Ibis at Sunset

Posted by Parrothead Pete on Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:35 am

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Shot this last summer on Fort Myers Beach at Sunset.

Handheld; Canon Elan7e w/28-105; Royal Gold 400; exposure unrecorded.

I used photoshop CS to enhance the colors and crop.

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by Harvey Edelman on Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:50 am

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Excellent silhouette with nice glden color. The smallest nit (and not even really a nit) is that I'd move the birds just a wee bit more if possible to bisect the lower third nearby powerpoint.

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by Bill Whala on Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:52 am

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Beautiful sunset silhouette!! Both birds look reasonably sharp to me. I would like to see the birds a little lower in the frame and from a lower perspective but that is my personal preference and not a nit.

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by Dan Barthel on Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:02 am

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Nice work. I concur with everything said so far.

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by Tim Grams on Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:55 am

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Awesome colors! The waves give the image more depth.

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by AForns on Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:16 am

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Great image with lots of impact. Very sweet light.

I concur with placing the birds in the lower right of the frame.

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by Noel on Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:09 pm

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You've really captured the "Florida end of a sunny day and things are really laid back" feel in this. Elegant simplicity.

Some folks know this feeling as "vacation", but we know it even better, eh?

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by Brian L. Zwiebel on Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:24 pm

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Hi Pete,

As usual I'll go against the grain here and say that I prefer the birds closer to the UPPER right power point. This allows the birds to follow the parallel diaganol lines (formed by the waves) into the frame.

Great Job!

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:56 pm

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My feeling is that this photo is outstanding as is.

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by AlexC on Thu Apr 01, 2004 3:06 pm

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Love the golden water and the silhouette of the birds, very nicely done!!
Congrats!!

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by Parrothead Pete on Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:15 pm

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Thanks for the comments. This one has driven me nuts on the cropping. I've cropped it every which ways. This version is a 4x6 crop.

I haven't decided yet...