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Portfolio: Animals

Thu Jul 20, 2006, 12:32 PM

Portfolio: A selection: Animals







Animals are people too

My Cats



Wildlife










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:icontlemetry:
These are some of your strongest shots yet. No offence intended but I would remove the one with the guy and the parot from this grouping. It looks very snapshot. It has way to much red in the image, the bird almost disapears. Red should only be used in moderation. You could try converting it to b&w. Selective colorize the parot, or black out the entire background. If the guy wasnt in mid chat with the bird it could fit in portraits. You used your onboard flash giving harshness to the gentlemans features. Also, he has a plume coming out of his head. ;) He looks like a great subject to photograph if you could control more elements in the portrait.

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:iconangusmacrath:
Thanks for the input. I just yanked the parot guy.
I did my best to isolate him by selectively bluring the background but didn't play that much with the color balance. I would like more options for the flash but am still deciding how to update my equipment or get more. It was in a bar so I didn't take much time lining it up. Taking people pix makes me nervous

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:icontlemetry:
people pics make me nervous too! Aproaching strangers is not my strong suit either.
The bar is not the best spot for lighting thats for sure! However, shooting these difficult areas teaches you a lot. When I did my brothers wedding, I was very surprised how difficult it was. (and I figured out I need an overhead flash with diffuser and a bracket to bring it up over the camera a bit further)

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