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from frank983/Joe (13,411) 
on February 7, 2008 10:29:26 AM CST
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Hello Gary. This is an interesting image. The mallard appears to almost be "climbing" the pole. Very good capture. A slightly faster shutter speed might have given clearer details to the wing feathers, but that is minor. It appears to give a nice dimension to the image. Thanks for sharing. Cheers. Joe
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From garychisolm/Gary (13,539)
on February 7, 2008 12:35:24 PM CST
Joe, thanks for taking the time to critique this. Hopefully you looked at the follow up to this image here on Psig and explanation on how I got it. If not take a look Click Here
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from kixx/Nils (17,021)
on April 16, 2007 12:31:05 PM CDT
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Hilarious shot. Great timing and incredible eye for the moment. The Shutter spead maybe a tad too slow, but I guess you can't have everything right on such a moment. Thanks for sharing!
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from steveh552/Steve (6,881)
on April 18, 2005 12:42:21 PM CDT
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I find this a funny shot. Iv never seen anything like it and prob never will again. I dont see anything to fix here either. Great shot.
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From garychisolm/Gary (13,539)
on April 20, 2005 7:59:10 AM CDT
Steve, Glad you see the humor in this shot. Thanks for your comments!
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from giorgiopozzi/Giorgio (4,839)
on April 16, 2005 8:24:50 AM CDT
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Hi Gary, at the end of the day.. I think this was an attempt from the mallard to take off in fly and to pose on the pole, drops behind his body and feet near tyhe body explain he isn't in full fly nor landing. May be an error in metering the pole highness ?...Good moment however !!!!Thanks.
Giorgio
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From garychisolm/Gary (13,539)
on April 20, 2005 7:58:04 AM CDT
Giorgio, No error in judging the poles height. He made it to the top, to sun himself. Thanks for your comments.
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from benchworks/Brad (1,034)
on April 16, 2005 7:08:24 AM CDT
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A mad luck shot?? Yeah, tons of luck here but gotta give credit where credit is due....from the tech settings above it is evident you know how to pull this shot off, leveling the odds...now about that next in the series shot??? lets have it Gar...I wanna see what you caught later in the day, like .05 seconds later. Well done, Best Regards, Bradley
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From garychisolm/Gary (13,539)
on April 16, 2005 7:48:22 AM CDT
Brad, Thank you for you critique and comment, it is appreciated. A mad luck shot? No, but will fully explain it in my next posting. Go to go! Its morning here and I need to be behind my camera not this computer!
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from ivan970/Ivan (0)
on April 16, 2005 6:54:18 AM CDT
good shot good colors
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from howards/Howard (18,469)
on April 16, 2005 4:50:18 AM CDT
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Effective image Gary and certainly humorous, also certainly a composite. There are parts of the top feather where the post can be seen through and also at the bottom left of the wing. In addition some of the feathers at the bottom of the wing (where it joins the body) are not fully cloned in and there is a bit of a straight line. Regards Howard
PS There is also a bit of blue from the water visible through the edge of the ducks back.
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From garychisolm/Gary (13,539)
on April 16, 2005 7:41:51 AM CDT
Howard, Thanks so much for your comments. Composite? No, What you are seeing is motion blur. For blur to happen there has to be some opacity around the edges. There was no cloning.
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From howards/Howard (18,469)
on April 20, 2005 9:45:42 AM CDT
Gary I apologise for my doubts! Having seen the follow up image I understand that this is as shot. Regards Howard
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from j4y4/D. (4,232)
on April 16, 2005 3:07:49 AM CDT
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I am disappointed to see the pic's quality of this shot. Because it was using D2X ( my dream camera )and nice lens too. It could have been produced much better quality.
I don't know if you used continous shot feature or not....
This shot looks too much sharpened too.
The format is too small as well.
But you captured the right moment.
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From garychisolm/Gary (13,539)
on April 16, 2005 7:32:04 AM CDT
D. Thanks for your comments. I could not agree more with the pictures quality. This was posted for its humorous aspect not technical quality. I will explain this image in my next post. Stay tuned. Continuous was used, you will see more of these. There is no sharpening; my compression problems are well documented on other images, something I am still working on. Nikon encrypted their raw settings for this camera, thus they have to be reversed engineered by 3 party software developers. I am using beta software, so that may be part of the problem. Small format: This was pretty much full frame, a 71 meg tif compressed to 270k jpg. I saved it at the highest JPG setting. Regards, Gary
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from john1962/John (116)
on April 15, 2005 9:36:00 PM CDT
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You said you did not use any Photoshop? Then why is the post out of focus and ducks head is sharp? Also the edges of the ducks head and neck do not look normal. This shot looks like it is at least two layers one of the duck and one of post and background?Aslo at 1/250 shutter speed the wings should have been sharp looks like motion effect was added?
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From log/Louise (27,203) 
on April 15, 2005 10:02:15 PM CDT
The duck was in flight so was presumably moving forward, but his body is sharp and apparently stationary, so I assume the camera was panning. It's unlikely that the post was moving, so it got slightly blurred by the relative motion of the camera... is how I interpret this.
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From garychisolm/Gary (13,539)
on April 15, 2005 10:24:15 PM CDT
John, I appreciate your comments! We all learn by asking questions. Louise answered the head focus vs the pole focus. As soon as the mallard started moving I was panning and shooting. The blur on the post shows the panning. The 1/250 sec comes from the EXIF information recorded in the camera with the image. Is it believable? My experience tells me it is, I have done commercial work with helicopters and that is the speed used to render a sharp ship, but show the blur of the rotor system. As mentioned below in a comment, there is more to the story, thus more images. I started with this on because it was the funniest, most thought provoking one. Again thanks!
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From john1962/John (116)
on April 15, 2005 10:46:11 PM CDT
Well I learned something today Sir. I have not panned a shot in a long time.Sorry I doubted you sir.
John
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From garychisolm/Gary (13,539)
on April 16, 2005 7:17:16 AM CDT
John, I learn everyday and I have been shooting for over 15 years! Again thanks for your comments. PS: Please don't call me sir, gary will do fine.
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from asgaard/Tudor (133)
on April 15, 2005 8:12:30 PM CDT
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Hello Gary. Amazing shot. Motion is the first thing catching the eye of the spectator. Colors and DOF are awesome. The water drops at the tailback anhancing the motion feeling. A great capture, and I`m sure that it wasn`t to easy to shot ;). Excellent job. Greets. Tudor
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From garychisolm/Gary (13,539)
on April 15, 2005 10:02:16 PM CDT
Tudor, thanks for your comments. It wasn't an easy shot if you include all the prep that went into it, waiting for the right light, positioning myself for the correct background and knowing my subject their habits. Some planning goes into every good shot. Of course timing really helped! Regards, Gary.
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from log/Louise (27,203)
on April 15, 2005 7:44:38 PM CDT
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That's more like the Decisive pre-Moment, since it leaves us wondering what happens next. Technically, it might not be flawless (I wish that some of that space on the right were on the left so we could see more of those suspended droplets, and the colors seem a little too vivid), but I'm in awe of your skill (luck?) in panning the duck up to that point then hitting the shutter just before the impact. The duck's body is frozen in space while his wings show his motion. The post is also slightly blurred by your panning. That's an amazing capture. (So what did happen?)
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From garychisolm/Gary (13,539)
on April 15, 2005 9:40:59 PM CDT
Louise, Thanks so much for your comments. As I looked at this right after I posted this, I thought I should have moved everything to the right a little, but decided wait to see what everyone else thought. Vivid colors, saturation was not touched, it was late in the morning with direct sunlight.
So what did happen? Stay tuned for at least one more image, I am trying to decide how to tell the rest of the story.
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From log/Louise (27,203)
on April 15, 2005 9:50:07 PM CDT
Oooooo.... I like series of related shots....
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from waldemar1948/Waldemar (6,145)
on April 15, 2005 7:43:02 PM CDT
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Gary,
This picture is very unusual and unique,the wood is a little unsharp,but the moment is the "heart" of this great capture,a very lucky you are,the right place in the right momnet,then a give you a 3T.Hug
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From garychisolm/Gary (13,539)
on April 15, 2005 9:31:51 PM CDT
Waldemar, Thanks for your comments. You nailed it, I was following the mallard, thus the post is out of focus!
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from gbloore/Glenn (5,603)
on April 15, 2005 7:32:59 PM CDT
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Gary, Did he bounce off the pole. Great timing on this one. Very well composed. How are you liking your new camera? How is the post processing going?
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From garychisolm/Gary (13,539)
on April 15, 2005 9:20:56 PM CDT
Glenn, Thanks so much for your critique. Love the camera the only limitation thus far is me! Post Processing is another story. Going to try "Bibble" on the recommendation of Max who posts here.
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from firedogg/Tony (756)
on April 15, 2005 7:32:18 PM CDT
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The only thing that comes to mind is the line from all those flying movies just as they approach the mountain that jumps out in front of the plane..."Pull up ! Pull up!!" Make the frame a bit wider at the bottom and put a title to it. Great catch!
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From dazz/Daryl (5,747)
on April 15, 2005 11:49:09 PM CDT
what would another shot 1/5 of a second look like...were you working in a machine gun mode?
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From triplecoil/Gordon (426)
on April 16, 2005 11:10:49 AM CDT
I call bullsh*t
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From firedogg/Tony (756)
on April 17, 2005 3:16:55 AM CDT
Awww c'mon now. If you're going to call BS then point out why. Take this image into PS and enlarge to 300% and tell me where it's been edited if you can. At least Howard made the attempt....
Unless you can prove your toughts on it, either pass by or give a constructive citique.
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