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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: bobfriedman on December 14, 2015, 16:25:30

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Post by: bobfriedman on December 14, 2015, 16:25:30: (http://www.pbase.com/image/162088198/original.jpg)
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Post by: PedroS on December 14, 2015, 16:30:23: :)

GREAT
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Post by: BobM on December 14, 2015, 16:33:43: BEST bird shot I've seen in decades!
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Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on December 14, 2015, 16:41:25: The bird smiles and enjoys the sunset too.
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Post by: Thomas Stellwag on December 14, 2015, 16:44:12: best sunset shot I've seen for long time with a great model
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Post by: Andrea B. on December 14, 2015, 16:50:46: Happy winking Owlie.
Wonderful!!
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Post by: Akira on December 14, 2015, 17:00:05: Nice interaction with the owl and composition!
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Post by: Anirban Halder on December 14, 2015, 17:31:58: Quote from: BobM on December 14, 2015, 16:33:43
BEST bird shot I've seen in decades!
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Bob (F) - you surely have taken bird photography to a different level, a level that anyone will dare to reach. Respect!
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Post by: Chip Chipowski on December 14, 2015, 17:34:37: I LOVE IT!!!
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Post by: Jakov Minić on December 14, 2015, 17:56:36: I am smiling :D
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Post by: Ron Scubadiver on December 14, 2015, 20:43:30: Super shot. Telephoto perspective compression to the max.
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Post by: HCS on December 14, 2015, 22:16:50: Wow! Didn't see that coming ;D
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Post by: John Geerts on December 14, 2015, 22:22:44: :D Well, Super-shot.
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Post by: Tristin on December 14, 2015, 23:43:43: The extremely unrealistic DR/lighting is not to my taste. Composite image?
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Post by: Chip Chipowski on December 14, 2015, 23:48:59: Bob - I keep coming back for more and it is better with each visit!
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Post by: bobfriedman on December 15, 2015, 00:08:24: Quote from: Tristin on December 14, 2015, 23:43:43
The extremely unrealistic DR/lighting is not to my taste. Composite image?

you win.... i think you mean DoF... in any even you are correct... just having some fun and i hope you are as well.
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Post by: Tom Hook on December 15, 2015, 00:19:04: It looks post produced, but so what? It made me smile, and that works for me.
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Post by: bobfriedman on December 15, 2015, 00:23:20: Quote from: Tom Hook on December 15, 2015, 00:19:04
It looks post produced, but so what? It made me smile, and that works for me.

i am really just practicing my PS skills and having some fun.. like i did with this one last year.. which is a sunset.

(http://www.pbase.com/bobfriedman/image/158768129/original.jpg)
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Post by: bobfriedman on December 15, 2015, 00:25:17: and the original snowy shot wasn't all that hot.. in my mind.. it was a high ISO kinda day last sunday...

the yawn.

Nikon D4S SLR ,Nikkor AF-S 600mm f/4G ED VR
1/800s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso6400
(http://www.pbase.com/bobfriedman/image/162083515/original.jpg)
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Post by: Tristin on December 15, 2015, 00:30:46: Quote from: bobfriedman on December 15, 2015, 00:08:24
you win.... i think you mean DoF... in any even you are correct... just having some fun and i hope you are as well.

No, I meant DR/lighting. I hope I did not come across as being cross! While not my taste, I bet it would sell if you got it hung up at a cafe. People love that kind of imagery.
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Post by: bobfriedman on December 15, 2015, 00:53:54: Quote from: Tristin on December 15, 2015, 00:30:46
No, I meant DR/lighting.

yes... sorry about that.. sun was pretty bright - that bird would have been a silhouette.
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Post by: Richard A on December 15, 2015, 07:07:11: creative and fun - I like!
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Post by: tommiejeep on December 15, 2015, 08:50:55: Bob, quite striking images :) . I like them as images and you did not call it a bird image :) . I sometimes play around with PS and bird images but do not post on Forums.

I've recently sold quite a few bird images to a European NGO for use in brochures . They buy them RAW and PP them with a team of experts. I have a ton of good images with no, or lousy, backgrounds/surroundings. The sent me some of the Photoshopped images. Really well done except in one they put a very good Osprey, with fish, in front of some great mountains, blue sky and fluffy white clouds. No such mountains in Goa and rarely get great blues and fluffy clouds. I complained that it was very misleading to people looking at their Brochures. We'll see if they buy more ;) .

Just for fun and experimenting, great but you get so many great images as it is ;D
Tom
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Post by: Jørgen Ramskov on December 15, 2015, 15:48:35: :D Well made.
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Post by: retief on December 21, 2015, 17:58:44: If I did not know better, I would swear I had seen this owl somewhere else. Liked it there as well, and I STILL think the sunset looks like the poster from The Endless Summer, one of my old-time favorite movies .....
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Post by: bobfriedman on December 21, 2015, 20:42:10: Quote from: retief on December 21, 2015, 17:58:44
If I did not know better, I would swear I had seen this owl somewhere else.

A little cross-posting perhaps?... Glad you liked it Bill... just having some fun with that high ISO shot.. best i could do with it.
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Post by: ThomasAdams on December 22, 2015, 04:31:19: This is a first (that I have seen). Thumbs up :)
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Post by: ColSebastianMoran on December 27, 2015, 15:35:55: This is a prize winner.