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Mari Mar
{K:11469} 12/9/2003
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Ayy! poor fellow... very well done!
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JoydipSuchandra Kundu
{K:582} 7/5/2003
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Simply a superb catch. Viewer's envy....owner's pride !!
But why the change of background ? Would you mind sharing the original with me ? -joydipk@hotmail.com
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Ronnie Gaubert
{K:3700} 6/30/2003
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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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Chris Whaley
{K:3847} 6/30/2003
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Wow that is a nice shot...nice color and sharp. Look on the Jays face is really good.
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Diana Cornelissen
{K:26437} 6/30/2003
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Hi Pete,
This really is a great "catch". Yes you were really lucky! The composition is great and the colors are wonderful. The backgound you have edited in PS adds a lot to the subjects! It is just a pitty the edges of the subject are too sharp, so you can see actually the background is filled in later. Have you tried to soften the edges? Just draw a small mask around the edges, then edit the maskd area with a little bit of gaussian effect. This will soften the edges in a natural way. I have added just a part her to show you, I hope you don't mind.
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Pete Nicholls
{K:633} 6/30/2003
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I agree Leslie, would like to have used some fill flash as well, but had to shoot this through a window.
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Leslie Cohelan
{K:20807} 6/30/2003
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Another excellent catch Pete...the upper bird shows off the angry pose well and the underside of his wings is well cauggt...a good dof...would like to have seen just a bit more clarity in the lower bird, but I know how these guys are and it's a very good shot as is...a shallow dof adds to the composition
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Bobby Reasons
{K:826} 6/30/2003
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Good job.
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Deleted User
{K:4318} 6/30/2003
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great shot
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José Eduardo Cruz
{K:13180} 6/30/2003
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Hey Pete!!! Hoe wonderfull!!!!!
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