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Images => Critique => Topic started by: Nikkor Shooter on September 08, 2018, 13:25:00

Title: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Nikkor Shooter on September 08, 2018, 13:25:00



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Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: armando_m on September 08, 2018, 16:17:57
The sequence is very nice

Do you use flash ? The duck stands out against the background
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Bent Hjarbo on September 08, 2018, 16:21:29
Super :)
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: ArthurDent on September 08, 2018, 19:11:53
Very nice. What were your shooting parameters?
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Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: bobfriedman on September 08, 2018, 19:16:43
nice...
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Nikkor Shooter on September 08, 2018, 20:13:50
The sequence is very nice

Do you use flash ? The duck stands out against the background
No flash, Armando, but specific orientation to the morning Sun
on the subject and none on the BG reflection in the water!
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Nikkor Shooter on September 08, 2018, 20:14:30
Super :)
nice...
Thank you gentlemen!
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Nikkor Shooter on September 08, 2018, 20:17:42
Very nice. What were your shooting parameters?

The usual wildlife settings where  I used the ETTL approach to protect the whites!
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Patrick Berg-Pedersen on September 16, 2018, 19:08:29
Nikkor Shooter, I’ve been through a few «Critique» threads of yours, and what strikes me immediately and ruins the viewing experience instantly and a whole lot is in fact your copyright symbol and text. 😊
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Nikkor Shooter on September 16, 2018, 19:22:49
Nikkor Shooter, I’ve been through a few «Critique» threads of yours, and what strikes me immediately and ruins the viewing experience instantly and a whole lot is in fact your copyright symbol and text. 😊

Right Patrick… there is always something with the watermark! Does
that mean that, beside the watermark comment, the takes are not
worth any other critique?
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Patrick Berg-Pedersen on September 17, 2018, 07:54:37
Right Patrick… there is always something with the watermark! Does
that mean that, beside the watermark comment, the takes are not
worth any other critique?

No absolutely not! Of course their worth other critique. But I wanted to see the images on my iMac instead of my iPad, before I wrote any critique on any of them. 😊 This wasn’t critique, I just wanted to point out what I immediately saw and my opinion on the watermark. Sorry, if you misunderstood, or if I did put my words “wrong”! I’m not interested in being an ahole to anyone!! I’m in here to have a good time with people who has the same interest of photography as myself! 😊
Have a great day Nikkor Shooter! We’ll talk more later! 😊👍🙋🏻‍♂️
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Birna Rørslett on September 17, 2018, 08:14:47
Watermarking has the potential of visually clouding or even destroying a published image. That is, if one cares to be annoyed. Please ignore it and concentrate on the actual image instead. I would prefer this principle to apply to any image opened for critique from now on.
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Patrick Berg-Pedersen on September 17, 2018, 08:34:55
Watermarking has the potential of visually clouding or even destroying a published image. That is, if one cares to be annoyed. Please ignore it and concentrate on the actual image instead. I would prefer this principle to apply to any image opened for critique from now on.

"If one cares to be annoyed", it’s not like I want to be annoyed by it either Birna. But ok, if it’s not ok to tell our opinion on watermarks, so be it! ☺️😉
Did you read the PM I sent early today?? About which equipment to bring? I’ll call when I’m on the bus if I don’t hear from you! 😊🙋🏻‍♂️
See you in a few hours!!
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Birna Rørslett on September 17, 2018, 08:36:47
To make it clear: neither I nor the NG admins would like a future critique based upon watermarks.
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Nikkor Shooter on September 17, 2018, 08:59:06
No absolutely not! Of course


Corporate clients gives me the opportunity to see many hundreds
of layout every weeks. I evaluate these pages and spreads, in ma-
ny languages that I don't understand btw, for the visual aspect of
the image behind the text. I am so used to this exercise that font
sizes and colours I can ignore for the purpose and intent.

Mind you, it is true that there is a great value in a tasteful water-
mark on a final image but the used one is simply an archival refe-
rence that is applied to "project" type of published pictures.  8)
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Birna Rørslett on September 17, 2018, 09:08:13
Listen to Enya 'Watermark' instead of more contributions back-and-forth on the topic here at NG.
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Bjørn Solberg on September 17, 2018, 13:32:28
Well, I might have a limited sense of humor, but sometimes I read comments here on NG I consider good humor or funny, the last one from Birna is not bad at all. My favourite from last year stems from a post from Elsa, the post is "Ballad of a horse or two" The dialogue goes like this:


Elsa:3 week old cuteness. I cant think of many baby animals that are not cute. Except a mosquito I think

Jakov: Donkeyyyyy

Birna: Very cute, even adorable. By the way, a wriggling mosquito larva is quite cute too. On a very small scale, of course.

Elsa:

Dearest - whatever you are smoking - please share!  ;D

Bjørn - knock yourself out - that one you can keep  ;)

Thank you for the kind (i think! ) comments  ;)

Actually I get a lot of inner pictures, plus a good laugh.

Thank You
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: ColinM on September 17, 2018, 15:05:11
Is it worth attempting to make an animated GIF from this material?

You'd want to save quite small (filesize) versions of these, but it might be worth doing

I'm no expert at this, but even when you didn't plan the shot in advance, it can sometimes produce interesting results
http://www.pbase.com/celidh/image/163162106
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: MFloyd on September 17, 2018, 18:09:26
To make it clear: neither I nor the NG admins would like a future critique based upon watermarks.

That is a rather strong statement. And by the way, who's is Birna ? Bjørn's wife, sister, relative, unrelated ?
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Nikkor Shooter on September 17, 2018, 18:22:08
That is a rather strong statement.

Well, I kinda like that… who ever Birna is. She means to say that
cool common sense should prevail… I hope.

A moderator is just some one with the ultimate power to suspend
— read to ban — as I don't remember seeing a moderator that mo-
derates for the well being of communities.
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Seapy on September 17, 2018, 18:49:18
If it weren't for Birna this community wouldn't exist, it was all but destroyed by a certain person in the Southern hemisphere.

Birna and the crew resurrected NG and we like it to be kept a quiet, peaceful place.  That is why many of us are here.
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: MFloyd on September 17, 2018, 23:01:15
If it weren't for Birna this community wouldn't exist, it was all but destroyed by a certain person in the Southern hemisphere.

Birna and the crew resurrected NG and we like it to be kept a quiet, peaceful place.  That is why many of us are here.

I suggest that you write up a rule book, on what can be said or not. To keep the “place quite and peaceful”....
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Birna Rørslett on September 17, 2018, 23:22:16
On NG, adult behaviour is expected.
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Nasos Kosmas on September 18, 2018, 05:26:58
we like it to be kept a quiet, peaceful place.  That is why many of us are here.
+1000
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Mike G on January 05, 2020, 09:35:18
I am unable to see any of Nikon Shooter’s photos, all I see is a empty square and the topics have a question mark in a circle, yet obviously some people can see his posts, can someone tell me why?
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Andrew on January 05, 2020, 10:56:09
+1!!
Title: Re: Landing Dabbler
Post by: Fons Baerken on January 05, 2020, 11:07:14
What d'ye expect when shooting nikkor  ;D