Bosque Sunrise

Posted by Juan E. Bahamon on Fri Oct 31, 2003 1:52 am

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Canon 1D 17-35 Lens at 26mm 1/400 at f 4 ISO 800 Tripod

For us mortals who can not make to Bosque this year, we can still dream and make ideal compositions, I made this merged image fron the last year's pictures. All in the confort of my home (Temperature 87, nice chair, a cup of expresso, on my pijamas and barefooted). Oh! I still remember last year freeze at the flying deck, half sleep, fumbling with equipment on no light, Artie yelling at me and all nervous of missing the blast off.

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by Brian L. Zwiebel on Fri Oct 31, 2003 5:18 am

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Hi Juan,

This being a composite I find it a little difficult to critique for some reason. I do like the color, especially in the lower right

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For me an even more extreme pano crop would work great. I'd crop down from top to remove the top 8 birds, then either crop a little more or clone to lose the bird head on the upper right edge and the highest remaing good from near the top middle of the frame.

I hope that made sense.

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by Alan Murphy on Fri Oct 31, 2003 8:10 am

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Juan, This is killer as is to me. Beautiful colors.

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by AlexC on Fri Oct 31, 2003 10:01 am

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Juan, I am beginning to think that you are a cruel man!!, As I write, I, am removing all sharp objects from my office since I can not be trusted after seeing this image, more than likely I won't be able to make it to Bosque one more time, I will be turning the lights off and try to go to sleep, so I can forget what I have seen here!!! Boohoo!!!!!!

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by Bill Whala on Fri Oct 31, 2003 10:57 am

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The colors rock!! I like how the placement of the birds create an arc across the top of the frame.

Too cool.

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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Oct 31, 2003 11:33 am

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Gorgeous - only 4 weekends to go

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Fri Oct 31, 2003 1:34 pm

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Juan,

Beautiful shot. Love those colors. Cropping the top might improve the image, but it is excellent just the way it is.

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by Jim Neely on Fri Oct 31, 2003 3:59 pm

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This is very well done, Juan.

It would be almost impossible to tell this is a composite if you hadn't said so.

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by Jim Urbach on Fri Oct 31, 2003 8:42 pm

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Juan,

Very well done. The arcing birds on top are super as are the colors in the lower 1/3. The open spaces are just right so it does not appear congested.

Jim

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by Rich S on Sat Nov 01, 2003 6:47 am

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Never been to Bosque and not likely to make it anytime soon so, like Alex, I'm removing all sharp objects from the vicinity.

Wonderfully done - both the shots and the composition. Brian raises an interesting alternative to crop to pano and I've got to admit to liking that as well, but I would take off the top 11 birds.

Rich

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by Anthony Medici on Sat Nov 01, 2003 11:10 am