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JohnReid · Jan 23, 2006, 6:01 AM

Hey guys, I posted these photos in the wildlife forum. Please critique number 5. I have kept editing in line with the photographic association I belong to which eliminates the use of any selective editing(i.e. doging and burning) and cloning.

audioedge · Jan 23, 2006, 6:29 AM

Think he meant here

http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...mp;forum_id=11

JohnReid · Jan 23, 2006, 6:36 AM

Thanks audioedge, saved alot of people alot of searching, well spotted.

audioedge · Jan 23, 2006, 6:42 AM

ps - forgot to mention, great pics

DomCotton · Jan 23, 2006, 7:06 AM

Hi,

Really nice series. So on number 5... apart from the obvious distraction in the foreground which a clone job would really take care of, the branch that the bird is on is moving. I think a faster shutter speed to reduce that movement would have helped. Also the bird itself looks a little fuzzy - not sure if that is from the beers last night!

My personal fave is the kingfisher- number 1. Thats cool man... and the composition of the eagle is nice too.

Dom

In search of Syd · Jan 23, 2006, 7:46 AM

Some of them are kinda okish. Keep watching out for my bird shot posts and you may pick up a few tricks. In actuall fact I have just this moment returned from a wild bird safari and shall be posting a selection of my skills in due course . . . :?

johnsonM86 · Jan 23, 2006, 9:12 AM

i really like the 2nd one and the 4th one. the 5th is great too though.
very colorful birds, wish i had something like that around here to photograph. unfortunately it's a dark cold rainy day today.

-mike j-

In search of Syd · Jan 23, 2006, 9:47 AM

I think they're pretty amazing actually. The weather is the same here at the moment. Very dreary and set to get worse by the end of the week with a cold front from Syberia.

alex james · Jan 23, 2006, 2:18 PM

Hi John i like them all, they are beautifull, the eagle looks so majestic.

Alex.

JohnReid · Jan 23, 2006, 11:26 PM

Thanks everyone for looking in and commenting. If ever you are going to make a trip to photograph wildlife, Malawi is up there with the best possible options to travel to. The birds in the park I visited had never been hunted by man before so even though they showed some fear of man, it was based more on the fact that I was bigger then them rather then that I was going to eat them, making it quite easy to get close.

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Jan 23, 2006, 6:01 AM	#1
JohnReid Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 734	Hey guys, I posted these photos in the wildlife forum. Please critique number 5. I have kept editing in line with the photographic association I belong to which eliminates the use of any selective editing(i.e. doging and burning) and cloning.

Jan 23, 2006, 6:29 AM	#2
audioedge Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 254	Think he meant here http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...mp;forum_id=11

Jan 23, 2006, 6:36 AM	#3
JohnReid Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 734	Thanks audioedge, saved alot of people alot of searching, well spotted.

Jan 23, 2006, 6:42 AM	#4
audioedge Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 254	ps - forgot to mention, great pics

Jan 23, 2006, 7:06 AM	#5
DomCotton Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 490	Hi, Really nice series. So on number 5... apart from the obvious distraction in the foreground which a clone job would really take care of, the branch that the bird is on is moving. I think a faster shutter speed to reduce that movement would have helped. Also the bird itself looks a little fuzzy - not sure if that is from the beers last night! My personal fave is the kingfisher- number 1. Thats cool man... and the composition of the eagle is nice too. Dom

Jan 23, 2006, 7:46 AM	#6
In search of Syd Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,657	Some of them are kinda okish. Keep watching out for my bird shot posts and you may pick up a few tricks. In actuall fact I have just this moment returned from a wild bird safari and shall be posting a selection of my skills in due course . . . :?

Jan 23, 2006, 9:12 AM	#7
johnsonM86 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 723	i really like the 2nd one and the 4th one. the 5th is great too though. very colorful birds, wish i had something like that around here to photograph. unfortunately it's a dark cold rainy day today. -mike j-

Jan 23, 2006, 9:47 AM	#8
In search of Syd Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,657	I think they're pretty amazing actually. The weather is the same here at the moment. Very dreary and set to get worse by the end of the week with a cold front from Syberia.

Jan 23, 2006, 2:18 PM	#9
alex james Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,427	Hi John i like them all, they are beautifull, the eagle looks so majestic. Alex.

Jan 23, 2006, 11:26 PM	#10
JohnReid Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 734	Thanks everyone for looking in and commenting. If ever you are going to make a trip to photograph wildlife, Malawi is up there with the best possible options to travel to. The birds in the park I visited had never been hunted by man before so even though they showed some fear of man, it was based more on the fact that I was bigger then them rather then that I was going to eat them, making it quite easy to get close.