Homer - In Your Face Fly-by

Posted by Len Backus on Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:26 am

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Of the 4 days I was there, we were fortunate to have 2 days of much sun. On this RAW image I used Nikon Capture 4's DEE function to open up the shadows. Similar to PS/CS's new shadow/highlight tool. I feel I have a lot to learn about these 2 tools but they are great.

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by AForns on Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:36 am

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Very god image Len got enough detail on the bottom of the wings, tucked legs look great and the intensity of its look sets everything off. Good going.

PS I think I ran into you last year at Venice?

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by Jim Neiger on Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:20 am

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Cool shot.

I like the close view and don't mind the clipped wings, but I wish the tail wasn't slightly clipped.

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by Bill Whala on Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:57 am

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Nice face-to-face shot. A little close on the tail but still very well done!!

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by Mike Wilson on Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:53 pm

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Beautiful closeup Len! Sharp and colorful too.

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by Chas on Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:18 pm

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Len, this is a well composed image. At times Capture 4, and the shadow/highlight tool in PS induces a bit of a color cast when opening up areas of density. As you are color impaired in the red/green
spectrum

I am sure you did not notice it with this image.

With your permission I am reposting the image without the induced cast.

Best my friend,

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by Jack Frank on Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:50 pm

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Len

Very nice

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by Alan Murphy on Sat Mar 13, 2004 3:12 pm

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What an awesome image. great shot.

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by Juli Wilcox on Sat Mar 13, 2004 3:55 pm

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I was mentally penning a post to you that would include the cast when I got to Chas re-post so once is enough.

I just tried out the shadow/highlight filter today for the first time and see it can easlly be overdone. I really like this image and appreciate seeing the detail in this huge bird.

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by Karen S on Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:43 pm

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Great shot Len. I wasn't as lucky to get the beautiful light that you did here. Nice flight shot.

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by Dick Ginkowski on Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:49 pm

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What a great shot...enhanced by the repost.

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by Cliff Beittel on Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:16 pm

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One of the nicest clipped, in-flight closeups I've seen, enhanced by the strong diagonal. Tail doesn't bother me at all.

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by Denny Malueg on Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:03 pm

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Len,
Super close-up.
The repost makes this a 10.

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by Laura Stiefel on Sun Mar 14, 2004 7:39 am

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A fantastic shot with great detail! The color corrected version is even better still.

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by NDCheryl on Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:26 pm

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Excellent shot Len. Great comp and the color corrected version just rocks.

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