[leemik]

Originally Posted by BillLee

I think this is the first photo that i'm actually happy with.

wow this should have been in the last contest for Vodka or something

[adrean8j]

How did you get so much "action" from the 7up?

[adrean8j]

Took a Blackhawk ride on Monday and snapped a shot of the young soldier next me with my Ipod Touch...after some exp. changes I finally decided it looked cooler if I used the "dry brush" filter on the photo:


Iraq Air Taxi by Adrean8j, on Flickr

[UdubBadger]

not a big fan of that one. Cutout or Poster Edges is more my style

[adrean8j]

Yeah I looked at poster edges but it was a little to contrasty and harsh.....I toyed with cutout a bit but I was afraid that the soldier would be hard to immediately identify given what I had to work with....With the above you can still see the soldier and the window to the outside world below us....But that being said I do think cutout has some interesting possibilities with other photo's.

[shawrf1]

Bill: Thanks for the BTS layout!

From recent Amsterdam trip:

[remmib]

Originally Posted by BillLee

I think this is the first photo that i'm actually happy with.

Originally Posted by BillLee

Thanks guys. Just 7 Up!
here's the setup just in case yall want to try this out

Awesome pics indeed, and cool set-up.

[TL]

+1

[The1]

my appologies to DCstep, I didn't have enough time to wait for this guy to take flight to get the following pictures.

If my mom weren't waiting on my, I might have waited a little longer, but i know she was anxious to keep moving.

That's the problem with taking your parent/parents on a trip with you.

Red shouldered hawk.

[TL]

Originally Posted by The1

my appologies to DCstep, I didn't have enough time to wait for this guy to take flight to get the following pictures.

If my mom weren't waiting on my, I might have waited a little longer, but i know she was anxious to keep moving.

That's the problem with taking your parent/parents on a trip with you.

Red shouldered hawk.

makes me want to go out and find a hawk

btw, have you thought of editing the eyes (brighten with photoshop)?

[The1]

nope, i'm pretty much a noob when it comes to photoshop, wouldn't even know where to start (even though i have it.)

all my shots are pretty much as taken with the exception of shrinking, and ocasionally sharpening if i don't like something.

feel free to play if you want. I'll learn how to do it all sometime when i sit down with PS for a while.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by The1

my appologies to DCstep, I didn't have enough time to wait for this guy to take flight to get the following pictures.

If my mom weren't waiting on my, I might have waited a little longer, but i know she was anxious to keep moving.

That's the problem with taking your parent/parents on a trip with you.

Red shouldered hawk.

Great bird and great shot.

I don't do it, but if you want to put a light in the eye, then use the Clone tool to take a piece of the sky and Clone some pixels into the eye. I try to get the eyelight naturally. Most wildlife photo contests will not allow any cloning, so you need to strive for the eyelight naturally. I'll take a lot of 0images, trying to notice when the eye catches the light and nail it, but it's 0not always possible. So, I might take 60 images of a bird perched like this.

For general usage, Cloning in an eyelight adds a lot of power. I don't consider it "cheating", but the image will be excluded from most contests. Generally, you can crop, adjust contrast and adjust color (slightly), but that's about it. Some contests don't even allow cropping, which blows my mind, given that 90+% of bird images are cropped.

Most people don't realize that you might spend thirty-minutes waiting on one of these guys to fly and catch the flight shot. I've even had them say to me, "You were lucky" having no idea that I'd spent an hour with one bird, trying to get a great flight shot. You know what it takes and, when you have the time, you'll get those shots.

Dave

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by adrean8j

Took a Blackhawk ride on Monday and snapped a shot of the young soldier next me with my Ipod Touch...after some exp. changes I finally decided it looked cooler if I used the "dry brush" filter on the photo:

Really nice effect. I bet that soldier would like to have that image, if you haven't already given it to him.

[The1]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Great bird and great shot.

I don't do it, but if you want to put a light in the eye, then use the Clone tool to take a piece of the sky and Clone some pixels into the eye. I try to get the eyelight naturally. Most wildlife photo contests will not allow any cloning, so you need to strive for the eyelight naturally. I'll take a lot of 0images, trying to notice when the eye catches the light and nail it, but it's 0not always possible. So, I might take 60 images of a bird perched like this.

For general usage, Cloning in an eyelight adds a lot of power. I don't consider it "cheating", but the image will be excluded from most contests. Generally, you can crop, adjust contrast and adjust color (slightly), but that's about it. Some contests don't even allow cropping, which blows my mind, given that 90+% of bird images are cropped.

Most people don't realize that you might spend thirty-minutes waiting on one of these guys to fly and catch the flight shot. I've even had them say to me, "You were lucky" having no idea that I'd spent an hour with one bird, trying to get a great flight shot. You know what it takes and, when you have the time, you'll get those shots.

Dave

might play around with one or two of the pictures, i took a pile of them, i have a few i like.

unfortunatly, the bird was perched well below the canopy of the trees, so no real light was getting in.

might be able to steal something from the background, but i think anything is going to have a hint of green (but i guess that makes sense as that would be reflected in the eye.

it's interesting about the no cropping rule of the photo contests, considering people with 21-24megapixel cameras will have loads of room and loads of detail.

I guess they just want people as close as possible to the subject without disturbing it to get the best shot that fills the frame?

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by The1

might play around with one or two of the pictures, i took a pile of them, i have a few i like.

unfortunatly, the bird was perched well below the canopy of the trees, so no real light was getting in.

might be able to steal something from the background, but i think anything is going to have a hint of green (but i guess that makes sense as that would be reflected in the eye.

it's interesting about the no cropping rule of the photo contests, considering people with 21-24megapixel cameras will have loads of room and loads of detail.

I guess they just want people as close as possible to the subject without disturbing it to get the best shot that fills the frame?

I've got a 500mm lens, a 1.6x crop factor camera and use 1.4x and 2.0x TCs, but I still crop almost everything. It seems crazy to me to limit cropping. I think that the final image IQ should be the determining factor, not whether it was cropped or not.

Dave

[The1]

Originally Posted by dcstep

I've got a 500mm lens, a 1.6x crop factor camera and use 1.4x and 2.0x TCs, but I still crop almost everything. It seems crazy to me to limit cropping. I think that the final image IQ should be the determining factor, not whether it was cropped or not.

Dave

agreed.

does the 2.0x tc autofocus with your 500mm? i thought it only worked for F4 and under and i thought the 500 was a 5.6?

how do you like using the TCs? i've heard some people complain of slight loss to IQ, but nothing major.

I ordered one a while back, but i think the place forgot about the order (they don't take payment before orders, which is stupid of them, especially in the current economy.)

i think i'd be happy with a 1.4 since going from my 5D to my 7D is so drastic, i don't think i'd mind the 1.4 as i think the 2.0 would be massive.

[The1]

lol, could have some real fun with the moon on a 2.0x TC and that 500mm!!!! and on a crop body.

[TL]

what you think?

[rodi]

he needs a laser strapped to his head. and a goPro cam.

[adrean8j]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Really nice effect. I bet that soldier would like to have that image, if you haven't already given it to him.

Funny you mention that....I just thought about giving him a copy of that photo last night. Since I have an idea of where he works at and the base I am at isn't that big it shouldn't be to hard. Thanks Dave!

Originally Posted by rodi

he needs a laser strapped to his head. and a goPro cam.

ROFL...that would be friggin' awwwesomme..LOL

[cooh23]

[The1]

nice shot cooh23, however i would crop out the buoy or try and clone it out or something.

or turn it into a panoramic looking picture just to get the plastic health and safety device out of the picture.

and adjust the horizon line.