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Gust@vo Sch3v3rin
{K:121680} 4/30/2005
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Un pelícano!...que buena iluminación.
Me gusta...un abrazo!
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Gary Prebble
{K:1168} 4/30/2005
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Great shot, fantastic detail; how do you like the lens? I have heard good reports?
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 4/30/2005
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Thank you Gary, the lens is great so far, though I've only used it a couple of times...so far I'm loving it. It's heavy, but my camera-man (big grin) AKA my husband (who is also minus a few dollars) doesn't mind carrying it for me, hehehe...Thank you for commenting on my pelicans. Linda
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Naomi Weidner
{K:6579} 4/30/2005
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Great shot. Looks like late in the day? The sun really sets the pelican off against the dark sky. -- Naomi
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 4/30/2005
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Thank you Naomi
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Judi Liosatos
{K:34029} 5/1/2005
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What a gorgeous golden colour. Very well done Linda and thankyou so much for your wonderful comments.
Judi
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/1/2005
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Thank you Judi.
Linda
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Margaret Sturgess
{K:49403} 5/1/2005
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Very nice, an excellent capture. I think I may have cropped slightly to get attention on the bird See if you like
Margaret
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/1/2005
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Oh Wow, very nice Margaret! Thank you...
Linda
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Sara M
{K:12282} 5/2/2005
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This is a nice shot.. Perfect timing..
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Ian Crean
{K:14863} 5/2/2005
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Great timing and the light makes the bird appear like a bronze statue, I like too how the cloud form really compliments the shape of the pelican. Your portfolio makes a great advert for your home island Linda.
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/2/2005
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Thank you Sara
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/2/2005
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Thank Ian, I didn't notice that cloud until later, and thought it was perfectly positioned, wish I could take credit but.....thanks for noticing. Hey I should have mentioned that even the cows in your photo are beautiful, the colors and placement, just so perfect. How did you get them to do that, hehehe....
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Dave Stacey
{K:117693} 5/3/2005
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Beautiful lighting on the pelican, Linda! A great catch against the dark background.
Thanks for your comments, too!
Dave.
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/3/2005
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Thank you, Dave
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Guido Tweepenninckx
{K:16526} 5/3/2005
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nice inflight
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/3/2005
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Thank you Guido
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:178244} 5/3/2005
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An excellent capture "in flight", very much fair copy and also the subject in that position, optimums the colours and the moment.
Personally I see alone a light one moved, maybe at a "too" long time of obturation.
cheers
roby
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 5/3/2005
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Beautiful shot of this soaring bird. Very hard to capture in-flight birds, Linda. I like what you have done.
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/3/2005
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Thank you for looking and commenting Roberto.
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/3/2005
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"Personally I see alone a light one moved, maybe at a "too" long time of obturation"....Roberto thank you for your comment, I'm not sure what you mean. In terms of the lighting, the sun was behind me, are you recommending that I needed a faster shutter speed? Thanks again for looking and commenting. Linda
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/3/2005
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Thank you Angelo. Linda
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:178244} 5/3/2005
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;-)
take care.. roby
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/3/2005
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Ditto :) Linda
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Steve Hennerley
{K:5737} 5/6/2005
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Hi Linda
Nice shot - well set agains the bg sky. Notice a little bit of blur on the wings - believe me - I know how incredibly difficult that is - especially in the falling light (I assume took around sunset/sunrise).
Birds are so hard to capture in flight - I have a couple of bird shots in my portfolio - for the three I have in a series - I probably took (and discarded) well over 100 shots in total.
Great work - quite like Margaret's crop too (she's good at that :) ) - though I feel she has gone a *tiny* bit over with the sharpening (her's has left a slight halo around the pelican)
Keep up the good work :)
Steve
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Lea Mulqueen
{K:7396} 5/7/2005
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A nice image, Linda. The sun on the wings is lovely. I don't mind the bit of blur in the far wing....it just inhances the feeling of motion. I am a little bothered by the unnatural looking color in the sky...or maybe it's just me...
Anyway, I tried some color correction in the sky but don't know if the colors look quite the same on our computers.
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/7/2005
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Steve, thank you so much for looking and for your detailed comment on my image. Yes it was very difficult, I think I took about 80 shots and had 3 or 4 good ones. I had some problems with my camera not firing at times too, I'm still not sure what was wrong, but it was extremely frustrating because I had him right in front of me with clear focus and nothing would happen when I pressed the shutter.....I was lucky on this one with the sun behind me... it hit him just right and gave him that golden color. And yes Margaret is very good at that. I appreciated her input, I did learn from it. Thanks again for commenting on my image...all the best, Linda
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/7/2005
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OMG it's BEAUTIFUL, please tell me what you did to get that sky to look so good. I'm anxiously waiting for this answer. Thank you so much Lea....Hugs, Linda
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 5/7/2005
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To me, this is a standout in your portfolio and it is all because of the ligth which is just magical on the bird. Judging from the # of comments so think many others... I think the comments on crop and color correction are good but I think there is also room to play with an even darker sky if you like playing with that kind of manipulation.
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Steve Hennerley
{K:5737} 5/7/2005
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Hi Linda -
Not sure how the Nikon functions - though I suspect it is not too far off the way my canon operates. I suspect you will find that your camera is having trouble selecting an AF point and focusing.
When I take bird shots, I fix the camera to use only one AF point - which I use as the point which I track the bird with. Not sure also on AF modes on the Nikon - but on the Canon - IO use AF Servo which continually tracks the focus to the point under the AF point.
On most cameras, you will see a notification of some kind (flashing light) if the camera is unable to focus. Quite often - if the camera is unable to focus in an AF mode, it will not let you take the phot - which sounds like the experience you had.
I do like Lea's sky colouring - but I also do not feel that your sky looks at all unnatural dur to the sunset environment
Thanks
Steve
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/7/2005
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Thank you Stefan, I really got lucky with this one, the sun was going down and it just hit him at the right moment, and I was fortunate to capture that moment. I appreciate your looking at my portfolio and your comments. PS is a new thing for me, and so I have much to learn, I too think the comments and suggestions have been good, I'm going to play with some of the features today, in fact. I'll check out the darker sky too..Thank you again for looking and your detailed comments..Linda
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/7/2005
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Wow Steve you are wonderful, thank you so much for taking the time to comment on my problem with the camera. I bet you're right, I'm going to look into that today. Thanks for the lesson. I'm really new at this, and I'm so grateful for your willingness to help and your knowledge..Thank you for your comments on the sky and the setting sun. I Like my sky, but I like Lea's too, and as Stefan mentioned it might be interesting to darken it too, so I'm going to play with it today in PS, I don't think I can improve on what Lea did, but perhaps a darker sky might be of interest. Thanks again Steve:) Linda
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Paul's Photos
{K:34954} 5/7/2005
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nice capture... like the lighting.. good work
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/7/2005
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Thank you Paul :)
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Lea Mulqueen
{K:7396} 5/7/2005
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Hi Linda. To make the sky more blue I first selected it using the magic wand in PS Elements, set to a tolerence of 70. That selected everything execpt the bird. Next, I created a hue/saturation adjustment layer and, using the cyan setting, changed the hue of cyan to more of a blue, increasing the saturation a little as well. Then I again selected the sky and created another adjustment layer...this one levals. I used the white eyedropper and clicked on the upper cloud. This whitened the clouds. but also lightened the sky a bit too much, so I reduced the opacity of the levals layer a little...'til it looked right, then flattened image.
It took longer to type this then it did to do it!
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/7/2005
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Lea thank you so much for your explanation. I pulled it up in PS today and tried to imitate it, but I was not successful. I'm fairly new at PS, so I have a lot to learn. I'll practice with the steps you outlined below. I love the colors of the sky, thank you again Lea....:) Linda
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Ned Ali
{K:11844} 5/7/2005
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a winderful capture!
i like Margaret's cropping and agree with Lea. I think the noise is due to high ISO.
very well done, Linda.
thanks for your comment on my little dragon :))
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/8/2005
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Thank you again, and yes I completely agree with you. All the best Ali...Linda
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Girish Chonkar
{K:7031} 5/10/2005
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Featured Critique
It's beautiful catch.
I was amazed looking at your portfolio and reading about your bio. It was great to know a retired registered nurse can keep her interest in photography and proves it at this age, great to know that you'd learn paiting too. Hats of to you dear Linda.
When you specified about use of border in my picture I somehow thought to see your work from your portfolio and I got the reason behind it [as you also recently started using them]. I speccially used the border for this one (Come, Past is calling... ) picture because it was not looking good without border.
You must shoot your grand children if they are staying with you, I bet you'll capture them in great pictures.
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/10/2005
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Thank you Girish for your interest and your comments. You make me smile and even chuckle, I'm a YOUNG retired RN, hehehe....I do have 3 beautiful grandchildren, (my son married young, hehehe) but they are living in the states, so I can't photograph them as often as I would like to...
I like the idea of framing my work, yes I recently started, I didn't know how to do it in PS, but I'm learning, and I don't think I'll post anything without a frame again. I just like it that much. And I liked yours as well. The one you chose really made your image stand out, so I think you made a good choice. I think as someone said it just completes the image..As for painting I haven't made it that far, I love photography so much that I may never get there....thank you again, keep up the good work...you are very sweet.....:) Linda
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/10/2005
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OMG, Now look what you've done....we're on the front page...Congratulations Girish....:) Linda
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Roberto Okamura
{K:22842} 5/10/2005
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Very beautiful flying pelican Linda!
Little noised but well done shot!
Congrats for FC award to you and Girish!
Roberto.
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/10/2005
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Roberto I'm honored by your comments, Can you help me figure out why the noise?.....:) Linda
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Pat Ziegler
{K:21578} 5/10/2005
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Terrific light on this one. 1/180th not too bad. sometimes a little blur on the wing tips makes a nice effect. Congrats on the front page! Nice color!
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Roberto Okamura
{K:22842} 5/10/2005
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Hi Linda that noise appears using high ISO or having a generous cropping.
You can use a software called Neat Image to reduce noise.
Roberto.
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/10/2005
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I'm honored Pat, thank you...faster shutter speed next time...:) Linda
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/10/2005
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Thanks Roberto....big hug....:) Linda
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/10/2005
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I'm honored Pat, thank you...faster shutter speed next time...:) Linda
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:178244} 5/10/2005
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congrats on main page
roby
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/10/2005
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You honor me..thanks :) Linda
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Hanggan Situmorang
{K:37824} 5/10/2005
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Wow, great capture! Excellent lighting. Congrats!
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kl puckett
{K:1202} 5/10/2005
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I've been wondering...how do you make a border in photoshop?
Thanks!
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Asim Roy
{K:9701} 5/10/2005
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Simply superb! love, asim
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James Bambery
{K:13421} 5/10/2005
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Excellent capture Linda and congrats on award. It is well deserved and as far as your shutter speed goes, well you didn't miss it by much, the pelican is pretty sharp. Congrats again.
Jim Bambery
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Latif alobaida
{K:4718} 5/10/2005
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Wonderful capture... unique lighting and the reflection of sunset...
Indeed we all are learning together...
Here you could compensate the slower shutter with larger aperature (smaller no.)...
So, if you use F/8 with shutter speed 1/250 or even 1/500... you'll freeze the wings and have more focused and sharper photo.
But...
I think the motion effect (blurr) of the wings gave more reality to the composition.
What distract me here the little amount of noise in the sky.. the 70-200 lens is a sharp lens (I think :) ).. but sometimes the VR feature here might be not helpful and become useless.
Thanx for sharing this nice photo with us
by the way , a Neat image software might reduce the noise a bit :) ;)
Beat regards
Latif
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/11/2005
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James I'm so honored by your comments, thank you for your kinds words....:) Linda
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Jan Graziano
{K:17041} 5/11/2005
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Linda - cannot add a thing to what has already been said. Great capture and congratulations on the award. (Well - okay, I put in my 2 cents worth!) Jan
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Kelly
{K:20268} 5/11/2005
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linda your work is great... i, like you, am very new at this too, so i know how you feel.. when i read your bio i too was just that one click of the shutter.... and boom that was that... this website is defintely the best thing that ever happend to me, it has improved my photography far more than any course could of.......
have fun and keep on clicking....!
cheers
kel
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Roger Williams
{K:83282} 5/11/2005
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The afternoon sun may have fooled the WB setting on your camera and skewed the blue of the sky a little. A little motion blur is a good thing in something that is actually moving! Difficult call, though. Congratulations on making the front page!
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NN
{K:26787} 5/11/2005
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Congrats on your first award, Linda! Beautiful lighting; a very nice capture!
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Paul's Photos
{K:34954} 5/11/2005
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Congrats on being on the front page!....that is great... and so is the picture...
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Ian Crean
{K:14863} 5/11/2005
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Can't keep you off the Home Page now Linda! Reward for your wonderful contribution to the site and thoughtful critique as well as photo quality. Seeing other comments here, I must say that for me the sky colour is fine on my monitor, as is the exposure on the bird. Lea's work does seem to have enhanced the sky and contrasted the bird nicely, only possible though with our source material, just never ever lose the original file and copy it a few times before working on it. Then you can play to your heart's content. Well done Linda.
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/11/2005
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Latif thank you for your kind consideration of my image and I very much appreciate your teaching me....I am going to try some shots without the VR on....wonderful idea, thank you so much....kindest regards....:) Linda
What do you think about my ISO I didn't think that for that time of day...sunset, that an ISO of 400 was too much, but now I'm wondering...Thank you again....:) Linda
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Kim Culbert
{K:36863} 5/11/2005
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Oh yeah, and congrats on getting a Featured Critique on this image! The light is gorgeous and the image well centred.
Glad to hear that you like the lens... it's one that I'm thinking of getting.
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/11/2005
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Kelly I think your work is phenomenal and I'm grateful for your comments..I love this site as well.....I'm learning so much here...and you are so right about that, thank you again for your very kind comments....:) Linda
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/11/2005
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Thank you Paul I appreciate your kind comment....:) Linda
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/11/2005
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Ian it's good to hear from you..I've been meaning to look at some more of your work..I started to comment on one of your beautiful images this morning, its a recent one with still water and tree branches, it's absolutely gorgeous, but life gets in the way sometimes....I promise to get back to it...Thank you so much for your generous comments and advice, I appreciate you and your words.....:) Linda
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/11/2005
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Kim thank you again, I very much appreciate you!...thank you for commenting on my image....:) Linda
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Latif alobaida
{K:4718} 5/11/2005
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Hi Linda...
The ISO is too high... I think , the lower the Iso the finer the photo....
The light is adequate here .... no need to increase the ISO or sensivity (film term)
Regards
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Linda Bique
{K:74033} 5/12/2005
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Thank you again Latif, I really appreciate your help with this..I went out tonight to get some pictures without VR but no birds...I'll keep trying. The lowest ISO I can get on my digital camera is 200 and that's including manual. I will try that setting and hope for the best...Thank you so much for your time and comments.....Kindest regards :) Linda
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deniz cesmeci
{K:5528} 6/17/2005
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good shot
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Arif Ertan Ersoy
{K:26933} 2/15/2008
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great shot presenting the liberty!!
i love it,
thanx for sharing your great portfolio with us!!
compliments,
arif
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John Hatz
{K:144528} 4/9/2008
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Excellent shot, very strong element here is the sunlight... looks like it was sunset because of the warm tone on the bird... very nice the cloudy sky that gives a good contrast between the grey background on the gold bird!!!
excellent.
best regards!
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