be doing well. #6 and 8 are also on my favorite list. While 10 and +1 are the artsy faves.
Socrate



Nov 30, 2008 at 09:17 PM
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p.1 #14 · Odd Ball Mix.....10 + 2


Geeez am I rubbing off on Tim

Nice shots you did good.

Karl



Nov 30, 2008 at 09:30 PM
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p.1 #15 · Odd Ball Mix.....10 + 2


So I started thinking.....................

I saw that first shot and said, OMG he didn't blow the whites with all that BG dark shadow! Looked at Exif, cause you do leave it where as Ant seems to NOT, and saw the exp comp on it. I have had a few that had more warnings then detail and have just started to get comfortable working them up in PP. Nice result for sure

#2 a very different pose and a good title #7 put a hush of silence over me, that is one great shot, subdued light with great saturation, love the shot #8 I like all the way, that is a tiny bird, what is the tiny red spot on top of head?

Artsy stuff, so far you are doing stuff that I like to see to the right images, I do remember shot#10 from a while back, it was nice then though I do remember nits on a thing or two but it displays well this way IMO

You know my feelings on your feral cat shots, I have really liked every one of them you put up, you capture great emotiion through those eyes, I will say it again, I would buy your book on those shots and a calendar for my Mom

Great post my friend!
Karl-nit



Nov 30, 2008 at 09:41 PM
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p.1 #16 · Odd Ball Mix.....10 + 2


HI Dave,

#10 and +1 are outstanding. I especially like the green heron. Reading your comments above, you mention a plug-in that I am not familiar with, and doing a quick google search looks like it may be Windows only. Is that true? You're doing a magnificent job in PP. Way to go!!



Dec 01, 2008 at 11:43 AM
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p.1 #17 · Odd Ball Mix.....10 + 2


Great job Mr. Dave... I'm not much for the artsy pharty stuff other then #9 I like the kitty's too... great detail and like Karla said emotion from them... Hey and thanks for the EXIF data... Some of us forget that small part... ANT!


Dec 01, 2008 at 12:19 PM
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p.1 #18 · Odd Ball Mix.....10 + 2


whoa, I'm way behind here....thanks all.

Cris, I have been using Topaz Denoise and then Topaz Adjust and Simplify for the artsy stuff. All available pc and mac
http://www.topazlabs.com/



Dec 02, 2008 at 11:41 PM
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p.1 #19 · Odd Ball Mix.....10 + 2


Hi Dave,

Stunning series my favorites are #7 and 9.

Garen



Dec 03, 2008 at 01:19 AM
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p.1 #20 · Odd Ball Mix.....10 + 2


Great job once again Dave, you've got mad skills.
I like your artsy phartsy side too.

Very, very good stuff.

Kirk



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