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Avi
{K:70138} 4/1/2008
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Absolutely stunning wildlife shot !!!
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Raisa Vorotnikova
{K:1934} 3/18/2008
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very good color
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gianna piano
{K:15530} 2/28/2008
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wonderful nature shot for clarity, details, colors.
g.
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The King
{K:4728} 2/28/2008
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Beutiful coloures all bleand in nicely,, for me i personaly like saturation of coloures and deeper contrasts, ive made those changes and croped a little just to see if you like ;)
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Fred Lord
{K:4844} 11/6/2007
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Kathleen: Thank you for your kind remarks.
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Kathleen Royles
{K:451} 11/5/2007
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looks wonderful. i can't think of any alterations.
nice work
kathleen royals
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ed silva
{K:651} 10/1/2007
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WIW! congrats on the stock house purchase! The reason I mentione about the settings, is because I made a similar mistake on the 30D settings. I was shooting at iso1600 in summer...:)
Congrats again.
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Fred Lord
{K:4844} 10/1/2007
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Ed: Thank you for your kind words and suggestions. All my in-camera settings are set to neutral. I use RAW exclusively. Birds are a funny subject. When I set the eye by the "thirds" rule I get complaints that there isn't enough "room" in front of and above their heads in the frame. I suppose I can't win. The 1D MKIII does tend to produce highly saturated images. I like them that way and this image may be over the top but it was just picked up by a stock house the way it is so I guess I will leave it. No offense, everyone has personal preferences and I would be the last guy to ask them to change. Thanks again.
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ed silva
{K:651} 9/29/2007
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Hi Fred, another great hummer. I would recommend triming a bit of the right and desaturate de photo. Its glowing! Do you have the in-camera setting to over-saturate? I have the 30D ( I can only dream of the 1D MK3) and I shoot with my settings to "0" zero and adjust everything during RAW convertion. The photo process is as crucial as the taking of the photo. I have a attached a photo with my suggestions. For the crop and the desat. I just put its eye on the upper rule of thirds crossing. I desat -30
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Fred Lord
{K:4844} 9/26/2007
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Michael: I wouldn't call it control. It's more like serendipity. The background here was a tile patio floor and some hanging plants. Thank you for the good thoughts.
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Fred Lord
{K:4844} 9/26/2007
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Joel: Unfortunately, her attention was riveted upon the other birds at the feeder. I was lucky she turned her head this far. Yes, bokeh is correct. It is from the Japanese word "boke" (pronounced bo-keh) which literally means fuzziness or dizziness. Thank you for your gracious remarks.
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Fred Lord
{K:4844} 9/26/2007
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Yamil: It was wonderful to visit your country and meet so many kind and gracious residents. We had a great time but we did get rained on a time or two. Mostly, it was dry, however.
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Fred Lord
{K:4844} 9/26/2007
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Dave: Thanks. She was at the minimum focusing distance so I had to wobble back and forth to get her in focus.
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Michael Fox
{K:3180} 9/26/2007
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I always enjoy your control of backgrounds and vibrant colors. Good stuff!
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Joel Garabedian
{K:2041} 9/25/2007
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Wow. Absolutely superb, great composition, razor sharp across almost the whole bird, and really nice quality background blur (I believe this is referred to as "bokeh", although I could be completely wrong). I can't think of anything that would improve this image, unless it had perhaps looked towards the camera as you'd taken the photo! ;) 7+
Best regards,
Joel.
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Abolfazl Erfani
{K:7431} 9/25/2007
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You're welcome to my new submit, Fred:)
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Yamil Saenz
{K:12434} 9/25/2007
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Awesome series Fred.
I am really glad that you were successful shooting those little jewels of the Rainforest.
Keep them coming my friend.
I look forward your next post.
Regards.
Yamil
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 9/25/2007
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Beautiful closeup, Fred, especially considering it's the smallest!
Dave.
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Fred Lord
{K:4844} 9/25/2007
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Bill: These are the smallest but not the least bit afraid of the huge Magnificent or Saber Winged Hummers. Thanks Bill.
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Fred Lord
{K:4844} 9/25/2007
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Thank you for your critique.
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bill smith
{K:5416} 9/25/2007
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WOW,
Bill
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Abolfazl Erfani
{K:7431} 9/25/2007
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Bird pose is best, expos well done, need to more sharpness, I prefer closest crop for it. Warm and saturate colors are eye catch. Thanks for sharing.
Best wishes: Waiting forever
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