KILLDEER BIRD, on the edge of a swamp. Rip it up

[cgipson1]

I'd be the world's premier photographer, but my cat's litter box prevents it.

Diet will mess with you!! <j/k>!

 

[LightSpeed]

Do you mind a small edit?

Not at all.
As long as its not like one of Gipsons edits, where he''ll put the bird flying into a turbine on a jet.

 

[SCraig]

Do you mind a small edit?

Not at all.
As long as its not like one of Gipsons edits, where he''ll put the bird flying into a turbine on a jet.

Damn. Wish I'd thought of that!

Cropped so the edge of water is on a 1/3 line, the bird's tail is on a vertical 1/3 line, and the bird's eye is on another one. Took a little of the green out of the vegetation since it was what first grabbed my eye instead of the bird. Also cloned a few floaters out of the water.

Nothing major but I think it looks a little better. Could just be personal preference though.

 

[LightSpeed]

Hey, wait a minute. That looks pretty good.
Maybe all hope is not lost.

You're a genius.
Thank you.

 

[cgipson1]

Do you mind a small edit?

Not at all.
As long as its not like one of Gipsons edits, where he''ll put the bird flying into a turbine on a jet.

Oh come on! One overly exaggerated edit, and I am doomed for life? lol! You have to admit it was kind of funny!

 

[Ron Evers]

Some folk do not appreciate the difficulty in shooting wildlife.

How dare that bird look the wrong way & use natural camouflage.

 

[rgregory1965]

Reading this stuff makes me laugh....keep it up.....need more laghter in the world today.

 

[LightSpeed]

Do you mind a small edit?

Not at all.
As long as its not like one of Gipsons edits, where he''ll put the bird flying into a turbine on a jet.

Oh come on! One overly exaggerated edit, and I am doomed for life? lol! You have to admit it was kind of funny!

No comment.
I get my feelings hurt easily. I am very sensitive, you know.
Just ask Tyler. You'll have to wait for him to get back though.
He put his pants on backwards this morning and now he has to use the bathroom and can't figure out what he did wrong.

 

[cgipson1]

Not at all.
As long as its not like one of Gipsons edits, where he''ll put the bird flying into a turbine on a jet.

Oh come on! One overly exaggerated edit, and I am doomed for life? lol! You have to admit it was kind of funny!

No comment.
I get my feelings hurt easily. I am very sensitive, you know.
Just ask Tyler. You'll have to wait for him to get back though.
He put his pants on backwards this morning and now he has to use the bathroom and can't figure out what he did wrong.

I don't want to know why or how you know that about Tyler...

 

[o hey tyler]

I get my feelings hurt easily. I am very sensitive, you know.

Truth.

 

[LightSpeed]

Some folk do not appreciate the difficulty in shooting wildlife.

How dare that bird look the wrong way & use natural camouflage.

Here here!
NOT A CLUE.
Forget about sharpness and detail. Forget about image quality.
The bird looking the wrong way. lol
I'm shooting this with a 200mm lens, which means I was right on top of a WILD bird, without spooking the bird and having him "light up" like Tylers girlfriend when she finds out he has to go off to work in another state for 6 months.
I really would like to see Tyler get the shot on this same species of bird. It's not going to happen people.
And guess what, you can't find these at the zoo.

 

[o hey tyler]

Forget about sharpness and detail. Forget about image quality.

I don't think anyone forgot about sharpness, detail, or image quality. There just wasn't a lot of sharpness, detail, or image quality to speak of.

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... What do you expect? You want us to tell you it's a great image when it isn't?

Okay, it's a great image. There you go. Here's your gold star.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Killdeer... Yeah, they are so hard to sneak up to. And so very rare.

 

[LightSpeed]

Forget about sharpness and detail. Forget about image quality.

I don't think anyone forgot about sharpness, detail, or image quality. There just wasn't a lot of sharpness, detail, or image quality to speak of.

.

Oh there isn't? I mean , oh it's not?
Looks sharp to me. Looks like pretty damn good IQ to me too.

Really Tyler, must you be so crude? I don't want you to tell me anything.
I just want you to blend into the background. Kinda like the bird that's looking the wrong way.
Now can you please do that? I'm asking nicely.

 

[LightSpeed]

Killdeer... Yeah, they are so hard to sneak up to. And so very rare.

Freshly cut grass. Is that the driveway? I like mine better.