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Subject: [Leica] Levels of critique
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:22:45 -0800
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On Dec 18, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Doug Herr wrote:

> Steve Barbour wrote:
> 
>> I wrote:
>> 
>>> For example: I want less static compositions.  This doesn't mean action 
>>> photos, it means visually playful, appealing to the artist as well as to 
>>> the biologist.
>> 
>> that would be terrific Doug, I can't wait to see them...
> 
> Given the less-than-cooperative nature of my chosen subjects I may have 
> given myself a lifetime assignment...  among my favorites, which IMHO 
> begins to address this assignment is the Great Egret photo I first posted 
> a couple of years ago:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/greg03.html


btw,  that's your print that I bought here in Sacramento, in the Appel 
Gallery...


Steve


> 
> The seemingly infinite variations in the details of the feather patterns 
> are best seen in a print.  Based on suggestions and PS techniques learned 
> from LUGgers, I've re-worked this photo twice since it was first posted 
> (more critique is welcome).
> 
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
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