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Love, love, love this canvas. The framing, the textures in the perch, the spotlight effect and mostly all those faces emerging from the dark BG in a sinewy diagonal through the frame. Congrats and looking forward to more. TFS
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Love the varied and excellent HAs.
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This definitely has the WOW factor Robert.....Love everything about it. the perch is awesome and the eagles look great..Neat HA's as well. I can see where Randy is coming from re the birds being a little brighter...but really loving the OP. Glad yer back....Well done and TFS.
Will
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This photo has some extreme appeal Robert. Fantastic capture!
I concur with Randy that you could bring the birds up and still retain every bid of the ominous appeal.
TFS!
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I love the idea of this one, and the comp is great. I had the same thought as Randy when I first looked at it, and like the RP. I might have experimented with even a bit more lifting, but not so much as to rob the frame of the original idea.
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Yeah, this was the opportunity of opportunities! I've never had a shot at ONE eagle, so I'm really envious of this frame. I think you have plenty of headroom to add more light - event to the repost. I'd raise the levels until
I saw the first suggestion of detail in the BG. That would help define the birds and unblock some of the darker areas. The white heads are gonna crack even with more light. Regardless, this is a very, very memorable image.
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This is a terrific shot. It is so dramatic and moody with a hint of "scary and ominous" in it.
Great perch, eagle position and HA's.
Image has huge visual impact.
Well done!
Gail
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Dorian:
I took a pass at raising the blacks before I did my repost. They are completely blocked, no detail there, even with +4 stops!
Randy
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Love this. All around a stunner. Framing and placement of the birds in the frame is dead on. Love that black background or blackground. A nice pose on all the birds as well.
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Thanks so much for all the replies. They are always much appreciated. Here is a rework with the shadows lifted slightly.
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I like this shot, nice presentation with good AH for all. dark plumage is lost in the BG however, I would raise the exposure until we can see a clear outline for each bird. not sure if RAW has more details
TFS
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Robert, repost is better on the bodies of the birds for sure. Now you can clone out the details in the bkg to keep that all black shadows feel.
One more idea is to take a mask brush and brush away certain parts of the silhouette of the birds where there is a hard line from the shadows (i.e. chest on #2 from left, left shoulder on #3 and back on #4). Most of the chest and backs already disappear but you can bring that effect across the canvas.
I keep coming back to look at this.... so good
Last edited by Brian Sump; 06-30-2020 at 11:11 AM.
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Very cool technical discussion and re-posts drawing out the details but I still like the OP way better. Much more impactful IMHO.
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