Citizen Caine, Duck Soup, (the original) Lawrence of Arabia, The Great Escape (with Steve McQueen).

Great captures! Keep at it.

Just stopping by to introduce myself to all of my esteemed colleagues. I'm an old-time photographer with a ton of totally useless darkroom experience. I started a slow transition to digital around 2000 & I've been totally digital since around 2002. I shoot mostly Canon, but the camera a photographer uses (within limits) makes a minimal difference in the end product. Mostly I shoot fine art figure, pin-up or nudes, so most of my work will never grace these pages. However, on occasion, I'll click on a bird or a flower & I'll be sharing a few of those, or maybe a headshot or two.

See ya'
Stan

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Mary Celest


Stable


Small Butterfly

I could easily point out half a dozen or more minor problems with this image, but I will not! Rather, I say, "FINE JOB!"

Photographing a flying bird is difficult, even spotting an eagle is difficult (at least it is in NYC, where I live). Just capturing it in frame is difficult. I give this high marks!

I have no problem with the cropped petals. (Although it's probably a "safe" rule to not crop petals.) I like the yellow-green contrast & the brightness of the colors. The septals seem to be tack sharp (at least in part) & that is a BIG PLUS for this type of work.