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-CHA posted:Alright, explain so I may learn from my mistakes. Although I make no apologies for stupid file names My eye just keeps getting pulled to the left side of the frame where nothing is really happening, except for the brighter colors of the hair.
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The processing, mostly. I mean, it looks like you applied a Glow Edges filter to the antlers. It's pretty badly over-processed. What'd the original look like?
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# ? Oct 28, 2014 04:57 |
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accipter posted:My eye just keeps getting pulled to the left side of the frame where nothing is really happening, except for the brighter colors of the hair. Yeah, good point there. ExecuDork posted:Is it the HDR-esque processing on the photo, or the identification as a deer (cervid), or the pun that you object to? As soon as you pointed that out I started noticing it more and it started to bug me too. I toned it down a bit and fixed the cropping. White-Tailed Deer by cha_reckoning, on Flickr -CHA fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Oct 29, 2014 |
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I was at work today and this guy landed on me, all I had was my cell phone, but it came out much better than I expected
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 04:18 |
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The best camera for taking a photo is the one you have on you. Nice shot.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 04:29 |
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Trying to motivate myself to process more of my Kenya photos.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 17:02 |
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InternetJunky posted:Trying to motivate myself to process more of my Kenya photos. Jesus, that shot should be motivation enough.
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# ? Nov 1, 2014 03:33 |
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InternetJunky posted:Trying to motivate myself to process more of my Kenya photos. holy poo poo, that's awesome
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# ? Nov 1, 2014 04:10 |
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Evolution?
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# ? Nov 1, 2014 10:26 |
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Rhino with lots of friends This is from a page or two ago but just wanted to say I really love this shot.
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# ? Nov 1, 2014 17:35 |
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InternetJunky posted:Rhino with lots of friends Good lord I am jealous of these shots. Some day, Kenya. Some day.
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# ? Nov 1, 2014 17:58 |
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toggle posted:Evolution? Another bull elk elk-bull-face by Redwood Planet, on Flickr And a few shots from the Oakland Zoo meerkat-sit by digital_walnut, on Flickr gibbon-face by digital_walnut, on Flickr trunk by digital_walnut, on Flickr Camel fights look very silly. camels2 by digital_walnut, on Flickr
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 22:26 |
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# ? Nov 12, 2014 03:52 |
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Really loving these. Super expressive, especially the first two. I had a jaunt in Kenya/Tanzania earlier this year too, and I'm finally getting close to done slogging through the 30,000 odd shots from the trip. A saw a lot less action than InternetJunky (or a closeup rhino, ya' bastard ), but I'm a lot happier with my shots than I was on my last trip, about 10 years ago. So... progress. I've been skewing more dramatic than documentary in my processing, lotta' xsuper moodyx black and whites. Hope it's not too egregious for y'all. Here're a couple:
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# ? Nov 12, 2014 23:45 |
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Shiruan posted:Really loving these. Super expressive, especially the first two. I like the lion shot but the last one (zebras) looks odd with the nearly white sky (especially on the white BG) also it looks like there is a huge dust piece (or an unfortunate animal in the BG)
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# ? Nov 13, 2014 08:07 |
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It looks like a tree to me. They're all great shots, and I'm jealous of you guys who have gone to Africa.
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# ? Nov 13, 2014 14:06 |
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This is gorgeous. I like the B&W treatment on this, but I'd experiment with cloning out the wildebeest. The cape buffalo has got a great stance/expression and I think it would work great alone in the shot. Agreeing with Dreadhead regarding this shot. I think you could do a 16x9 crop without the sky and it would look pretty good. Keep them coming!
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# ? Nov 13, 2014 17:05 |
This thread is absolutely amazing. I live in a place with pretty boring (or horribly inaccessible) wildlife so it's like a window into the real world. "Wild"life:
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# ? Nov 14, 2014 02:34 |
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I'm not entirely convinced the processing doesn't come across looking like some lovely hack job, but I'm don't feel like spending any more time on it. So, yeah. Chimpanzee by William T Hornaday, on Flickr
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# ? Nov 14, 2014 03:41 |
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Well, for what it's worth, I'm entirely convinced the processing doesn't come across looking like some lovely hack job.
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# ? Nov 14, 2014 06:02 |
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Yeah, I agree. Great photo!
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# ? Nov 14, 2014 07:18 |
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Goddamn. That chimpanzee portrait is fantastic. This thread is just amazing.
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# ? Nov 14, 2014 07:24 |
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Shiruan posted:Africa stuffs William T. Hornaday posted:I'm not entirely convinced the processing doesn't come across looking like some lovely hack job, but I'm don't feel like spending any more time on it. So, yeah.
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# ? Nov 14, 2014 07:42 |
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William T. Hornaday posted:I'm not entirely convinced the processing doesn't come across looking like some lovely hack job, but I'm don't feel like spending any more time on it. So, yeah.
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Slavvy posted:This thread is absolutely amazing. I live in a place with pretty boring (or horribly inaccessible) wildlife so it's like a window into the real world. You live in New Zealand. I refuse to believe you don't have access to wildlife that would make the average North American or European photographer jump up and down and clap their hands like an overhyped child. Shoot the random birds that infest your neighbour's back yard, the rest of us will get all weirdly excited. And I like your cow shot.
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ExecuDork posted:You live in New Zealand. I refuse to believe you don't have access to wildlife that would make the average North American or European photographer jump up and down and clap their hands like an overhyped child. Most of the birds I have access to are just sparrows and gulls etc because I live in the city. Crossposting then:
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# ? Nov 14, 2014 20:03 |
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Slavvy posted:Most of the birds I have access to are just sparrows and gulls etc because I live in the city. With the exception of House Sparrows (which are non-native but now live in and around nearly every human-settled city on earth) anything you post is going to be interesting to us. So, erm, take some more pictures and post 'em in the bird thread. (also, if you start enjoying it you'll also start noticing other birds that live around you and you've just never paid attention to--I had no idea how many species of birds there were around my neighborhoods until I really started paying attention)
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# ? Nov 14, 2014 20:09 |
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Yeah, most of the birds we post here are common urban/suburban birds in the US.
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# ? Nov 14, 2014 20:15 |
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Gulls and sparrows - European House Sparrows aside - are like challenge mode for birders. Identifying most gulls and most (North American native) sparrows to species ranges from "welp, that's the only one with a big black spot there" to "gently caress you gently caress you gently caress you gently caress you gently caress you you goddam 3-way hybrid juvenile from hell!". Plus, regional variation piles up over large biogeographical distances, and NZ is on the other side of the Wallace Line. That puts you about 4 or 5 biogeographical provinces away from Europe, or 6 or 7 from North America - which means EVERYTHING is different. Even (especially) the Gulls and Sparrows. With the notable exception of Arctic Terns, those guys literally go everywhere. EDIT: I like House Sparrows, they have really interesting behaviours and they're so used to humans you can actually watch them do the crazy stuff they do.
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# ? Nov 14, 2014 22:15 |
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ExecuDork posted:EDIT: I like House Sparrows, they have really interesting behaviours and they're so used to humans you can actually watch them do the crazy stuff they do.
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# ? Nov 14, 2014 22:19 |
I'll return with ordinary bird shots when the weather clears
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# ? Nov 15, 2014 03:58 |
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Fart Amplifier posted:Well, for what it's worth, I'm entirely convinced the processing doesn't come across looking like some lovely hack job. InternetJunky posted:I'm entirely convinced the processing is awesome. Whatever you're doing keep it up because this is an amazing portrait. Thanks. There are just so many really lovely, low key lighting, masking jobs on Flickr (e.g., radial solid black gradient) and sometimes I worry that I occasionally stumble into being one of them.
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# ? Nov 15, 2014 04:46 |
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Elephants:
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# ? Nov 15, 2014 06:24 |
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William T. Hornaday posted:Thanks. There are just so many really lovely, low key lighting, masking jobs on Flickr (e.g., radial solid black gradient) and sometimes I worry that I occasionally stumble into being one of them. Even separate from the processing (which I really enjoy and would love to know what you are doing) you seem to have a natural ability for finding expression and personality in your subjects.
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# ? Nov 15, 2014 07:19 |
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So I went up to Churchill: Untitled by Powercube, on Flickr
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# ? Nov 15, 2014 20:38 |
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You really ought to hunt down that Bernie rear end in a top hat and tell him to stop projecting his name onto your subjects.
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# ? Nov 15, 2014 23:34 |
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Churchill is like cheating for polar bear pictures. Presumably you have some that weren't ruined by a big stupid watermark? Nobody's gonna steal your photos, dude, every pro wildlife photog has been to Churchill already. The internet is flooded with polar-bears-in-Churchill pictures. EDIT: InternetJunky posted:Elephants:
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# ? Nov 17, 2014 03:39 |
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Why is everybody dogging on that bear shot? Its dope as gently caress. Who gives a poo poo about a watermark.
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# ? Nov 17, 2014 04:53 |
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Some more from Kenya800peepee51doodoo posted:Why is everybody dogging on that bear shot? Its dope as gently caress. Who gives a poo poo about a watermark.
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More Kenya spam Hyenas got the tip of this poor elephant's trunk She seemed to be doing ok without it thankfully.
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