wing tong wrote:
I move to disqualify Noelle due to lack of participation, and crown Conrad the BIF and other nonessential 400 shooting king title! ...maybe that'll put a fire under her eyes!
I support the motion. Conrad should win this epic battle without a doubt !
Oh man you guys are way too kind! Let's give Noelle a chance here haha! She's probably busy with pre-schoolers and her studio and her family and polishing her awards.... Oh and trying to see if there's an antidote to my Noelle voodoo doll.
Colin Key wrote:
Pete, that bird deserves a bit more time spent on processing the image (or exposing correctly in the first place):
(Not too much I can do with an already "cooked" small JPEG file - are you still not shooting in RAW Pete?).
Colin
Colin thank you for giving me a pp alternative.
Now, the main difference between the two grackle images I posted above is the incidence angle of light upon its head irredescent feathers. I have refraned from lifting the second image exposure because I felt I would have fallen into the PP trap of showing colours which were simply not there to start with. At the same time, by doing that to the head, I'd be altering the balance colouring of the bird. All around, in my view of photography, that would take me away from veracity of colours as seen by my eye.
So, yeah, the first instinct was to lift the levels, but then when I saw the result I decided against it.
I really have been swamped with work and polishing my awards
I was just trying to give you a way to bow out gracefully... (provocation is the mother of motivation) ...OR, maybe we've just awaken a sleeping giant!
noelle wrote:
Ok.... here is a little sweet family for you. \
Well done, little Noelle.
No.1 is photographically the strongest one.
The last one ranks extremely high on the cute scale.
You've got that exposure and focus right where it belongs.
Set up a bird feeder in the backyard last week, and am finally starting to get some visitors. Here are some shots with 400/5.6 shot through a double pane window:
@Harry, you've got a beautiful visitor! Looks great, maybe leave a little more room around the crop. Is there any branch perches around the feeder? So far, I've gotten only towhees and juncos on mine but I've seen a flock of waxwings on a nearby pine tree so hopefully they'll pay my feeder perch a visit someday.
PetKal wrote:
Well done, little Noelle.
No.1 is photographically the strongest one.
The last one ranks extremely high on the cute scale.
You've got that exposure and focus right where it belongs.
Thank you!
I was pleased with #1 the most myself because all the ducks and the momma were in focus. I was focusing on the little ducks and not the mom.
How would you approach an image like this? Where would you put your focus point
I ask because I sometimes struggle with images like this
The last image just melted my heart because you can see them doing everything mom does. This little guy decided he was going to dry off his little wings and when he popped up and I saw how tiny his wings were it was too cute!
(provocation is the mother of motivation) ...OR, maybe we've just awaken a sleeping giant!
