BackdoorArts
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Big Spring Migration Day In The Yard - Part 1...
Two Male Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks
Two Male Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks
Jake's Backdoor Hippie-palooza, 2014 Edition
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Hmm...I don't know about this one. It kind of leaves me with the impression that it is...........
FANTASTIC!!! Cool shot, Jake, but then you DO have a photographer's eye!
Seriously--I love the symmetry.
Nice job with the other photos, too. I especially like the iridescent coloring of the turkeys as didn't know they sported that look. Cool beans!
FANTASTIC!!! Cool shot, Jake, but then you DO have a photographer's eye!
Seriously--I love the symmetry.
Nice job with the other photos, too. I especially like the iridescent coloring of the turkeys as didn't know they sported that look. Cool beans!
wreckdiver1321
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Gotta agree with hark on this one. That shot is gorgeous!
Just-Clayton
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getting caught up on every ones pictures. Great shots Jake.
BackdoorArts
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Seriously--I love the symmetry.
Thanks - it's what I was going for. I'm still just a little annoyed that I missed it by a hair - I'm standing just a little too far to the left, so even though it appears to be framed correctly it's not perfect. I've started noticing that my shutter button technique is lacking and I will take a perfectly framed image and rotate it ever so slightly with the shutter depression. It's the only reason I can come up with that would give me skewed images when I know I've been extremely careful to frame them squarely. I guess there's always something to work on.
And speaking of symmetry...
Hmm...seeing these makes me think symmetry would be a great photo assignment although I don't know if the idea has been used in the past. Another nice shot, Jake!
BackdoorArts
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It seems to be a rather frequent topic for contests at the DPChallenge website/forum, with 2 active contests utilizing the idea, one without using any reflections or reflective surfaces. Alas, the bridge photo was taken too early (my subjects seem to be running 1 week ahead of any contests/assignments I can use them in, lol), so I went out and about looking for something else to enter. Not sure if this is getting put in or not - all depends what I'm able to find today, if I have the time.
wreckdiver1321
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That is a great shot. I love the detail and it's very cool to see all the worn details.
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Chapel Door
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Cemetery Sky
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Big Spring Migration Day In The Yard - Part 2...
Indigo Bunting
Indigo Bunting
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Big Spring Migration Day In The Yard - Part 3...
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
BackdoorArts
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Huh? What is this? It's a really cool-looking photo, but the trees and the sky remind me of an IR shot. How did you do this? Quite fascinating actually!
And I LOVE the Chapel door! ♥
Messing with layer blend modes, and not much else.
Original photo...
Duplicated it in another layer and started flipping through blend modes. When I hit Exclusion I got this and really liked it...
...but it wasn't punched enough for me. So, I created a new layer from what I had so I could build on it, and then did the same thing again - duplicated the layer and started flipping through and when I hit Exclusion again I had this...
I created a new layer from that and tried messing some more but didn't like anything I got, so I flattened it, sent it back to Lightroom and tweaked some of the color levels there, mainly darkening the greens and messing a bit with some saturation levels. I also pushed the shadows out (+21) and cranked up the clarity (+30), a lot higher than normal.
Fun with Photoshop. Total time, about 3 minutes. I wasn't really expecting anything from it, and it's more of a novelty look than anything else - had it not been a cemetery I would have likely tossed it. I thought it was rather interesting how the paired Exclusion layers managed to leave the ground area virtually unchanged, but totally messed with the sky (i.e. the brighter areas).
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Yay I was a few pages behind so catching up was fun.
Great shots here and you certainly do have a photographer's eye.
So many awesome shots that to single out one is difficult but I do like that little humming bird up top.
I think you should change your status - Under "Image Editing" to "YES!"
Great shots here and you certainly do have a photographer's eye.
So many awesome shots that to single out one is difficult but I do like that little humming bird up top.
I think you should change your status - Under "Image Editing" to "YES!"
I loved the chapel doors. You have caught their true character. There is a great poster here of the doors of Pittsburgh. I keep it in my shop to inspire me when I build entry doors. Should probably go and photograph the ones I have built and could have my own poster. At least half of the doors on that poster are church or chapel doors.
Fantastic shot Jake, now I have to go out and get myself a Hummingbird Feeder.
Thanks so much for the mini tutorial on PhotoShop. I am amazed at that I am able to find out here. Keep up the mini tutorials, for me.
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I do the same sometimes when taking the image - juuuust turn my camera a bit around. Even though I concentrate on keeping it level. Worst is when I - apparently - go just off center when doing a straight on photo. That's a problem! Maybe I should work a bit on that..
Very nice shots, Jake. I like those 2 birds on previous page, how they fill the image because they are on each side of the frame, even though they are so small
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Very nice shots, Jake. I like those 2 birds on previous page, how they fill the image because they are on each side of the frame, even though they are so small
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I do the same sometimes when taking the image - juuuust turn my camera a bit around. Even though I concentrate on keeping it level. Worst is when I - apparently - go just off center when doing a straight on photo. That's a problem! Maybe I should work a bit on that..
Very nice shots, Jake. I like those 2 birds on previous page, how they fill the image because they are on each side of the frame, even though they are so small
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It's a similar technique to what shooters experience at the firing range. Instead of the trigger/shutter finger just doing it's simple straight down and back up action, all the fingers are clenching slightly, and that's enough to give a little twist to the whole shebang. Makes handgun shooters shoot low and left. OR, if the whole hand is involved, low and right. It takes a lot of practice to break the habit and train the hand. I notice it a lot more with the weight of the D7100, now, so I've really been working on steady breathing, steady shutter release...