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Ok so I have to mention that I do not use PS at all and don’t really like using it, as I think part of the art of photography is the skill it takes to take the pic in the field..But this photo is one of the only photos I have ever used PS on. I used PS to splice the photo together..What do you think? There is a slight glitch in the splice on the horizon, and I don’t really know how to get rid of it..? Any ideas?

Does this work?

From birds to flowers :) I shot this last week while in Pongola. I personally really like this shot (this is the Neilish shot I mentioned below). Does this shot work for anyone else? I purposely framed the image to clip the right of the petals. Could this work as a stock shot? Does it have fine art potential?

Tech details - 10mp capture with a 105mm macro. available light which was nicely diffused by the overcast sky. The petal was placed on one opf my flash bounce cards.

E

Being Brave

Hi everyone,

Well I'm being brave here. I am putting up a pic up that is far from perfect but goes with the whole bird in flight string we've had. I am interested to know if this is a 'hit or miss' as Tim put it. I took this picture just after I just got my camera, so I didn't try too hard technically. So please fill me in!

God beams

Ok so this is the first time I am posting anything. I really hope I am not making a botch up of this. But here go's!
Since the theme for November is water, I thought I should post a pic I took on a dive I did on Sunday.
I tried getting the beams of sunlight to shine past the head of the kelp for a mystical forest effect.
Any comments?
I am totally open to crits, as I am not a professional.

Ah, cute?

As some of you know, I only photograph things that do not move (well, according to Emil anyway!). Thus, in response to all the impressive birds in flight shots I thought I would post a nice pleasant (static) image of a doll!

I find this image very spooky? Any comments.

Neil.

Weavers weavers weavers

Right so does this work better? Come on Guru, give me practical advice :) Tim

Weaver - hit or miss?

After visiting Emil and Jax, I somehow managed to put my keys in my boot, close the boot and then hit the lock button on the key...? Only I could do this...so dont ask.
Nonetheless I was stranded under a tree of weavers so took some pics...
What do you think? Hit or miss? Tim Matthis

Lapwing in Flight

This is a pic I shot of a flying lapwing (blacksmith). I know its a sucky shot, but I thought it was interesting to see the spurs on the wings compared with the one on the shot you took of the wattled lapwing. Makes you realise they must have come from the same founding stock back in their evolutionary history

Plover - and call for posts

For a long time now it's been a goal of mine to capture birds in flight, and/or avian behaviour. This is extremely difficult without long AF lenses...but not impossible. One of the winning images from this years BWPY is of a Hoopoe flying towards its nest, taken with a wide angle lens (admittedly via remote).

Here's one of my shots from last week of a wattled plover in flight. D200 with an 80-200, f2.8, but cropped in to about 1/2 frame.

A note to all - please post shots for crit. This is an opportunity to get comments on images and thereby improve one's photography, rather than stashing images away on a hardrive that never get displayed. If you know of other photographers who are interested in joining the group, please pass on their details. If you have something you'd like to say about photography in general, speak up. If you have a question about a technique, ask - someone on the blog will most likely be able to answer it. Just as an example, the blog already has three professional photographers, covering topics from journalism through to food, stock and weddings. There's also something of an IT specialist and another who is involved in tourism...so ask away. Your points may just be answered.

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November's theme and a macro post

Apologies for the long delay in getting this month's theme out. Hopefully November will have more posts than last month. To make it easy, since it's so late, the theme is water for November. Make it slow, freeze the action, do it underwater...whatever floats your boat really.

for the interim here's a shot from the other day that I'm quite chuffed with. I found these guys hanging onto a pair dying twigs in Pongola. As the wind was blowing we were able to move them in away from the wind and use a set up of three flashguns (1 diffused with a large bounce panel and the other two dialed right down to just add fill). Jackie held one fill light while her dad held the other. The main source was attached via an arm to the camera. What do you think? Any suggestions for PS?

E