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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/15/2003 6:50:22 PM
Hello Elizabeth, you have used good imagination with this one. The twisting of the stems really draws attention to the image. You have also captured good highlights on the stems and petals. The plain white background works perfectly with this setup, excellent work.
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Photo By: Elizabeth Miller
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/15/2003 6:45:43 PM
Hello Micky, learning all this photo scanning, uploading, resizing, sharpening can be agravating. About this image, I like what you were trying to accomplish. I myself love to take these type of images, isolating small segments of nature with minimal clutter. I guess that's why I'm commenting on this. Your vertical composition is great, with the blooming flower off center and the two out of focus ones to the right. Image appears taken in low light, my favorite lighting situation. I never shoot closeups in bright sunlight. In order to be successful in this arena, you must make sure the main subject has great clarity and illumination. Anyway hope this helps and keep shooting.
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| Photo By: micky waby
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/15/2003 6:34:41 PM
Good shot Chad, you have captured a beautiful scene here. Overall lighting and clarity looks good. Really like the reflection in the lake. But I think this scene is screaming to be a horizontal. All the lines in the image are horizontal: shoreling, treeline, mountain line and skyline. If you really think it should be a vertical, then maybe try cropping out most of the sky down to the mountain tops, just a thought.
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| Photo By: CHAD CARPENTER
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/13/2003 7:15:15 PM
Nice catch Jim. Good white control on this one. Looks sharp and you captured him with nice wing action. I tried some more flight shots Friday but nothing really special. Looks like that 300mm was the right choice for you. Hope it helps you get some great shots out west this summer.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/13/2003 9:39:10 AM
Jim, I have been looking at this picture for awhile trying to figure out how it was taken. I would suspect that the butterfly was not flying because of the position of his legs. Was it sitting on glass, such as a windshield. You must tell the story behind this shoot.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/13/2003 9:35:40 AM
Nice shot Jim with good vertical composition. You did good shooting this in bright sunlight, something I normally stay away from. Image has excellent clarity with very nice colors. The background is perfect for this type of shot, one of the things I like about shooting with the 300mm.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/13/2003 9:29:05 AM
Excellent Jim, as always this image is really sharp with great colors. I don't think you could ask for any better a setting that this with the grass and flowers. Well could have been a 10 point buck sitting there!!! This is really a beautiful image, great shooting.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/10/2003 7:08:31 PM
Superb shot Jim, Andrew took the words from my mouth. The clarity and saturated colors are superior to many of you previous postings. I'm sure that 300mm has a play in this plus the great lighting conditions. Check your email, Ronnie.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/6/2003 6:25:43 PM
Wonderful image Bob. You have good clarity and color. Also like the
reflection. The water dripping off his bill adds much to this shot. Before I point out the negatives, I will state that I am a nature photographer (hobby) and know that everything is not perfect when you shoot in the wild. First I would have liked to have seen the entire reflection of the Egret and second it would have been really nice to not see so much clutter in the area of the reflection. All those sticks and such, really take away from the awsome reflection. My approach to wildlife photography is to study all my images and next time, if there is a next time, to really pay attention to all the fine details. Backgound being the most important aspect of this type of photography. Keep up the good work.
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| Photo By: Bob Tomerlin
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/6/2003 6:08:49 PM
To answer Bob's Question on how I was able to get so close. I was shooting some immature Black Crowned Night Herons when this Egret
came along feeding in my direction. I just sat still and he approached to within about 8 or 9 feet from where I was. Sometimes
you just get lucky.
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| Photo By: Ronnie Gaubert
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/6/2003 4:51:07 PM
Beautiful image, Jim. Very appealing image, with good light and color. The scene if very busy, but the two subjects seem to hold your attention. The butterfly looks sharp, but the dragonfly is a little soft. The problem with a smaller f/stop, to increase DOF, is you loose that nice out of focus background. For me, it's always a tough decision on how much to step down the lens. Mostly just depends on the background, I try to use the DOF Preview button when I remember. Great work, Keep it up.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/6/2003 4:45:12 PM
This is about as good as it gets, Jim. Even with the movement you got a really sharp image with nice light and color. Keep up the good work, that 300 is really performing for you.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/4/2003 8:57:38 PM
Another good sharp image, now I know that 300 will never be removed from the camera. You have good seperation between the subject and background, essential to proper macro photography. Looks like I can see some noise in the light areas of the background. Did you stop using NeatImage to smooth out those area. Check your email in a few minutes.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/4/2003 8:52:39 PM
Very nice capture Jim. That 300 really produces a clear image along with of coarse good technique. I like the uniform lighting, no distracting shadows. Must have been cloudy. Mating dragonflies is something that I have never witnessed, maybe one day I will get lucky.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/2/2003 7:49:04 PM
Bill, I think this is the best of the three. The lower angle looks much better. I like the way he is set in between the ferns and the reeds in the background. I know the bird is the main subject but I really like those colorful reeds with the beautiful shades of reds and greens. I think a shot of just the reeds, with the right light, could be a stand alone image. Nice work.
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| Photo By: Bill Ciavarra
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/1/2003 6:41:01 PM
Good shot Rodney, I like when these lizards are between the brown and green color phase. These are very common here in South Louisiana and are alway tempting to photograph. I find myself shooting these critter too much. Did you take this in North Carolina? If so, I didn't realize they lived that far north.
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| Photo By: Rodney Glover
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/1/2003 6:35:39 PM
Felipe, really like the contrast between the dark reeds and the beautiful orange sky. This would really have been great if you could have gotten the sun in behind the reeds. But as it still a very attractive image.
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| Photo By: Felipe Rodríguez
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/1/2003 6:33:34 PM
Bill, I agree that a totally blurred background is alway better but in this case I believe it's not all bad. I think because of the even lines created by the reeds, it doesn't distract all that bad. I would suggest, I know you can't reshoot this, but a lower camera angle would have made a better presentation. I find with birds, if you can get eye level it alway works better.
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| Photo By: Bill Ciavarra
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
7/1/2003 6:25:05 PM
Hello Jim, The new lens looks sharp. I really light the lighting on this one. Seems like just the birds are in the light. Was this a late afternoon shot? I wish that front duck would have had a little more clarity. But that would be an awful lot of DOF for that lens. Then again it just may be sharp, just a problem with the compression and upload.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
6/30/2003 4:44:54 PM
Great shot Pete. Very good clarity and lighting. I am surprised that you froze this action at 1/125th of a second. I see you replaced the background on this one. I use Corel not Photoshop, terminology on the two may be different but I'm sure they do much the same, except Corel is not as powerfull a program. I see some jaggered edges along the branches and around parts of the birds. Did you just select the background using "Corel Terminology: Magic Wand". Sometimes this selects not only the background but the edges of the main subject. When I use that tool I alway go back with the cloning tool and clean up around all the edges, makes for a clean look. Anyway still a great shot to pull off. Thanks for your recognition on my shot on the two birds battling. Many times difficult shots as that are not recognized. Many hours out in the swamps of Louisiana, (heat,humidity & mosquitoes) keeping the camera focused on a subject, waiting for something special to happen. Tomorrow night I will post a much more confrontational shot of these two combatants.
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| Photo By: Pete Nicholls
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
6/23/2003 4:34:52 PM
Gulf Fritillary, Nice shot with excellent clarity and color.
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| Photo By: Pete Nicholls
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
6/21/2003 7:38:22 PM
Very nice image Beverly. The lines created by the shadows and the way they draw your eyes to the rear of the photo is great. I especially like the tree draping over the top of the image forming a natural frame. All segments of the photo are alive, no dead spots, superb work. I prefer this to the second image, but both are exceptional work.
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| Photo By: Beverly Gustafson
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
6/18/2003 7:47:36 PM
Another nice one Jim, are you feeding these guys Rib-Eye Steaks to get them to pose as such. The only nit I can find with this one is the branch in the front. I not being a purist at heart might have tried to clone it out. But after all this is nature in its purist form, keep um coming.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
6/17/2003 4:12:16 PM
Great shot with excellent clarity and color. Like to see nature shots with subject doing something other than just posing for the photo. Not always an easy thing to capture.
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| Photo By: Olaf Wolfram I
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
6/17/2003 3:57:34 PM
Congratulations Jim, Don't forget us little guys on the bottom.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
6/16/2003 8:13:59 PM
Nice one Jim, great light and clarity. You have been posting some really sharp images with that Tokina lens. Is that a new lens or have you been having it?
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
6/14/2003 9:19:37 PM
You nailed this one Jim. Perfect composition and clarity. The lighting is also great. That Tokina lens did a good job with the
sharpness, of course I know your camera technique was also a big factor.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
6/9/2003 7:24:34 PM
Alan, this is a digital camera and that is the memory card info, 256 megabytes, 24x is the speed of the card and CF stands for Compact-Flash (type of card)
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| Photo By: Ronnie Gaubert
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
6/9/2003 7:21:10 PM
Jim this is a really sharp image. That 80-200 is a really fine lens. I have not used mine very much, I guess because the 300mm is such a super lens. I have spoken to several professional photographers and they consider the 80-200 one of Nikon's best lens. I would use it more but it's just not powerfull enough for most of the wildlife shots I take. But the f/2.8 on that lens is really fast, makes me want to try and use it more.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Ronnie Gaubert (K:3700)
6/6/2003 6:05:11 PM
Pete, another great shot on your tree stump. Superb details on the Cowbird with a really nice light. You have really got the insertion of your backgrounds down perfect. Thanks for your comment on my Hummingbird shot. The 1/60th shutter speed is really not a big factor, that is just for the background. The strobe is what stops the action. I would guess the flash duration on that shot was around 1/3000th of a second.
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| Photo By: Pete Nicholls
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