seanholloway

Cormorant. Interesting indeed, though I'd put my money on the osprey. I think he may have just been being polite by dining elsewhere.

Thank you all for the kind remarks.

Spectacular!

 

This is an old image, as I've been off photo.net awhile. I don't remember

the settings, but the photo was taken with a canon 30d in 2007. It is my

favortire photo.

I agree. I did a bit of dodging and burning to seperate the towers from the mountains and add more dynamic tonal range to the towers. I posted the second version to my portfolio. Check it out and let me know your opinions. Thanks ~ Sean

I have combined two exposures here. One was exposed for the maximum

contrast in the sky (with a red filter) and the other was a slower

exposure for detail in the Tufa Towers. The two exposures were then

combined in PS. Thank you for looking and more thanks for commenting.

Nice photo. You've told a story here. I like that in a photo. It reminds me of a book I read by Everett Alvarez (Vietnam POW). The only qualm I have is that I'd like to see an eyeball. I think eyeballs relly make an animal portrait have soul.

Great lighting on the background, it really works well. Interesting model, he really tells a story (or leaves one to the imagination, even better).

You might crop out the wing in the upper right corner. Great shot, beautiful barn owl. This should be on the Chehaw Zoo's page.

That certainly wasn't my intention. My Audobon Field Guide on Insects is to blame.

Fantastic! Anyone who's chased one of these buggers can appreciate your extraordinary accomplishment.

What a great catch. I had to check out the rest of the series too. They're all great. I don't know that the average and below average raters appreciate what they're seeing. This is a spectacular moment indeed. Did you know it took this guy 13-17 years of living underground to get to this point?! I hike avidly, and see many of these empty nymph shells, I hear them and have seen them, but I've never gotten to witness this moment yet. The detail you've captured is better than most photos of this I've seen too. You should consider sending this series to the Audobon Society, (and others too). It would make a great addition to many field guides.

This is a difficult shot to get. The camera wants to meter off the sky, and that underexposes the birds. You basically have to force the camera to overexpose the sky. You can do this by spot metering or, if that's not an option or for times sake, by taking a metering off the grass and manually setting the camera to that setting. The idea is to match the light source that is illuminating the birds. If you have time, you can always bracket the shot several times at overexposed settings and properly exposed settings and then double processing the best two candidates in RAW later. Then you can combine one for the sky, and one for the birds to get one good shot. This would be a good candidate to take to your teacher for some pro input though. Even with all that, some lenses, like mine, will never give you what you want out of this kind of shot. The people who say photography isn't about how much money you have in your lenses, has never tried this shot. Look at Miguel Lasa'a portfolio for an example. (I must say here, that he's one of my favorites. I've only given two 7/7s and he's garnered one of those. He's very very talented.) He's great, but so is that $5,500.00 500mm L series Image Stabilized lens he uses. It's still a good photo though. The fact that you can even see the birds makes it much better than average.

An honest bum? I'd buy this a guy a beer anyday. Looks like he smells to bad to have one with though.

If I may politely intrude on this conversation, I really like this photo. It has superb detail, contrast, and compositioning. I'm curious about the dodged area around the throat area though. Perhaps burn this to the deeper black found in the rest of the photo.

Hi, Pawel. I loved your photo from this series titled "After the March of the Living". It had such great symbology. This one is technically well done, but lacking in that, I feel. It doesn't tell the story that's obviously happening here. If I wasn't familiar with your work and I didn't know where and why these gentlement were here, I would assume something totally different. Their expressions and postures suggest a discussion is going on about devising some kind of a plan, and the gentlemen to the far right looks bored. The placement of the hidden gentlemen to the far left is a bit distracting too. I hope I haven't offended, and I'll be happy to remove this if you wish. I'm only describing my reaction to this photo.

But it seems he has a lot going through his mind, literally.

My eyeballs are drawn to the giant lump of grass in the left of the composition. I think this should be attemted in much lower light at a longer shutter speed. Perhaps choose a tight crop on something interesting in the scene.

Nice sharp bird photo. I might only suggest cropping a bit from the left to remove the dark area in the lower left corner. You have a lovely and diverse portfolio.

OK, Here's one. You should comment on a few photos, if you want comments on your photos. I see you've received 853 ratings while leaving only a grand total of one. I see you've placed 118 critique requests and commented on none. I'm not trying to be a smart*ss, but it seems pretty selfish to me. Tell me, for what reason should we look at your work and offer comments?

Beautiful subject, tack sharp, original twist. Very Good. 6/6

I love the background. I agree about cropping a smidgeon off the top. I think the centering works fine here, as the paws are in such sharp focus to make them the real subject. Very good.

Hi Mindy, this is my favorite of the four. The black background works better than the white in my opinion.

Was it your intention to expose for the background instead of the subject? If not, I would suggest spot metering (or maybe center weighted on the D70), and some fill flash.

Hi, Amber. Pretty model, but I feel the lighting is a bit harsh. Her forehead goes from bright to dark, with a reflection on her right cheek and nose. I also feel the few strands of hair visible here are distracting from her face. I'm no expert at portraits though. So, take my suggestions as mere opinions o.k.?