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Two animal photos..

Postby scottvd on Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:53 pm

Eagle is from a trip to Alaska last month, and dog is practicing bouncing flash - my trusty SB400! If anyone wants to gift a SB600 or higher I'll send you my address! (:

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Re: Two animal photos..

Postby ATJ on Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:03 pm

Scott,

The eagle shot is fantastic. You have captured the moment so well and it obvious exactly where the eagle is heading. The composition is brilliant. The only nit (and this is so minor it could be ignored) is the slight loss of detail in the top of the head due to highlights.

The dog is brilliant, too. The look in its eye suggests that its an unwilling model. You have managed to retain a lot of detail in the darker areas.
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Re: Two animal photos..

Postby CraigVTR on Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:15 pm

:agree: :agree:
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Re: Two animal photos..

Postby phillipb on Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:15 pm

:agree: No.1 is Brilliant
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Re: Two animal photos..

Postby aim54x on Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:57 pm

ATJ wrote:Scott,

The eagle shot is fantastic. You have captured the moment so well and it obvious exactly where the eagle is heading. The composition is brilliant. The only nit (and this is so minor it could be ignored) is the slight loss of detail in the top of the head due to highlights.

The dog is brilliant, too. The look in its eye suggests that its an unwilling model. You have managed to retain a lot of detail in the darker areas.

:agree: PS I dont think you need a SB-600 your doing fine with the SB-400
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Re: Two animal photos..

Postby DebT on Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:24 pm

Certainly agree the Eagle is brilliant .. but for me the dog shot has such nice contrast & DOF that it captures real emotion
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Re: Two animal photos..

Postby scottvd on Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:59 am

Thanks! This means a lot coming from you guys - not an easy crowd to please! (but in a good way) :wink:

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Re: Two animal photos..

Postby craig.rohse on Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:52 am

WoW!!! what a shot I hope you have got the eagle printed and hanging on the wall!!!

The dog is very nice too, but I don't like the whites just underneath him and in his left eye, would love to see the original.
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Re: Two animal photos..

Postby biggerry on Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:47 am

They are both absolute stunners, the capture in the first is sensational - i imagine there was a substantial amount of patience involved here! Was that fish alive?

The second image is also amazing, the facial expression of teh dog is so forlorn! great foresight for the BW conversion :up:
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Re: Two animal photos..

Postby stetner on Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:20 pm

They are both great, The eagle is outstanding.

Great work Scott!

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Re: Two animal photos..

Postby jaff on Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:50 pm

The eagle is a great catch!
Lovin the pooch, the eyes have it

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