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Posted by SantaFeJoe on Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:53 pm

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Bosque del Apache NWR, February 1991, Minolta X700 100-500 f8 @ 100mm. I don't recall exposure or film. One of my early favorites, but very difficult to process. Scanned on HP.

Copyright Joe A. Roybal

Here's a slightly sharpened version.

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by RLK on Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:58 pm

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This is an amazing scene Joe. I wish it was a bit sharper. What film was it shot with originally. I have many transparencies from before digital and have wondered if it was worth scanning them to digital.
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by SantaFeJoe on Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:13 pm

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Bob, I can't recall and I have the transparency stashed away somewhere inaccessible at the moment. I have scanned many slides and am very happy with the results. The most difficult thing in scanning here where it's so dry, is keeping lint and dust from sticking to the film surface. Probably not as much of an issue if you have PS or LR. This one is fairly sharp and has been published, but I don't have PS and I can't process it as well as I would like. It was an early morning scene before the sun came up.

Edit: Slightly sharper version posted above with original version.

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by Nate Chappell on Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:05 pm

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What a great scene you captured here Joe, a little more room on the bottom would have improved this with the partially cut hens there in the right hand corner.

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by SantaFeJoe on Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:24 pm

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Nate Chappell wrote:What a great scene you captured here Joe, a little more room on the bottom would have improved this with the partially cut hens there in the right hand corner.

Thanks for your comments. There were 21 hens present in the scene, so with a different crop, different hens would be cut off. It happened so quickly and then it was gone. My other shots of the scene look totally different. I was glad to be able to barely fit the toms in the scene. I was just learning then. I wish I had the same opportunities now!!!

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by Greg Basco on Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:36 pm

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Love it, Joe. I agree that it's a shame about the birds intersecting the bottom of the frame, but I just love the painterly quality to this. Thanks so much for digging this up and sharing it.

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by Nate Chappell on Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:39 pm

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The repost looks better to me Joe. I figured that might be the case with the cut off hens, this is often a problem with flock shots. Anyway, it's still a great image.

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by Ngwinghee on Thu Jan 03, 2013 4:26 am

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I prefer the original image as it's darker and shows off well as a painting. Well presented, Joe.

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by Jim Urbach on Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:26 am

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Love the painterly quality of this image, Joe. All those displaying toms are unique. Prefer the softer OOF BG trees with the sharper toms. With just a bit of PS skills one could clone out the hens completely and repair any tom's feathers.

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by Matthew Studebaker on Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:11 am

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very cool image. Even the sharper shots seems to lack detail though. It's probably just the scan.

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by SantaFeJoe on Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:52 am

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Matthew Studebaker wrote:very cool image. Even the sharper shots seems to lack detail though. It's probably just the scan.

It's lack of operator skills! I enjoy doing the photography, but PP is my strong weakness. Technophobia or something!

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