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Kathy - Tuesday 12 May 2020 11:10
Oh so peaceful! Lovely light and reflections. Well done, Pauline!
Kathy - Tuesday 12 May 2020 11:08
I love this Bob. You captured the rainbow beautifully.
Kathy - Tuesday 12 May 2020 11:07
Beautiful placement of sailboat, lovely colors.
Glenn - Tuesday 12 May 2020 07:58
This is another wonderful frame in your motion series. It reminds me of some of the trailing shutter shots I used to try with when using a flash in conjunction with the natural light. The slow shutter gave the ghosting effect after the initial burst of flash to capture part of the subject in part or total sharpness. Whatever method you are using really works. How do you feel about adding some extra canvas on the left side to give the bird some landing space before it leaves the frame?
Glenn - Tuesday 12 May 2020 07:50
Donna, this is an absolutely stunning image! Is there anything you can do to tone down the very bright area just behind the head and perhaps the left wing? I think it would help make this even better than it already is. Great shot!
Glenn - Tuesday 12 May 2020 07:46
Thanks for your comments "guest". I struggled with what I should do with that white area at the tip of the beak. At full resolution you can see it is something either growing on or in the beak and not just a white blown out area but obviously a distraction since you also picked up on it. As for the shadow area under the left wing, I admit to not having a ton of recoverable detail since I had to be careful to watch the highlights on the head when I shot this which could not be lost in order for this image to work for me. I brought out about as much as I could without resorting to some cloning which I typically like to avoid in wildlife photos.
Glenn - Tuesday 12 May 2020 07:32
Thanks everyone. Point well taken on taming the bright leaves just to the upper left of the lower falls. I did already bring them down in my initial edit but I agree they still need to be toned down a bit more. Thanks for taking the time to leave your thoughts. Without this participation these gallery projects become less effective in their intended goals. Everyone needs to understand that participation is not a one way street.
Glenn - Tuesday 12 May 2020 07:25
Thanks for the comments Mike. Believe it or not, that figure is Harry S on a trip we too together to several upstate NY waterfalls. As always, when I get to these places, I work them to death. While I like this composition I didn't like the fact that I couldn't safely get into a position to clear the lower water path from the gorge walls. I believe I did get a better opportunity in the second composition even though it took me 20 minutes to figure out how to get there without killing myself. Oh what we do for our craft!
Glenn - Tuesday 12 May 2020 07:16
Mike, this is a powerful image and works extremely well in the panoramic format. The ominous sky looming above the library building is awesome. If you are so inclined, I am thinking that I would like to see the building a bit brighter to make it stand out further as what I believe you intended to be the main subject. If possible also highlight the reflected light lines in the water to create leading lines from the well handled foreground. I know I keep harping on the subject but luminosity masking should make these possible with little to moderate effort. I would select a lights 1 mask and use it with a dodge and burn layer. You might be surprised how much of the lines can be brought out using this method. Whatever you decide, nice work!
Bruce - Monday 11 May 2020 22:51
Really Beautiful. I think Claude Monet would give you a 9.