Austin Greene
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Hey everyone!
Well today I figured I would put my studies off for a bit and head out to the UCD Arboretum again. Because of the wind, not much life was out, and the lighting was funky, but I still enjoyed myself! I thought I would post up a couple of the photos for general CC. My goal for the day, seeing as how little life was out, was to focus on details and getting those eyes right.
Oh, and as for the watermark, this was my first time messing with LR3 (its been CS5 prior, but I got a new SD card so I can shoot RAW now), and I thought I would give the watermarking function a try. Tell me if you think its a too distracting or not, I tried to keep it minimal (next time I'm thinking I'll remove "photography")
So here we go:
1. This one is quite a crop, as the hummingbird was out pretty far over the creek. I like it for the colors and his little plume of forehead feathers. There was still a surprising amount of detail, which I was happy with. I'll have to have a special hummingbird hunting trip sometime to really nail one...

IMG_2028-2 by TogaLive, on Flickr
2. I love shooting these little guys! Though I can't quite decide if I should trim a bit off the top of this one compositionally. Overall I didn't think this photo was great, primarily because I didn't quite get the eye, but I didn't hate it either. What do you think?

IMG_2062-2 by TogaLive, on Flickr
3. First time shooting a turtle, and my favorite photo of the day! I couldn't get too close to him because he was pretty skittish, but I was quite happy with the lighting on his head (what I wanted to focus on) and the details that it brought out. Most of all, I think I really couldn't get enough of that beautiful eye!

IMG_2102-2 by TogaLive, on Flickr
As always, I appreciate any and all CC!
Toga
Well today I figured I would put my studies off for a bit and head out to the UCD Arboretum again. Because of the wind, not much life was out, and the lighting was funky, but I still enjoyed myself! I thought I would post up a couple of the photos for general CC. My goal for the day, seeing as how little life was out, was to focus on details and getting those eyes right.
Oh, and as for the watermark, this was my first time messing with LR3 (its been CS5 prior, but I got a new SD card so I can shoot RAW now), and I thought I would give the watermarking function a try. Tell me if you think its a too distracting or not, I tried to keep it minimal (next time I'm thinking I'll remove "photography")
So here we go:
1. This one is quite a crop, as the hummingbird was out pretty far over the creek. I like it for the colors and his little plume of forehead feathers. There was still a surprising amount of detail, which I was happy with. I'll have to have a special hummingbird hunting trip sometime to really nail one...

IMG_2028-2 by TogaLive, on Flickr
2. I love shooting these little guys! Though I can't quite decide if I should trim a bit off the top of this one compositionally. Overall I didn't think this photo was great, primarily because I didn't quite get the eye, but I didn't hate it either. What do you think?

IMG_2062-2 by TogaLive, on Flickr
3. First time shooting a turtle, and my favorite photo of the day! I couldn't get too close to him because he was pretty skittish, but I was quite happy with the lighting on his head (what I wanted to focus on) and the details that it brought out. Most of all, I think I really couldn't get enough of that beautiful eye!

IMG_2102-2 by TogaLive, on Flickr
As always, I appreciate any and all CC!

Toga
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