Flap Happy

Posted by James on Wed Oct 15, 2003 11:35 am

All times are UTC-05:00

0 people like this post

First unread post

| 11 posts |

Page 1 of 1

Canadian Goose flapping wings. Enjoy.
With the right lighting provia 100F can obtain the saturated qualities of velvia. Enjoy.

Nikon F100
Provia 100F pushed 1 stop
flash @ -1.7

James

James Stachecki
Natural World Photography
http://www.naturalworldphotos.com

Posted by:
James
Forum Contributor

Location: Rockaway, NJ
Posts: 304
Joined: 10 Sep 2003

Visit website

by Paul Skoczylas on Wed Oct 15, 2003 11:52 am

Paul Skoczylas
Forum Contributor

Posts: 13875
Joined: 26 Aug 2003
Location: Anjou, France
Member #:00284

View portfolio

The one goose is perfect! Sharp where it needs to be and the blurred wings are really well done. The colours are great, too. The other geese are distracting, but not overly so.

-Paul

0 people like this post

by AlexC on Wed Oct 15, 2003 12:37 pm

AlexC
Forum Contributor

Posts: 5948
Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Member #:00024

View portfolio

Nice wing flap and a lovely bird, exposure to the edge but not bad, a hair tight on top but acceptable, the fractional birds do unbalance the whole image for me, since my little brain want to make the birds whole but it can not!!, Not enough RAM available for my Chemical Neuralphotoshop!!!, Dripping water drop is very nice!!! Congrats!!

[b]Alex Calzadilla[/b]
[b]Miami, Florida[/b]
[b]NSN-0024[/b]
"At the feast of ego everyone leaves hungry." - Bentley's House of Coffee and Tea, Tucson, AZ

0 people like this post

by Alan Murphy on Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:37 pm

Alan Murphy
Lifetime Member

Posts: 27330
Joined: 20 Aug 2003
Location: Houston, Texas
Member #:00014

View portfolio
Visit website

James, I like the action you captured here.

Alan Murphy
NSN 0014
www.alanmurphyphotography.com

0 people like this post

by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:51 pm

Bruce DiVaccaro
Forum Contributor

Posts: 18925
Joined: 27 Aug 2003
Location: Sheffield Village, Ohio

James,

Nice shot. I like the action you captured with the blurred wing flap. Getting rid of the other birds would improve the image, but sometimes it's not easy to isolste one bird.

Bruce DiVaccaro
Sheffield Village, Ohio
NSN 135

0 people like this post

by Ken Newcombe on Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:17 pm

Ken Newcombe
Forum Contributor

Posts: 1394
Joined: 14 Sep 2003
Location: Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Visit website

Needs more room at the top and the removal of the ever present "extra" geese".

0 people like this post

by T Williams on Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:47 pm

T Williams
Lifetime Member

Posts: 561
Joined: 22 Aug 2003
Location: Western Slope, CO
Member #:00035

View portfolio

Nice capture of the wing flap. I think the other geese are a mild distraction from the center of attention, but this is still a fine shot. Geese are always in groups, so this looks very natural.

Tom
NSN 0035

0 people like this post

by Greg Downing on Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:56 pm

Greg Downing
Publisher

Posts: 19318
Joined: 16 Aug 2003
Location: Maryland
Member #:00001

View portfolio
Visit website

James, while I do like the action of the one bird I am not a fan of split backgrounds, though a lower angle would have made it better. Nice color in the background, though a bit muted.

Greg Downing
Publisher, NatureScapes.Net
[url=http://www.gdphotography.com/]Visit my website for images, workshops and newsletters![/url]

0 people like this post

by LHays on Thu Oct 16, 2003 3:25 am

LHays
Lifetime Member

Posts: 12363
Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Location: Northern Kentucky
Member #:00040

View portfolio
Visit website

James
You have a nice action shot. I too would prefer more room at the top and less birds in the picture. Still you did a good job of capturing the action and the colors are terrific.

Lana Hays
NSN 0040
[url]http://www.lanahays.com/[/url]

0 people like this post

by Harvey Edelman on Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:56 am

Harvey Edelman
Forum Contributor

Posts: 5863
Joined: 22 Aug 2003
Location: Florida

Visit website

Nice action shot. while the other birds may be adistraction, they're not that much of one to take away from the overall composition. Matter of fact they possibly add to the environment. This could use a bit more room on top though.

Harvey Edelman
0145
http://www.harveyedelman.com

0 people like this post

by Anthony Medici on Thu Oct 16, 2003 7:59 pm

Anthony Medici
Lifetime Member

Posts: 6879
Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Location: Champions Gate, FL
Member #:00012

View portfolio

Hmm... I wonder which pond this is in and when I need to get there by to get that light? The nits have already been mentioned. Good work on the action.

Tony

0 people like this post