Mottled Duck..inflight

[Eric Diller]

These are some fast moving birds! Almost missed him in frame...

 

[janet Smith]

These are some fast moving birds! Almost missed him in frame...

Another beautiful bird shot from you Eric!

Inspired by your shots, I went to a local lake this morning and know how difficult it is to achieve shots like this - but I thoroughly enjoyed the target practice, and made a welcome change from plants!

 

[Asher Kelman]

These are some fast moving birds! Almost missed him in frame...

Eric,

Against a lot of my presumptions, the birds coming from right to left, one bird just entering the frame, I'd have said not great ideas. However, the picture is as good as something designed by Audubon, who actually imagined his compositions.

Here we have the most beautiful birds, lit with golden light, an aesthetic delight.

Asher

 

[Don Cohen]

Like Asher, this has aspects which normally would work against the image's success, but this one seems to work despite these. I might see how it looked cropping the blue off the top, reducing the height somewhat.

In any case, though, a nice capture - flight shots are among the toughest in photography!

 

[Andy brown]

In any case, though, a nice capture - flight shots are among the toughest in photography!

They are and as such, it's probably best to drop the 'little bit less sky' shite and just say "well done, top shot!"

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

They are and as such, it's probably best to drop the 'little bit less sky' shite and just say "well done, top shot!"

Andy,

Reading your post above, one can conclude that you have just insulted Don since he made a passing remark about cropping. If so, that would be totally unacceptable! I give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that is just the way you write. But still, the fact remains that this kind of language is not tolerated here in OPF. Please take this into account from now on.

 

[Don Cohen]

They are and as such, it's probably best to drop the 'little bit less sky' shite and just say "well done, top shot!"

I'm not sure what you think this forum is all about, but one of its primary purposes is to teach, and enable photographers to get legitimate critique from their peers, so they can improve their photography. This is to be done in a polite, constructive fashion. I believe my post is consistent with both of these objectives.

So, you are off-base on both points: constructive criticism is both welcomed and encouraged, by all who participate, and making insulting personal comments is both inappropriate and unacceptable here.

You're welcome to continue to participate at OPF, as long as you understand and post according to its rules, but if not, you might benefit more by participating at a different photography forum.

Maybe you were just having a bad day, but as OPF's reputation is one of open and friendly discourse, this kind of post, as Cem also points out, needed to be addressed promptly.

 

[Eric Diller]

Figures...I put up a post a trouble begins.

For me I enjoy the comments here for the obvious reasons...learning! When people like Don and others take the time and money to set up a nice forum such as this one we should not disrespect them or their opinons/critiques..

Thanks to all!!

P.S. I like my birdie shot

 

[Andy brown]

Sorry for ruffling any feathers.

My take was that a shot like that has obviously taken, time, effort, patience and considerable skill and the nature of grab capture like that excludes the option for fine background tuning.

If I was blunt in critiquing the critique, that's why.
Sorry.

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Sorry for ruffling any feathers.

My take was that a shot like that has obviously taken, time, effort, patience and considerable skill and the nature of grab capture like that excludes the option for fine background tuning.

If I was blunt in critiquing the critique, that's why.
Sorry.

Hi Andy,

I appreciate this post of yours very much, thanks. You see, the issue wasn't about the contents of your message but its package, so to the speak. But let's close this chapter now and move forward.

Cheers,

 

[Don Cohen]

Sorry for ruffling any feathers.

My take was that a shot like that has obviously taken, time, effort, patience and considerable skill and the nature of grab capture like that excludes the option for fine background tuning.

If I was blunt in critiquing the critique, that's why.
Sorry.

Apology accepted.

And you're certainly correct that in taking this kind of shot, there's absolutely no way anybody could "fine-tune" the background. What I was talking about was the "post-processing" phase of photography.

Most of us consider the original image, especially when shot in Raw Format, as the 'beginning' of the process, and not the final product. There are decisions to be made, skills to be applied, in adjusting color balance, tonality, and also cropping. Many times some judicious cropping can enhance an image considerably.

As Cem said, with all that now understood, we can move forward.

 

[Doug Lloyd]

I thik its eye candy.
D

 

[Eric Diller]

I thik its eye candy.
D

Excuse my ignorance but what does that statement mean?

 

[nicolas claris]

Hi Eric

I think this is a (desserved) compliment!

I would write it slightly differently: "a candy for the eye"

Sweet isn't it?