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Oct 27, 2018 16:16:04   #
hippi Loc: Sedalia MO
 
Just recently moved to Sedalia MO and looking for a club, I am about 38 miles from Warsaw MO Truman Dam is there and was told the Eagles will soon be there, a lot of photo ops, and just want to learn more
Took in the parking lot of the Lost Valley Fish Hatchery http://www.welcometowarsaw.com/45/Lost-Valley-Fish-Hatchery this is a SOOC
DF f5.6 shutter 1/125 ISO 200 FL 300mm (70-300nikkor) very overcast day windy cool 51 degrees.

here comes the train again it is only about 1/2 block away HAHA

thanks
hippi
Ralph S
keepin the blues alive


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Oct 27, 2018 16:25:58   #
tdekany Loc: Oregon
 
Can’t help you with a meetup, but I do have a comment about your photo. Please work on getting better with composition. The pole in the back and the handy capped sign distract from the birds.

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Oct 27, 2018 16:41:01   #
hippi Loc: Sedalia MO
 
tdekany wrote:
Can’t help you with a meetup, but I do have a comment about your photo. Please work on getting better with composition. The pole in the back and the handy capped sign distract from the birds.
Thank you I should have so I worked it a little bit in Lightroom 5.6 from the RAW


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Oct 27, 2018 16:46:14   #
Floyd Loc: Misplaced Texan in Florence, Alabama
 
I agree with tdekany about composition. IMHO cropping up from the bottom to just lose the pole in the back, down from the top leaving about 1/3 of the sky, and in from each side within a couple of inches of the birds - then your picture goes from"just pretty good" to "really very good". After finishing this message, I find you've done a good job of cropping.
Much better picture, sgtill could use a bit of side cropping -IMHO.

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Oct 27, 2018 16:47:28   #
tdekany Loc: Oregon
 
hippi wrote:
Thank you I should have so I worked it a little bit in Lightroom 5.6 from the RAW


Much much better! The pole in the back you could clone out in a second as well

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Oct 27, 2018 22:08:09   #
Stardust Loc: Central Illinois
 
Nice photo but is somewhat out-of-focus, either focused in front or was it hand-held, zoomed out 300mm at only 1/125 shutter? If so, 1/250th if not 1/500th is probably needed if not using a tripod.

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Oct 28, 2018 08:38:19   #
cyan Loc: Northern NJ
 
tdekany wrote:
Can’t help you with a meetup, but I do have a comment about your photo. Please work on getting better with composition. The pole in the back and the handy capped sign distract from the birds.


Right. The handicapped sign is where my eyes went first.

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Oct 28, 2018 11:07:16   #
NJFrank Loc: New Jersey
 
hippi wrote:
Thank you I should have so I worked it a little bit in Lightroom 5.6 from the RAW


Much better this second time around.

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