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....shooting Birds, but......

Postby big pix on Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:25 pm

saw this at Kianga Beach and thought it was worth a few frames of the waves crashing on the rocks and my model walked into frame on que..... I was on a bridge about 2 meters above the water...


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Postby big pix on Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:42 pm

bump....... is this a waste of space or do I add a few birds
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Postby pippin88 on Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:58 am

Did you get any with the person in focus. I'm not sure, but I think that might make the image work better (for me).
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Postby Pehpsi on Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:07 am

I like the first one, the wave looks great, second doesn't work for me, but i think it would also look better if the person was a bit more in focus, because my eye goes there the most.
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Postby ATJ on Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:56 am

The waves look great, especially the first one, but the out of focus person is a distraction and adds little. Either lose the person, or get them in focus.
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Postby stubbsy on Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:11 pm

big pix wrote:bump....... is this a waste of space or do I add a few birds

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I looked at this when you first posted it but refrained from commenting since I figured it was there as a curiosity more than anything else. To be honest we both know you can do much better than this. The person is so dominant in the frame that it's impossible not to notice they are out of focus and therein lies the problem with both shots. It belongs in your reject bin. :wink:
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