mike_mcbride

Your comments would be appreciated.

Your bird shots are fantastic! Hope to see more soon.

Comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome. Thanks!

Absolutely gorgeous! Makes me think I should start including people in more of my shots. Nicely done.

Beautiful mood and composition. This jumped right out at me. Well done.

This is a wonderful portfolio! You have a great eye for composition.

I love this shot! Your whole bird portfolio is very impressive!

A polarizer would not have done much in this situation as it is taken straight away from the rising sun.

I'm usually trying to avoid anything manmade in my photos, but sometimes it works. I like it!

Nice shot with a great 3-D quality.

Yes, I forgot to note the use of a 2 stop graduated ND filter in my equipment.

Well put David. I agree.

Personally, I like strong, interesting foregrounds. Without them, pictures of mountains often lack punch. The foreground puts the mountains in context. Beautiful shot!

Very nice shot. I like the colors and the composition. You have an impressive portfolio!

It is captivating. Nice Work!

Great job of creating a unique image of this subject!

Tim,

 

Thanks for the comments. I actually wanted to make the foreground rocks more dominate, and the shadow area above them is perhaps too large, but moving to a lower angle caused me to lose the distant ridge and I decided against it. In hindsight, though, I wish I had tried it for comparison.

A beautiful and interesting shot. Nice job!

I went and looked at Galen Rowell's, which I hadn't seen previously, but I had seen a couple others (just head shots). I suspect Galen Rowell didn't invent the concept either. This is probably taken at the exact same place as his, but the water plume against the back of the bear and the fish's seeming attempt to arch away from the bear make it somewhat unique I think. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to elevate myself to Galen Rowell's level.

 

If we take a picture of a sunset, can't we also say that the concept is not new? Excluding some digital creations I wonder how much photography is truly revolutionary.

Tim,

 

Thanks for the comment and I agree. I almost didn't submit it because it is so photographed, but it is an interesting experiment to see what gets noticed and what does not.

 

Interestingly, I submitted another photo I took at the same time from the same spot, but looking a different direction. That other photo is the first in my landscape folder and was submitted a week prior to this. I like the other one better, because while everyone else was busy with delicate arch, I found a picture I really like and I didn't see anyone else point their camera in that direction. I was a bit surprised, though, that that photo has had no rankings or comments. Still, I like it.

I love your black and white wildlife shots. Great work.

All the elements combine for a nice shot!

I like the composition and the way ones eyes are drawn to that tiny mound of snow perched on the broken slat. Nice picture.

I was camping in the Uinta mountains when we discovered this fawn. A fresh snow had fallen the night before which led to our discovery of the spot where this fawn had been born. Its mother hid it a short distance away, but the fawn hadn't quite grasped the concept yet, so as we walked near its hiding place, it came out to make friends, calling after us with a voice sounding something like a lamb. He does look quite serious, though.

Thanks for the compliment. This photo is the result of a self-assignment to take just one photo a day for three weeks. This is the photo I chose on the last day of that assignment. I stole the idea from Jim Brandenburg who did this for 90 days. You can read about his experience in the November 1997 National Geographic or his book "Chased by the Light." It's really an enjoyable exercise.