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Feb 27, 2012 08:13:17   #
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Great Blue Herons In Flight
Thanks, For your reply, Arnold

NikonJohn wrote:
Adubin wrote:
John, I fiddle with the photo a little. Do you like this one better? Arnold

NikonJohn wrote:
Adubin wrote:
This past week I went to the Viera Wetlands to photograph Great Blue Herons in flight.

For the Tech Geeks -
A Nikon D300S with a Nikon 70-200mm f-2.8 VR lens and a 1.4X Nikon Teleconverter was used to capture all these images. I used Lightroom 3 to do all my post processing.

I would appreciate your feedback and critique on these photos.


Arnold,
I think they are all great. I especially like the second one. Lighting is good in all three and the framing is good also, especially the first one. The only think I don't care for is the bottom left corner in the first one. It looks like you were cropping something out of that corner by mirroring that part of the nest. The symmetry of it makes it look like one of those African masks, I can see the eyes nose and mouth, and now that I've seen it it keeps drawing my eye from an otherwise fantastic shot. You might want to fiddle with that corner some. Good shooting, keep it up! :thumbup:
John
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Yes! Looks much better to me. ;)
I also like the one you posted for Swamp Gator, great flight shot. Have a great week, :thumbup:
John
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Feb 26, 2012 12:43:49   #
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Great Blue Herons In Flight
John, I fiddle with the photo a little. Do you like this one better? Arnold

NikonJohn wrote:
Adubin wrote:
This past week I went to the Viera Wetlands to photograph Great Blue Herons in flight.

For the Tech Geeks -
A Nikon D300S with a Nikon 70-200mm f-2.8 VR lens and a 1.4X Nikon Teleconverter was used to capture all these images. I used Lightroom 3 to do all my post processing.

I would appreciate your feedback and critique on these photos.


Arnold,
I think they are all great. I especially like the second one. Lighting is good in all three and the framing is good also, especially the first one. The only think I don't care for is the bottom left corner in the first one. It looks like you were cropping something out of that corner by mirroring that part of the nest. The symmetry of it makes it look like one of those African masks, I can see the eyes nose and mouth, and now that I've seen it it keeps drawing my eye from an otherwise fantastic shot. You might want to fiddle with that corner some. Good shooting, keep it up! :thumbup:
John
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Redo of the Original Photo I Posted on This Thread

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Feb 26, 2012 12:39:47   #
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Great Blue Herons In Flight
Swamp Gator, Thank you very much for your comments. I will post GBH photo with some BG to see what you think of that one. Arnold

Swamp Gator wrote:
Arnold these are all technically terrific, clear sharp focus and nice light and wing position etc.
I like #1 the best since it shows not just action but interaction.
The other two are very nice flight shots, and again are technically fine.

For myself I try to avoid shooting open blue sky flights.
Sometimes with birds like eagles and ospreys it can't be helped as they are often up high.
But for birds like GBHs which often fly low, it is generally more pleasing visually to capture them flying across some background which provides interest.
Trees, water, green marsh grass, brown marsh grass, anything the will provide some OOF background color will almost always look better then an open blue (or worse yet grey) sky.
Hope this makes sense.
Arnold these are all technically terrific, clear s... (show quote)

GBH with BG

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Feb 25, 2012 17:05:24   #
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Great Blue Herons In Flight
Shane, Thank for your comments. Arnold

Shane T wrote:
Beautiful Shots! I think I'm jealous.
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Feb 25, 2012 17:03:45   #
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Great Blue Herons In Flight
Nikon John, Thank you very much for taking your time a really examining and critiquing my photos. I really appreciate your feedback. Arnold
NikonJohn wrote:
Adubin wrote:
This past week I went to the Viera Wetlands to photograph Great Blue Herons in flight.

For the Tech Geeks -
A Nikon D300S with a Nikon 70-200mm f-2.8 VR lens and a 1.4X Nikon Teleconverter was used to capture all these images. I used Lightroom 3 to do all my post processing.

I would appreciate your feedback and critique on these photos.


Arnold,
I think they are all great. I especially like the second one. Lighting is good in all three and the framing is good also, especially the first one. The only think I don't care for is the bottom left corner in the first one. It looks like you were cropping something out of that corner by mirroring that part of the nest. The symmetry of it makes it look like one of those African masks, I can see the eyes nose and mouth, and now that I've seen it it keeps drawing my eye from an otherwise fantastic shot. You might want to fiddle with that corner some. Good shooting, keep it up! :thumbup:
John
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Feb 25, 2012 16:57:24   #
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Great Blue Herons In Flight
Gregory, Thanks for your comment, Arnold

gregoryd45 wrote:
Adubin wrote:
This past week I went to the Viera Wetlands to photograph Great Blue Herons in flight.

For the Tech Geeks -
A Nikon D300S with a Nikon 70-200mm f-2.8 VR lens and a 1.4X Nikon Teleconverter was used to capture all these images. I used Lightroom 3 to do all my post processing.

I would appreciate your feedback and critique on these photos.


Great shots, Arnold
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Feb 25, 2012 10:48:59   #
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Great Blue Herons In Flight
This past week I went to the Viera Wetlands to photograph Great Blue Herons in flight.

For the Tech Geeks -
A Nikon D300S with a Nikon 70-200mm f-2.8 VR lens and a 1.4X Nikon Teleconverter was used to capture all these images. I used Lightroom 3 to do all my post processing.

I would appreciate your feedback and critique on these photos.

Coming into nest


Ready for landing


Just a Flight photo

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Feb 24, 2012 13:40:34   #
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AF-S Nikkor 70-200, Older version
The D3 is a full frame sensor and my understanding it is a known problem. I have an old 70-200mm lens but on a D300S and have no problems with vignetting because it isn't a full sensor lens. Arnold

senad55verizon.net wrote:
Was about to bite the bombshell and spring for this lens, but read that it shortens focal ln]ength in closeups, an effect not seen with the older version (See the unfavorable review in the B&H ad for this lens).

Decided to try the older version, which turns out to be the fabulous lens it's supposed to be, but notice that it vignettes slightly in closeups. Anyone else see this in their older versions?

I think it's possible to live with this. Example below.

D3, ISO3200, f2.8, 1/100 handheld, 110mm. PP consisted of a tweak of WB and an 0.3 pixel SmartSharpen.
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Feb 23, 2012 17:10:41   #
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Lightroom 3
Bullfighter, I would look at Lynda.com training videos and go on Youtube to search for LR3 training videos too. Arnold

Bullfighter wrote:
Is there a "Lightroom for Dummies" book or something like it? I just can't get the hang of using it and always go back to Elements 10 where I feel comfortable.
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Feb 23, 2012 08:41:25   #
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Various Bird Photos Palm Beach County Wetlands
Jen, Thank you very much for leaving your comments and critique for these photos. Arnold

JENNIFER wrote:
They are great!I'm partial to the lighting in #1,beautiful bird and shot.The wood stork is excellent as is the Blackbird.The Cardinal and Bunting look a little soft,perhaps this was on purpose??A beautiful set of pics.as usual,I have a lot to learn.Jen :) :) :thumbup:
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Feb 23, 2012 08:08:27   #
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Various Bird Photos Palm Beach County Wetlands
This past Saturday afternoon I went to Green Cay Nature Center, and Wakodahatchee Wetlands to capture some bird images. At Green Cay Nature Center the CooperÂ’s Hawk posed in different positions for me for over an hour.

For the Tech Geeks -
A Nikon D300S with a Nikon 70-200mm f-2.8 VR lens and a 1.4X Nikon Teleconverter was used to capture all these images. In order to get better lighting on the subject, I used my Nikon SB800 flash to capture the first 3 images. I used Lightroom 3 to do all my post processing. On various photos I used PS CS4 and various plug-ins to bring out more of the detail in these images.

I would appreciate your feedback and critique on these photos.

Cooper's Hawk


Cooper's Hawk


Northern Cardinal with Painted Bunting in the Background


Green Heron


Great Blue Herons in Action


Close-Up of a Red-winged Blackbird


Wood Stork with its reflection


Female Blue-winged Teal

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Feb 22, 2012 11:34:41   #
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RAW
Dacci, Go to this link http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5263 on the Adobe website to see if your camera is included in this update. If it is you can download it and install it. Arnold
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Feb 22, 2012 07:32:02   #
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Great Blue Heron Chicks @ 1 month
Larry, Thanks for nest location, Arnold
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Feb 22, 2012 07:29:54   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
RAW
Dacci, If you have a new camera and Elements 9 doesn't have it included in their software, you may need to upgrade to Elements 10 or may trying oprning up as a DNG file.

Dacci wrote:
I have Photo Shop Elements 9. But the program will not open my photo if it was taken in RAW. What am I doing wrong?
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Feb 21, 2012 07:08:26   #
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Great Blue Heron Chicks @ 1 month
Treadwl, Very nice images! Where were these taken at? Arnold
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