Mystical Birds

[Marie Hass]

I have had trouble moving forward with my work and needed help from a mentor - and the first thing we have done is to revisit old images.

Please feel free to C&C.

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'Rie\PP mentoring by Kodiak

[JBW]

I find your signature in the bottom right captures way too much of my attention. My own preference is for #1. Mystical for me means soft, misty, unfocused in most areas. If #2 did not have the back ground in such hard and sharp focus it would work better for me.
brian

[Shadowman]

Marie,

What have you done with the images today that you probably didn't do when originally photographed?

[IzzieK]

#1 to John's comment -- I was just about to ask the same thing, Rie...

[Stagecoach]

Very nice work with the mist Marie.

No 2 stands out for me in that not only have you captured that mist but in the light you have also managed to freeze every bird and the action of them out of the water so well. To me, that is quite an achievement !

[deetheturk]

Very nice Marie

David

[bnnrcn]

I like both of them

[Marie Hass]

Izzie and John, I can post my original renditions later this evening? They were over processed and over sharpened. Not natural looking. I will find them.

Grahame, their takeoff was breathtaking.

Thank you David and Binnur.

'Rie

[Shadowman]

Izzie and John, I can post my original renditions later this evening? They were over processed and over sharpened. Not natural looking. I will find them.

Grahame, their takeoff was breathtaking.

Thank you David and Binnur.

'Rie

Our workflows do change over time, at least for me.

[Brownbear]

Hi Marie,

Lovely images. The 1st is my favourite for the overall beauty of the scene (the light and the mist are gorgeous) but I also love the way you captured all those geese in various stages of take off in the 2nd image.