Cockatoo
Posted 05/01/2010 - 08:50
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Love the first and like the second but the last two are not so pleasing for me.
1/ the composition is great and I do not have a problem wit the green it looks fine on my monitor.
2/ like this less than 1 because the lack of detail in the white feather is more noticeable and not counteracted as it is in one with the tree detail.
3/ I find the white light spots distracting and also the lack of tail.
4/ just find the attitude of the bird very unhelpful in this one although this has the best detail in the feathers - so well taken but not so appealing to view.
1/ the composition is great and I do not have a problem wit the green it looks fine on my monitor.
2/ like this less than 1 because the lack of detail in the white feather is more noticeable and not counteracted as it is in one with the tree detail.
3/ I find the white light spots distracting and also the lack of tail.
4/ just find the attitude of the bird very unhelpful in this one although this has the best detail in the feathers - so well taken but not so appealing to view.
Jackie H
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K7, K20D, istDS, Optio SV, ME
Most used glass
50mm f1.4, 60-250mm, 28-80mm,
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500
Posted 05/01/2010 - 13:07
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I agree the first shot is the best. I'd make it a square crop (but then I rather like square crops )
Best, K.
Best, K.
Kris Lockyear
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It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 05/01/2010 - 13:11
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First for me too.
Barrie - Too Old To Die Young
https://pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/barrieforbes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/189482630@N03/
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/189482630@N03/
Posted 07/01/2010 - 09:56
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The sharpness of the eye is better in the 3rd and 4th, I presume just because you pulled back from 300 a bit for those. But nevertheless it's the first one for me too. The 2nd one is almost as good but the green seems a bit overdone in that one (slight green tint on the edge of the bird's yellow plume). The first one is a lovely 3/4 profile portrait
Tim
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19 years
Frenchs Forest,
Sydney
This chap was sat in the tree out side the in-laws house over christmas just begging to be snapped.
C+C please (especially on the colour balance of the tree against the off white of the bird, it looked a lot green in the flesh so I tweaked to the colours to try and recreated it) ta.
[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP6712.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP6710.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP6708.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP6707.jpg[/IMG]
All taken with the tammy 70-300 at or close to 300 and cropped in ps along with the colour tweaks
Regards
PaulM
(edit)Forgot to add all hand held
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