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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
Nicely done but could do with a bit of separation of some of the foreground birds.
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
Agree with John--Great potential here. Lightening the water just a tad would address the separation problem. You have told me you use Lightroom so I finally looked at Lightroom to see how I would replicate what I can do in Photoshop to get the desired change. It took a little hunting but it is there. If you are interested I can send you some thoughts privately.
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
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Shadowman
Nicely done but could do with a bit of separation of some of the foreground birds.
Thanks John. Separation between the birds from each other or from the water?
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
I think I would crop about half of the sky in order to put the emphasis more on the birds Joe. IMO the clouds are competing with the birds ;)
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
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bnnrcn
I think I would crop about half of the sky in order to put the emphasis more on the birds Joe. IMO the clouds are competing with the birds ;)
I agree, it's a shame as there are some nice ones, but they do distract/compete.
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
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bnnrcn
I think I would crop about half of the sky in order to put the emphasis more on the birds Joe. IMO the clouds are competing with the birds ;)
Yes, and the horizon is about half way which often causes composition issues.
However, I wonder about another approach. Lose the left hand group of birds which are a confused muddle. About one third of the total width. Maybe a mix of crop and clone. That will concentrate on the cleaner lines of the remaining better spaced birds. And adjust the sky to suit.
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
What an interesting set of comments you have gotten. So here is a bit more. If the water were lightened two things happen--it provides the needed separation of the birds from the foreground and it reduces the competition with the sky since water and sky are more similar in value. I rather like the expanse of sky since that is where the birds are presumably going. I can see some cropping on the left side, but also can see leaving them all in if the separation work is done. I can almost hear them squawking!. So you have lots to choose from in developing this to suit your likes!
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
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bnnrcn
I think I would crop about half of the sky in order to put the emphasis more on the birds Joe. IMO the clouds are competing with the birds ;)
I agree, they do seem to compete. I hate to see them go, as I spent a lot of PP time on them, but, oh well...
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
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Dave Humphries
I agree, it's a shame as there are some nice ones, but they do distract/compete.
Thanks Dave.
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
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Geoff F
Yes, and the horizon is about half way which often causes composition issues.
However, I wonder about another approach. Lose the left hand group of birds which are a confused muddle. About one third of the total width. Maybe a mix of crop and clone. That will concentrate on the cleaner lines of the remaining better spaced birds. And adjust the sky to suit.
Thanks Geoff. I did consider loosing the birds on the bottom left, but in the end decided to keep them as they embody the confusion they felt as I approached forcing them to leave in a panic. However I do think it would improve the composition without that group.
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
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Urbanflyer
What an interesting set of comments you have gotten. So here is a bit more. If the water were lightened two things happen--it provides the needed separation of the birds from the foreground and it reduces the competition with the sky since water and sky are more similar in value. I rather like the expanse of sky since that is where the birds are presumably going. I can see some cropping on the left side, but also can see leaving them all in if the separation work is done. I can almost hear them squawking!. So you have lots to choose from in developing this to suit your likes!
Thanks Judith. With regards the lightening of the water, I had already lightened it quite a bit from the original shot. I had also selectively darkened the birds for the same reason. I thought I had responded to your first comments about this shot, saying I would love to see your suggestions either in this forum or privately. Perhaps I did not click 'Post Quick Reply', and lost the post? Anyhoo, I plan to have another 'go' at the PP and will post it shortly.
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
Thanks all for your suggestions. here is the rework, including many (all?) of your ideas. I like it.
http://i64.tinypic.com/30m4nwh.jpg
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
The birds stand out nicely now Joe :)
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
This is Trudy, my Chocolate Labrador. She takes me for walks every morning to capture the sunrises.
http://i65.tinypic.com/23h690n.jpg
This is her racing with a Husky in a off leash park:
http://i65.tinypic.com/1zltydy.jpg
And the winner is:-
http://i68.tinypic.com/r91kkw.jpg
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
How old is she Joe ? She looks energetic :)
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
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bnnrcn
How old is she Joe ? She looks energetic :)
She is just one year Binnur, and very very energetic!
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
Hi Joe,
I agree that the reworked geese shot is much better, well done.
Of the Trudy shots; the first two are great, I'm not so sure about the last because we can't see her face at all, she's heading away from us/you and even the way the hanging paw overlaps the one behind is unfortunate.
HTH, Dave
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Re: 2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko
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Dave Humphries
Hi Joe,
I agree that the reworked geese shot is much better, well done.
Of the Trudy shots; the first two are great, I'm not so sure about the last because we can't see her face at all, she's heading away from us/you and even the way the hanging paw overlaps the one behind is unfortunate.
HTH, Dave
Thanks Dave. I agree about the third shot. I only threw it in to add to the story 🤔