Facing Seagulls (Couple II)

[Ramon M. Casares]

Today, following with the couples shots, a photograph that I really like, taken at Nikki Beach in Miami, hopeyou like it!!!

Canon 20D
70-200 2.8 + TC 2X (at 318mm)
Tv 1/800
Tv f8.0
ISO 200

Enjoy!
All C&C are very welcome!!!

[Raymond Barlow]

very cool shot Ramon, I really like the composition.

[Greg Basco]

Great composition, Ramon. And everything else looks right on as well.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Marko Matesic]

I really like composition....colors are great too !

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the light and composition and might selectively sharpen the head of the bird.

[Dan O'Leary]

Love it. Great composition and use of DOF, but the BG really puts this one over the top for me.

I agree about a bit more sharpening on the bird.

[Robert O'Toole]

The reverse image and the colors in the BG are great.

I think the OOF bird in the BG is a design element and I dont think sharpening is going to help anyway :D

Robert

[Ramon M. Casares]

The reverse image and the colors in the BG are great.

I think the OOF bird in the BG is a design element and I dont think sharpening is going to help anyway :D

Robert

Hi Robert, sorry, but what do you mean but this?

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Like this image a lot Ramon. Reallly a very interesting composition and well composed.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Even though I am not a fan of this kind of image, (and I say it very respectfully) this image has a special something, as mentioned above, the mirror effect, besides the bird on the right could not be more sharp. Great job Ramón.

[Fabs Forns]

Very well done, my fronds, cool juxtaposition and great sharpness.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hi all, thank you VERY much for your comments, but as I edited the first post with my laptop computer I wanted to check wich edition you see better, this second post was edited in my Desktop Computer with wich I see all the images I edited with the laptop kind of dark and with too much contrast and oversaturated reds, now this second post edited with the PC, I think looks much better, please let me know your opinions. Thnaks!

[Fabs Forns]

Ramon, I think the original looked more natural.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I agree with Fab.

[Ramon M. Casares]

What exactly do you see diferent guys, regarding colors and all that? I am just asking to chek my calibration as I thought it was ok...
Thnaks in advance!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hi Ramón.
I see your second image and to me is too bright, again, is all about tastes, but I believe there are some detail less whites, check your monitor, but could be just mine. May be you could make a version of both. Still a great image.

[Fabs Forns]

The whites are too bright in the repost.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I apreciate it friends, I will probalby prnit some versions and decide over those results, as I have mi monitor calibrated with my labs monitor. Thank you very much I apreciate you taking the time to let me know your thoughts. have a great day!

[Juan Aragonés]

Fantastic composition Ramón, love the BG and the soft and nice light. I like the sharpenning, the eye and the bill of the second version but I have to agree about the whites. I think that the best solution is the version one but the eye and bill of the second one. Something like this:

BTW, I have never seen this species so I am not sure if the eye is that color (I didn´t worked the color on the eye so I suposse that is a natural color) or if is more black. In that case it would be necessary to reduce the saturation on the eye just a little bit)

[Ramon M. Casares]

Thanks Juan for taking the time to do this, I apreciate it a lot! The funny thing about this is that I have done the exact same PP to both images, one in the laptop and one in the desktop, and the diference is huge.. that is way I wanted to make sure wich one did you see better, again, I apreaciate it very much! Have a nice day! Abrazo.

[Arthur Morris]

For better all around balance and COMP the bird in the back needed to be lower (that is, you needed to be higher). In addition, the head of the o-o-f bird is angled a bit away from you...