dave6134@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
At 10:29 AM 3/3/2006, you wrote:
Here it is Friday and my faltering memory does not recall any
critiques of this weeks gallery located at:
http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html
I will try to do a hasty run through giving my impressions.
D.L. Shipman
Lovely shape of the bird and potential for a really good shot.
Potential is good but which bird has it? I like to call the one on the
right the shelterer and the one on the left the shelteree. Kind of
goes with the title.
I guess hasty is the operative word here. Due to the different leg
colorings and general lack of detail I missed the fact that there was a
bird on the right. I thought it was only one bird! That will change
some of what I said obviously even though if could be interpreted to be
one bird seeking shelter.
......... I know one can't get ideal conditions but that doesn't
change the shortcomings for me.
Sometimes less than ideal conditions can lead to interesting pictures.
Dave, I have shot nature photos for years and know that if one has an
"almost" photo one hasn't quite succeeded. I have plenty of those, some
of which I would show if they were better. I understand your feelings
because the forms are very nice indeed and the photo could have been
really special with better conditions. Close, but no cigar.
Perhaps a stylization using PS filter could lead to a great
decorative piece but not natural if that is what you absolutely have
to have.
I am not sure exactly what you mean by this but any image editing
extensive enough to qualify as stylization would, in my estimation,
only detract attention from the birds and what they have got up to.
The birds are, after all, the sole reason for taking the shot on a
cold, wet, and foggy morning. I feel you have missed the point of the
image and frankly, I don't see how.
Well, you are right in that I missed the point but the point is obscured
for me by the factors I mentioned above. Maybe, I was much too hasty
and should have studied it longer. But the bird legs on the right look
like branches to me and I only see one head clearly. Sorry, if I can't
share your vision here. I appreciate the effort to even get a photo
under cold, dark, wet conditions. Forget the PS stylization comment. I
agree that would not work.
Perhaps if we had more critiques on this image it would help sort it
out. Instead we are debating old subjects but with a few new twists.
Still playing with some contrast/brightness and sharpening might salvage
this and make it a very good shot. Have you done that or is this pretty
much untouched?
Dave
East Englewood
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