Nice timing on the hawk. Too bad the guy was wearing yellow - kind of
overpowers the bird.
Hailey is very cute. I like the pose/composition. Strong highlights
are just nasty to deal with. I try to avoid them like the plague.
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Best regards,
Bruce
Saturday, September 24, 2005, 6:17:52 PM, you wrote:
bcin> Hi gang.
bcin> Warning, no horses in this folder.LOL
bcin> The raptor bird demo people were back at the Tournamet of
bcin> Champions yesterday and i took a
bcin> few more
bcin> action shots. They were set up in a different spot from
bcin> last year, and it was bad for
bcin> angles/sun,
bcin> but i managed a few, what i think, are good ones.
bcin>
bcin> http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.tcl?folder_id=530796
bcin> The second picture is Hailey. She was my subject from the
bcin> Lead Line shots from August. I
bcin> had trouble
bcin> gettig the spotty highlites on her face down. I tried lab
bcin> colour and that work somewhat.
bcin> Any
bcin> suggestions on how to fix something like this is appreciated.
bcin> I did see what it looked like as a B&W gradient, and i
bcin> think it has good possibilites as a
bcin> B&W photo.
bcin> For your enjoyment and comments welcome.
bcin> Dave
bcin> BTW, don't want to jinx daughter, but it looks like she
bcin> might have finished second overall
bcin> in her
bcin> class in Ontario. Just waiting on some late results from
bcin> a show in late August. Parents
bcin> are
bcin> naturally very proud, tired and a lot poorer.LOL
