Florida birds

[Joe McBroom]

These were taken in the last week or so.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Thanks Joe

 

[Asher Kelman]

Amazingly beautiful and frightening! For now I am enjoying your pictures. The set makes me wonder if their ancestors used to eat our ancestors like it eats the little fish!

When I think about the subject and not the technology, then the picture is working well for me. I'll return to talk about the pictures themselves, perhaps, but for now, this is a set of images I can experience with a lot of questions and wonder.

Thanks for sharing.

Asher

 

[Richard Peters]

Great timing on that last shot. Have I seen these before somewhere?! My tiny brain is telling me maybe Nikon Gear? Really can't wait to get back over to the sunshine state next weekend

 

[Steve Robinson]

Very impressive images. You certainly caught the 'moment' in the last one. These are what I strive for. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Joe McBroom]

Thanks for the comments and yes Richard NG is correct...



The Florida birds are a real treat this time of year.
Cheers, Joe

 

[Rachel Foster]

"Suggestions?" Take me shooting with you and teach me how! Wow.

 

[Don Cohen]

These are wonderful action shots. The second is still a bit contrasty for my taste, but the action is spectacular.

The first shot is wonderfully captured, with nice tonal balance.

The 3rd is really something. I might consider a different crop to remove the distracting brighter water on the left, and also try to tone down the brightness on the tree stump.

But again, these are minor flaws in exceptional images.

You commented elsewhere that perhaps you tend to underexpose, or have a preference in that direction, accounting for the somewhat dark appearance of some images. A couple of thoughts there: is your computer monitor calibrated? If not, we may not be seeing the same thing on our various monitors, and this often accounts for differences that people see (in addition to whatever personal preference may exist).

And again, posting the shooting parameters, how, why and where the shots were taken, along with any relevant post-processing details, will make everyone's posts more informative and educational.

 

[Winston Mitchell]

I really like the action in these images. Thanks for sharing.

Not to Don: The images carry full EXIF info.

 

[Joe McBroom]

These are wonderful action shots. The second is still a bit contrasty for my taste, but the action is spectacular.

The first shot is wonderfully captured, with nice tonal balance.

The 3rd is really something. I might consider a different crop to remove the distracting brighter water on the left, and also try to tone down the brightness on the tree stump.

But again, these are minor flaws in exceptional images.

You commented elsewhere that perhaps you tend to underexpose, or have a preference in that direction, accounting for the somewhat dark appearance of some images. A couple of thoughts there: is your computer monitor calibrated? If not, we may not be seeing the same thing on our various monitors, and this often accounts for differences that people see (in addition to whatever personal preference may exist).

And again, posting the shooting parameters, how, why and where the shots were taken, along with any relevant post-processing details, will make everyone's posts more informative and educational.

Thanks you so much for the wonderful comments.

I do use spyder 3 pro for my calibration ...But that was a great great point.... It was a revolution the first time I calibrated my monitor

 

[Joe McBroom]

A few more!