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[shmelly]

Did you take this shot at the dump?

[beachcomber]

Thats a lot of mouths to feed, I count seventeen but there could be more, this is a slightly different shot for you and I can imagine if we could just get a little closer then those amazing black wings against the red stone would pop even more than they do now, great location and picture Prime

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Originally Posted by shmelly

Did you take this shot at the dump?

No, it was a highwall cut along a road and all the crow's landed on the ledge in a row. I waited untill they started to fly to take the pic.

[PrimeTime]

Originally Posted by beachcomber

Thats a lot of mouths to feed, I count seventeen but there could be more, this is a slightly different shot for you and I can imagine if we could just get a little closer then those amazing black wings against the red stone would pop even more than they do now, great location and picture Prime

Thanks beach, i was about 150 yards away. I couldn't crop any closer or i would loose a bunch of birds.
I was just playing with some editing techniques on this one. Using layers to selectively saturate---contrast---sharpening----whitebalance various parts of the photo, without doing the whole thing.
For example, this one has 2 different white balances--- one for the top half and one for the bottom half. The rocks on the bottom looked better warmer and the dirt looked better a little cooler, so i did both. It's amaizing what you can do, once you learn a little bit about layers.

[beachcomber]

Originally Posted by PrimeTime

Thanks beach, i was about 150 yards away. I couldn't crop any closer or i would loose a bunch of birds.
I was just playing with some editing techniques on this one. Using layers to selectively saturate---contrast---sharpening----whitebalance various parts of the photo, without doing the whole thing.
For example, this one has 2 different white balances--- one for the top half and one for the bottom half. The rocks on the bottom looked better warmer and the dirt looked better a little cooler, so i did both. It's amaizing what you can do, once you learn a little bit about layers.

I can hardly see 150 yards these days, never mind take pictures at that range, and I just showed my son your post/ reply, he leered at me and said, showed you that last week
Did you ? I certainly have a lot to learn.
Cheers PT
Steve

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Originally Posted by beachcomber

I can hardly see 150 yards these days, never mind take pictures at that range, and I just showed my son your post/ reply, he leered at me and said, showed you that last week
Did you ? I certainly have a lot to learn.
Cheers PT
Steve

Not that i'm aware of.

[PrimeTime]

I've also been trying to use selective editing to add depth to my photos.

I've come up with the brainstorm of how a scene is viewed.................the forground has the most color - contrast-sharpness- etc, because it is the closest and seen with the most detail. Therefore i've been trying to incorperate that into my photos by adding the most color- detail- sharpness in the forward part of the photo and less and less toward the back.

In this photo , the saturation, contrast, and sharpness it at a higher level and progressively less as you move back.

What do you think???

I also have to be careful that this doesn't draw attention away from the subject though.

[beachcomber]

Originally Posted by PrimeTime

I've also been trying to use selective editing to add depth to my photos.

I've come up with the brainstorm of how a scene is viewed.................the forground has the most color - contrast-sharpness- etc, because it is the closest and seen with the most detail. Therefore i've been trying to incorperate that into my photos by adding the most color- detail- sharpness in the forward part of the photo and less and less toward the back.

In this photo , the saturation, contrast, and sharpness it at a higher level and progressively less as you move back.

What do you think???

I also have to be careful that this doesn't draw attention away from the subject though.

Thats exactly what I do when I'm painting either in watercolours or acrylics

[PrimeTime]

Originally Posted by beachcomber

Thats exactly what I do when I'm painting either in watercolours or acrylics

A man of many talents.................would love to see a couple of your paintings.