Challenge - Nov. 6 - 8 - Pick Your Best Shots
This challenge is "Pick your best photos". What I want you to do is to pick out some of your very best photos and post them one or two maximum at a time. I would like you to say something about each picture including why you like the picture and if you wish you can add your settings, filters, etc. to help us understand what you did. Positive critiquing and/or feedback is greatly appreciated. I have been with the UHH for many years and have watched how the original Hoggers have grown in their photography and editing akilla. Also as of the last year or so we have had many new photographers join in and it has been a wonderful complement to the challenges! So pick out some of your best pictures (that is the hardest part) and start posting them to the challenge . Don't forget that Digital Art is photos, abstracts, HDR, etc. Whatever you enjoy doing in photography. Remember it is a good idea to just post one at a time (2 if you wish) so you can comment and we can reply to each picture. And most important...lets have some fun.
The attached is one of my favorite and best photos of birds in flight. I had been practicing panning and deleting a lot of photos. But this one is one of about 6 photos taken in burst mode. I happened to take the photo to the TexNep photography meeting to be critiqued by a couple of professional nature photographers and I got a very good critique which encouraged me to continue photographing birds in flight and nature in general.
Cheers!
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Clicker2014 wrote:
This challenge is "Pick your best photos". What I want you to do is to pick out some of your very best photos and post them one or two maximum at a time. I would like you to say something about each picture including why you like the picture and if you wish you can add your settings, filters, etc. to help us understand what you did. Positive critiquing and/or feedback is greatly appreciated. I have been with the UHH for many years and have watched how the original Hoggers have grown in their photography and editing akilla. Also as of the last year or so we have had many new photographers join in and it has been a wonderful complement to the challenges! So pick out some of your best pictures (that is the hardest part) and start posting them to the challenge . Don't forget that Digital Art is photos, abstracts, HDR, etc. Whatever you enjoy doing in photography. Remember it is a good idea to just post one at a time (2 if you wish) so you can comment and we can reply to each picture. And most important...lets have some fun.
The attached is one of my favorite and best photos of birds in flight. I had been practicing panning and deleting a lot of photos. But this one is one of about 6 photos taken in burst mode. I happened to take the photo to the TexNep photography meeting to be critiqued by a couple of professional nature photographers and I got a very good critique which encouraged me to continue photographing birds in flight and nature in general.
Cheers!
Clicker
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Nice start, Sharon! Always enjoyed you birdie photos! Takes a lot of patience and fortitude to accomplish all you have done! I'll join you all upcoming -getting late and work comes early tomorrow....Thanks for hosting and
it looks like lots of FUN!!
I had driven by this scene many, many times in the past with hardly a glance. It was taken almost exactly one year ago. The stillness of the water caught my eye, so I stopped, turned around & took a few shots. This is from just one photo, but because the foreground weeds were not in good focus, I cropped them out. It might have been better with a polarizing filter but the camera is all I had with me on this trip ... no bag full of goodies.
I like it because it is so peaceful looking. Post processed in Lr 5.7. I think the 2nd one (cropped) is the keeper.
Clicker2014 wrote:
This challenge is "Pick your best photos". What I want you to do is to pick out some of your very best photos and post them one or two maximum at a time. I would like you to say something about each picture including why you like the picture and if you wish you can add your settings, filters, etc. to help us understand what you did. Positive critiquing and/or feedback is greatly appreciated. I have been with the UHH for many years and have watched how the original Hoggers have grown in their photography and editing akilla. Also as of the last year or so we have had many new photographers join in and it has been a wonderful complement to the challenges! So pick out some of your best pictures (that is the hardest part) and start posting them to the challenge . Don't forget that Digital Art is photos, abstracts, HDR, etc. Whatever you enjoy doing in photography. Remember it is a good idea to just post one at a time (2 if you wish) so you can comment and we can reply to each picture. And most important...lets have some fun.
The attached is one of my favorite and best photos of birds in flight. I had been practicing panning and deleting a lot of photos. But this one is one of about 6 photos taken in burst mode. I happened to take the photo to the TexNep photography meeting to be critiqued by a couple of professional nature photographers and I got a very good critique which encouraged me to continue photographing birds in flight and nature in general.
Cheers!
Clicker
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That is an amazing capture! The Egret is so sharp and in focus. The detail of the bird, especially with it being white is great. Nice Bokeh too! You nailed it! If this was taken when you were just starting out, then you have a natural talent that was meant to be practiced. I have a few pictures of Egrets in flight, but mine are no where near as good as yours. Of course I am still learning. I got my first DSLR 3-1/2-4 yrs ago. But have not had a lot of time to practice. This inspires me to want to get back out there and try again. Thanks for sharing
KTJohnson wrote:
I had driven by this scene many, many times in the past with hardly a glance. It was taken almost exactly one year ago. The stillness of the water caught my eye, so I stopped, turned around & took a few shots. This is from just one photo, but because the foreground weeds were not in good focus, I cropped them out. It might have been better with a polarizing filter but the camera is all I had with me on this trip ... no bag full of goodies.
I like it because it is so peaceful looking. Post processed in Lr 5.7. I think the 2nd one (cropped) is the keeper.
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I like the second one best. Love the colors and contrast, and the composition is great. Very nice.
Thanks Judy! Look forward to seeing your pics :-)
judy juul wrote:
Nice start, Sharon! Always enjoyed you birdie photos! Takes a lot of patience and fortitude to accomplish all you have done! I'll join you all upcoming -getting late and work comes early tomorrow....Thanks for hosting and
it looks like lots of FUN!!
What a beautiful scene! There are so many reasons to like the cropped photo. The colours are beautiful and in contrast to one another, the picture is sharp, you cropped just below the 1/3 area and the reflection of the tree seems to anchor the foreground.
Wonderful work KTJohnson!
KTJohnson wrote:
I had driven by this scene many, many times in the past with hardly a glance. It was taken almost exactly one year ago. The stillness of the water caught my eye, so I stopped, turned around & took a few shots. This is from just one photo, but because the foreground weeds were not in good focus, I cropped them out. It might have been better with a polarizing filter but the camera is all I had with me on this trip ... no bag full of goodies.
I like it because it is so peaceful looking. Post processed in Lr 5.7. I think the 2nd one (cropped) is the keeper.
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Thanks Richard! Greatly appreciated!
RichardTaylor wrote:
Good catch.
Clicker2014 wrote:
This challenge is "Pick your best photos". What I want you to do is to pick out some of your very best photos and post them one or two maximum at a time. I would like you to say something about each picture including why you like the picture and if you wish you can add your settings, filters, etc. to help us understand what you did. Positive critiquing and/or feedback is greatly appreciated. I have been with the UHH for many years and have watched how the original Hoggers have grown in their photography and editing akilla. Also as of the last year or so we have had many new photographers join in and it has been a wonderful complement to the challenges! So pick out some of your best pictures (that is the hardest part) and start posting them to the challenge . Don't forget that Digital Art is photos, abstracts, HDR, etc. Whatever you enjoy doing in photography. Remember it is a good idea to just post one at a time (2 if you wish) so you can comment and we can reply to each picture. And most important...lets have some fun.
The attached is one of my favorite and best photos of birds in flight. I had been practicing panning and deleting a lot of photos. But this one is one of about 6 photos taken in burst mode. I happened to take the photo to the TexNep photography meeting to be critiqued by a couple of professional nature photographers and I got a very good critique which encouraged me to continue photographing birds in flight and nature in general.
Cheers!
Clicker
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Always admire your birds....
KTJohnson wrote:
I had driven by this scene many, many times in the past with hardly a glance. It was taken almost exactly one year ago. The stillness of the water caught my eye, so I stopped, turned around & took a few shots. This is from just one photo, but because the foreground weeds were not in good focus, I cropped them out. It might have been better with a polarizing filter but the camera is all I had with me on this trip ... no bag full of goodies.
I like it because it is so peaceful looking. Post processed in Lr 5.7. I think the 2nd one (cropped) is the keeper.
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p1. I would agree with the crop - weeds are a distraction. It is peaceful and the colors very pleasing.
Thank you tresap for all your comments! I have been playing with photography for about 10 years, but never really practiced panning. The crazy thing about this was that I was in the car shooting out the window. My camera and lens are very heavy but 90% of the time while shooting birds, you have to be ready to follow them no matter which way they go buy! So get out and just practice!
tresap23 wrote:
That is an amazing capture! The Egret is so sharp and in focus. The detail of the bird, especially with it being white is great. Nice Bokeh too! You nailed it! If this was taken when you were just starting out, then you have a natural talent that was meant to be practiced. I have a few pictures of Egrets in flight, but mine are no where near as good as yours. Of course I am still learning. I got my first DSLR 3-1/2-4 yrs ago. But have not had a lot of time to practice. This inspires me to want to get back out there and try again. Thanks for sharing
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Hard for me to pick favorites or bests - that is the challenge for me. This one is part of a year long study of a stand of trees nearby. This was a particular favorite. Initial processing was in Lightroom 6. Also used Autumn presets and pumpkin spice vignette in On 1. Used Pixelmator to clone the gaps in the canopy. This image was critiqued in On1 and The Photographer and received good reviews which really encouraged me. Taken in Manual Mode, f5.6, ISO 100 1/180 with Pentax K3 The image was cropped into a pseudo pano
#1 is the original and #2 the finished picture, which is now framed with a large thick frame which has the texture of bamboo and going into an art show next weekend (wish me luck! LOL). Manual f6.3, 1/2500 sec., ISO 500, 210m.
I have to head for bed. I will see you all in the morning! Keep those photos coming!
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