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Black Swan

Postby zafra52 on Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:31 pm

Just enough time before the bird moved away...

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Re: Black Swan

Postby aim54x on Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:03 pm

that is a great capture! I love the textures, but something makes me want to drop the exposure a bit and make that swan darker
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Re: Black Swan

Postby zafra52 on Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:25 pm

Thank you for the comment. Do you think this is better?

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Black Swan

Postby Geoff M on Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:43 pm

I prefer the second, but I would be inclined to make blacks even blacker.
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Black Swan

Postby chrisk on Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:17 pm

Very pretty image and I agree, it's still a half stop over IMO. I'd push it as dark as possible until it starts to lose the textural definition.
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Re: Black Swan

Postby aim54x on Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:22 am

This 2nd version is definitely better than the first, and i will also vote to experiment with going darker.
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Re: Black Swan

Postby zafra52 on Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:05 pm

Any blacker and you will not see it.

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Postby chrisk on Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:43 pm

I can only speak for my own taste, but IMO the final version is brilliant.
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Re: Black Swan

Postby Remorhaz on Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:00 am

Rooz wrote:I can only speak for my own taste, but IMO the final version is brilliant.


I have to concur - last version is the best - the composition was always excellent
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Black Swan

Postby Geoff M on Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:15 am

Perfect!
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Re: Black Swan

Postby aim54x on Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:33 am

:agree: love this version!!
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Re: Black Swan

Postby bigsarg7 on Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:17 am

Yep, I agree with the other folks, that last edited version looks great! composition wise....brilliant loved it!! well done
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Re: Black Swan

Postby zafra52 on Fri Feb 08, 2013 3:25 pm

Thank you for your feedback and encouragement, guys.
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Re: Black Swan

Postby gstark on Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:00 pm

The last version is de-lovely.

Well done; you've kept the blacks black, without losing them in the blacks. That is not an easy task.
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