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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 6/27/2006
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He also looks marvelous in B&W. Fabulous soaring pose. This is a fabulous picture.
MAry
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Alicia Popp
{K:87532} 5/5/2006
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Tus fotos son excelentes marcus, esos vuelos tienen toda la elegancia y el dinamismo , como si los estuviera viendo... felicitaciones!
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 5/4/2006
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I like the clarity and composition . . . well done!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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{K:6081} 5/4/2006
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Wonderfully composed and captured,just super.BUT:i,m not sur about coverting to B&W.
With compliments.
Hassan
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m ,
{K:15872} 5/4/2006
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Wow! An astonishing shot! So attractive in B&W! Amazing! I see the soft tone background has done a great attention of the bird! Lovely details and nice concept!
Best regards: Maxime
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Alison DuFlon
{K:36566} 5/4/2006
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I like the B/W alot,it brings out beautiful detail. Alison
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Pawel Kwasnicki
{K:9651} 5/4/2006
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Very majestic shot Marcus! The B&W works very well combined with the pattern of the feather, great clarity and detail- as always! Best regards, Pawel
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Steve Aronoff
{K:18393} 5/4/2006
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Great clarity and composition, Marcus. You've done this hawk justice, as you've done with so many other birds.
Very nice!!
Steve
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Mary Jane
{K:5867} 5/4/2006
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hey!this looks like a painting sure u didn't draw this up instead of being one of your shot?:)nd The B and W overall effect is really captivating. Definitely one of your best shot.Shld. have more of this shots! on a big screen like the one i have at work looking at it makes me say wow !!!
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 5/3/2006
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Hi Marcus, I can definitely relate to that feeling.... Sometimes I spend days before I'm finally happy with the result. Luckily that doesn't happen too often...
Don't think you screwed up here, though. It's all down to the finetuning, and it's nothing that can't be fixed.
Besides, it's also quite subjective, and onecannot argue taste.
Thanks for your reply, good to hear I'm not the only one with those experiences!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Marcus Armani
{K:36599} 5/3/2006
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Thanks Hugo, I realized that my attempt at a more dramatic scene through the use of B&W did not really have the punch I was looking for, The lack of contrast left my subject looking flat against the boring sky, which was a nice blue :) I guess sometimes we try things in which we think will be a nice change from the norm only to realize through talented eyes such as yours, and my own realization after the fact that the result I was trying to achive may have been possible through different methods. so should I try this again you have given me a new approach! much apprecated, but dont expect to see anything simular soon LOL. Its really funny how a photo can feel as though you achived your goal only to look at it the next day and say, wow I really screwed this one up..
Marcus.....
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 5/3/2006
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Hi Marcus, Notwithstanding your usually high quality and standards in bird photography, I'm not sure the B&W conversion is an addition...
Personally, I think if you'd increase the contrast a bit, and tweaked the levels to use the full tonal range, the photo would've been intimidating, but presuming you shot this hawk against a blue sky, I think the contrast added by the colour would already manage to produce the intimindating feel.
I think the light falling through the wing tips is spectacular, and if you ever attempt another close up type of shot similar to http://www.usefilm.com/image/1092493.html, I think such an abstract would be awesome, even in B&W...;)
As usual, the details and sharpness are very impressive.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Gino Quattrocchi
{K:39580} 5/3/2006
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che eleganza
molto molto bella
gino
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Rona K **
{K:2375} 5/3/2006
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This is awesome and I love the black and white. Excellent!
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 5/3/2006
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Hi Marcus,
A nice change from the colour images... I know you wouldn't want to do too many this way because colour is so important when it comes to bird images. But, definitely nice for a change. I find certain birds lend themselves better to B&W than other do. The Terns for instance would also look great in B&W. Another thing you might want to try, just for fun is to try and tone one so that the toning represents the main colour of the bird. The Red Tail Hawks up here are a dark reddish colour mostly. It might be worth a try and see how you like it.
Andre
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selami Torun
{K:9397} 5/3/2006
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Great work Marcus! Nice effect and composition, b&w tones..
Congratulations!
best regards
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Riny Koopman
{K:102911} 5/3/2006
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Gorgeous shot Marcus, your captures are always so beautiful and perfectly done! Take care my dearest friend. Kind regards,Riny
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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 5/3/2006
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Great capture .the b&w makes it look more dramatic .wonderful detail .nessa
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a. gianfranco baccelli
{K:21379} 5/3/2006
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This B&W shot is great! Beautiful effect, tones and compo.
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Kathy Hillard
{K:25721} 5/3/2006
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This is wonderful in b&w Marcus! I don't think I'll ever get used to the details you achieve in your bird shots! Excellent!
Kathy
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George Black
{K:102014} 5/2/2006
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A glorious creature--and you've done him justice. Good work . . .
Regards,
--George
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Gregory McLemore
{K:35129} 5/2/2006
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Stunningly spiritual, the full frame composing and soft clarity works well here, lovely work my friend.
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Guido Tweepenninckx
{K:20076} 5/2/2006
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very very interesting this black& white.
well done,great idea..
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Laura Spell
{K:24080} 5/2/2006
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Very good capture of the bird in flight. Tones, light and details are very good.
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 5/2/2006
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The b/w turned out very well, Marcus! Excellent shot, as usual, with great details and composition.
Dave.
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Larry Fosse
{K:66493} 5/2/2006
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A B&W...unusual for you Marcus....excellent detail & tone
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Galal El Missary
{K:84569} 5/2/2006
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Perfect as usual , very well taken Marcus .
Galal
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Marian Man
{K:80636} 5/2/2006
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wow!!!! magnifiscent dear Marcus!!!!!! look at that wing span!!!!! a marvelous b/w shot!!!!!! fantastic details!!! bravo!!!
my very best regards
Marian
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Bikas Das
{K:6544} 5/2/2006
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very nice and commanding shot !!
very good bw and details with excellent DoF !!
thanks for sharing.
best,
Bikas
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Jason Mckeown
{K:22200} 5/2/2006
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fantastic capture Marcus looks great in Black and White
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