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by pleverington on Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:09 am
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Congratulations! This is the Image of the Week selection for the Birds Gallery, week ending 3rd August, 2012!Can't wait for the drought and heat to end so I have been working on some colder clime images--
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Canon Mark IV, 600/4, f/5.6@1/1250, ISO 1000

This is a partial crop of a 12 or so shot stitched panoramic and is but one of many crop renditions I'm playing with. This one winds up to be just about what the full frame off the Mark IV was after the crop from the pano. I wanted to portray an environmental scene more than anything.

Curious to hear what you folks think of the crop and comp*

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by LHays on Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:12 am
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Love everything about it.....the diagonals, eye contact over the shoulder....and definitely the snow. Bring it on!
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by pleverington on Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:18 am
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Hiya Lana!---Thank you for the kind words--

hope all is well with ya!

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by David Stimac on Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:21 am
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Very nice, Paul! I'm looking forward to colder temps too. I'm not usually a fan of square crops but I think this works and I like how the white of the snow could just run into the white paper on a print with a broad border.

Please post the panoramic. I'd love to see it!
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by Christopher Dodds on Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:24 am
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I'm lovin' it, Paul. Wish I was closer to see a huge print of this one, as I'm sure it would be super impressive.
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by pleverington on Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:33 am
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Thank Chris and Dave!

I'll post a full pano version a little later--maybe one of the ones where the snow got so thick it looked like one could cut it with a knife! Kind of hard to see the detail though at 800pix, but I know folks here have good imaginations and can get around that!..

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by James Vellozzi on Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:42 am
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ahhh feels good.. I hate summer. my least favorite season.. perhaps a bit more contrast here.. nice image
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by pleverington on Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:51 am
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Goshawkjv wrote:ahhh feels good.. I hate summer. my least favorite season.. perhaps a bit more contrast here.. nice image
I always struggle with these winter shots Jim and to just how much contrast I should add --and still not loose that winter look. I did add some, but was not sure about adding more. Good point--maybe I should go a little more..

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by Miguel Lasa on Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:04 am
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awesome composition and mood, love those spikes and setting, great shot
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by john on Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:15 am
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Love the way the sticks diagonal through this shot. I agree on a touch more contrast.
 

by john on Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:16 am
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Love the way the sticks diagonal through this shot. I agree on a touch more contrast.
 

by Alan Murphy on Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:35 pm
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Love your RT images. This one is sweet.
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by pleverington on Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:30 pm
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Repost with a tad more contrast only on the hawk. Curious if it still looks like winter light on the hawk still to everyone.

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by David Hemmings on Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:19 pm
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Very COOL Paul :)
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by Karl Egressy on Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:52 pm
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Composition looks good to me and I like the Red-tail in the snowfall. Yes, it cools me down too.
 

by tringa on Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:49 pm
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I prefer the repost. Great image! The setting is just fantastic. I'm not a fan of squarish crops and would prefer something more conventional like 3:2.
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by RichS1 on Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:09 am
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Great winter scene Paul, I don't get to see this living in SOCAL. Very nice composition.

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by satie on Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:49 am
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This is awesome, Paul. Love the repost.
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by Phil Seu on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:05 am
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very nice. I would personally have less of the left lower corner.
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by urifirst on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:09 am
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