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helmet155
Nov-15-2005, 05:17 PM
Monday, I skipped out of work a little early and stopped by SJWS in Irvine to settle the score with some BIF shots...the GBH and BCNH were happy to oblige.

Eventually I want to get some good enough to hang on the walls in my office at work and the den at home - some of these are tempting to my newbie eye...

As always, please critique and comment if you feel the need ;)


http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/236/bcnhflight14od.jpg


http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3807/bcnhflight29en.jpg


http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/4475/gbhflight10ck.jpg


http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/7321/gbhflight22uj.jpg
bfjr
Nov-15-2005, 05:58 PM
Very nice Brett, glad you found something there :thumb
Lot's of good detail and exp looks about right to me :D
morrisphotography2003
Nov-15-2005, 06:05 PM
you could probly go with a tighter crop on #1.

I like the detail on the last two the only thing that would make them better shots is if they were flying in the other direction. But then you wouldn't have the great detail on the back feathers.
You will get your hangers soon for your office and home, good luck.
Bob.
helmet155
Nov-15-2005, 07:15 PM
you could probly go with a tighter crop on #1.

I like the detail on the last two the only thing that would make them better shots is if they were flying in the other direction. But then you wouldn't have the great detail on the back feathers.
You will get your hangers soon for your office and home, good luck.
Bob.
Hey Bob, thanks for the comments...I got some of them flying toward me but I need to work on my technique a little better, they were kinda out of focus due to the shutter delay (I think) but some are salvageable.
helmet155
Nov-15-2005, 07:17 PM
Very nice Brett, glad you found something there :thumb
Lot's of good detail and exp looks about right to me :D Ben I got these guys about 5 minutes after I ran into you and yours...I was pretty stoked seeing as how Bolsa Chica was a tough day exposure-wise for me :pimp :pimp :pimp

Thanks for the kind words about my work, means a lot coming from someone who has a lot of talent like you do...
dallas
Nov-15-2005, 07:34 PM
No complaints from me. I'd put 1 and 2 on my wall any day. Nice work.
Bird Man Photographer
Nov-15-2005, 09:35 PM
Well done Helmet. :thumb :thumb I didn't have as much luck with my GBH today. He was about a hundred yards out or so ...over the water. I had a Tokina 300mm and got some very mediocre shots. Too slow to catch up with the AF. Can't wait to upgrade that lens. Look forward to seeing more BIF. :D
mushy
Nov-15-2005, 09:44 PM
I'd be happy to hang some of them on the wall they are some very sharp captures there. job well done.
jeff lapoint
Nov-15-2005, 10:43 PM
Sweet work on the NH!! Looks like you scored bigtime todayhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/pimp.gif

who are we going to get to start using the YMCA guy smily?http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif
ginger_55
Nov-16-2005, 12:14 AM
My birds went west!

Really good shots!

ginger
Dennis Kaczor
Nov-16-2005, 02:43 AM
Another nice series of images, with very good details and sharpness in these photo's


I love the blue background with the water, it makes the birds stand out more.

Thanks for sharing.
helmet155
Nov-16-2005, 12:37 PM
No complaints from me. I'd put 1 and 2 on my wall any day. Nice work.
Thanks for the compliments!
helmet155
Nov-16-2005, 12:38 PM
Sweet work on the NH!! Looks like you scored bigtime todayhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/pimp.gif

who are we going to get to start using the YMCA guy smily?http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif
:ymca

Thanks Jeff, they were making an unusual amount of trips between two locations, and I was lucky enough to be there!
Harryb
Nov-16-2005, 05:32 PM
Excellent BIFs Brett. I would do a tad less sharpening on them.
helmet155
Nov-19-2005, 10:05 PM
Excellent BIFs Brett. I would do a tad less sharpening on them.
Harry, took me a while to learn what proper sharpening should look like...here's a re-work of #1 using what I learned by doing some web searches on halos and how to properly sharpen images with USM...

Regards,

Brett

http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/1437/bcnh3rdtry3yc.jpg
Angelo
Nov-20-2005, 03:29 AM
Excellent captures Brett! Well done. :thumb
helmet155
Nov-20-2005, 06:32 AM
Excellent captures Brett! Well done. :thumb Thank you Angelo, nice to hear from you! We'll have to do another meet up soon - maybe SJWS in Irvine since it's been so good lately :pimp :pimp :pimp