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mos_skeeto 03-17-2006 02:03 AM

Snowy owls would be nice. I'm not much of a photographer but I've never seen one before so I want to go spotting :)

77civic1200 03-17-2006 05:50 AM

I went to the end of 72nd street last weekend, must have seen about 20?

thats when I took the picture I posted on the last page

Senna4ever 03-18-2006 01:17 AM

Oh, so they're still there, then. Cool, mybe I'll go this Sunday!

Senna4ever 03-19-2006 02:39 AM

I'm going to the dykes in the mornin'.

In the mean time:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...nning-duck.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ding-ducks.jpg

77civic1200 03-19-2006 08:45 AM

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/1491/img58503lj.jpg


http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/1323/owl26ee.jpg

how are these?

Senna4ever 03-19-2006 09:49 AM

Nice captures, but they're very contrasty, unsharp & overexposed. The crane on the very right attacked me last time!

77civic1200 03-19-2006 10:18 AM

Contrast- ya thats my lack of photoshop experience, how much is too much

Unsharp- these are actually the first 2 pics I tried to sharpen in PS? maybe I did it wrong lol

Overexsposed- yep, I do that a lot, wish I could see it on my camera better, I usually don't find out till I'm home =(

The grumpy crane- He's mean eh, I actually have a funny shapshot of him attacking a young couple that were trying to walk past, the look of fear on the womans face is priceless

dub.dub 03-19-2006 01:11 PM

^ post it :D

what camera are u using currently?
too much contrast is if it starts to look unnatural unless u intended for that look

77civic1200 03-19-2006 01:48 PM

Actually I usually am trying to make it look more "natural" I find that too many of my photos look really dull versus what my eyes see when I'm taking them. I'm using a Canon S2is, I currently have 'vivid' turned on for all my manual shots. I don't really know what it does (ADD has made reading the manual really slow, I'm half way through and I've had it since last spring =)
I just found that I liked my photos better straight off the camera with it on.

If I posted the originals, could you show me how you would play with them?



Here's the quick snap of the crane, there was no setup, I didn't even have my camera out when it stabbed at her. I just think its funny that she looks so scared, and her guy is laughing.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3733/img49859pg.jpg

*oh and I didn't change anything in this one besides resize/border, does it look to contrasty as well?

Senna4ever 03-19-2006 04:43 PM

Looks like the bastard crane that came after me....head cap looks the same:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...hillcranes.jpg

dub.dub 03-19-2006 06:58 PM

hunt it down next time! :p

i like that picture actually 77civic1200! the vivid basically adds some saturation and contrast to the picture already :)

Senna4ever 03-19-2006 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 77civic1200
*oh and I didn't change anything in this one besides resize/border, does it look to contrasty as well?
That one looks fine. I like the expression on her face. Did you crop your other pics? Maybe that's why they look a little soft?

laurencepak 03-19-2006 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Senna4ever
Looks like the bastard crane that came after me....head cap looks the same:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...hillcranes.jpg

hey love this one! the overall composition works very nice!

and the crane in the background has a nice blur and position too =D

and the light looks great...i like picture the most in ur recent postings

77civic1200 03-19-2006 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Senna4ever
That one looks fine. I like the expression on her face. Did you crop your other pics? Maybe that's why they look a little soft?
I cropped the owl one a bit, just to get rid of some wasted space on the right. But because of the resizing, its not like it really zoomed in on it.

Oh, now that I looked at the original again, boy did I ever use to much contrast. I should keep a version of that open to compare to next time, I didn't realize how far it had gone =) oopsies

Senna4ever 03-19-2006 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by laurencepak
hey love this one! the overall composition works very nice!

and the crane in the background has a nice blur and position too =D

and the light looks great...i like picture the most in ur recent postings

Thanks. I've posted this before. The light is great because it's evening light. Nice golden hue. That pic was taken with my 50mm macro, so I was about 3 feet away from it. The fucker bit my lens just after I took the shot.

Senna4ever 03-20-2006 01:39 AM

Some shots from earlier today:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g-the-nest.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eside-nest.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...gle-branch.jpg

Senna4ever 03-20-2006 01:40 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...uck-flying.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../duck-head.jpg

Evil Sandhill Crane:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...evil-crane.jpg

dub.dub 03-20-2006 10:27 AM

that duck is fat

Car Chick 03-20-2006 10:44 AM

the last shot is a little dark...but great captures !!

Senna4ever 03-20-2006 11:54 AM

All the ducks at Reifel are fatsos.

I kept the last shot a bit underexposed just to keep it moody, like the expression on the crane. Scary bastard.

77civic1200 03-20-2006 03:08 PM

Here's why they are fat =)
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5...edducks9an.jpg



http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1827/img59668rf.jpg

laurencepak 03-20-2006 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Senna4ever
Thanks. I've posted this before. The light is great because it's evening light. Nice golden hue. That pic was taken with my 50mm macro, so I was about 3 feet away from it. The fucker bit my lens just after I took the shot.


hahahaha that happened because u didn't ask for her permission to take her pics!

=D

Senna4ever 03-20-2006 08:25 PM

She refused to sign the model release. What was I supposed to do? :p

atobe 03-27-2006 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Senna4ever
Which owls? The snowy owls are gone now, I think.

k.dub's been to Reifel again?

I spoted about 10+ last tuesday, took a bunch of pictures also,

they're still around but not as much as a few months back.

Snow owls i believe not the brown ones

niforpix 03-27-2006 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mananetwork
Gfuck, it's sharp, but boring.. Best way to get face shots is 3/4 profiles
Why you gotta swear at him man? lol


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