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I spent the afternoon at a local restaurant/campground taking pictures. I think I love this Ezi! Any suggestions on this shot of the "decoy"? Others seem to find details that I overlook. She sure didn't mind me getting real close.........

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Julie
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Nice duck close up! I would like to see either the whle duck, or crop more from the right, and make more of a vertical portrait.

Also, the image appears to be oversharpened. If you look closely at the rear of the ducks head/neck area, you'll see all the tiny white speckles. This looks like an artifact from too much sharpening. Unless this duck just has dandruff :-)

Too much sharpening can also cause the image to loose fine shading detail, causing a loss of depth. This looks like the case here.

I always need to watch myself when sharpening. Sometimes I push it too far, but I'm learning to watch closely for the artifacts, and trying to keep these artifacts to an unnoticeable level.

Keep em coming!

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Rooski
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so I guess the duck has dandruff!....lol! I will try the crop since this is the picture as it was taken....... Thanks Rooski!
Rooski said:
Nice duck close up! I would like to see either the whle duck, or
crop more from the right, and make more of a vertical portrait.

Also, the image appears to be oversharpened. If you look closely
at the rear of the ducks head/neck area, you'll see all the tiny
white speckles. This looks like an artifact from too much
sharpening. Unless this duck just has dandruff :-)

Too much sharpening can also cause the image to loose fine shading
detail, causing a loss of depth. This looks like the case here.

I always need to watch myself when sharpening. Sometimes I push it
too far, but I'm learning to watch closely for the artifacts, and
trying to keep these artifacts to an unnoticeable level.

Keep em coming!

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Rooski
C2100, A200, B300, & an itchy trigger finger
My Gallery: http://www.photosig.com/userphotos.php?id=29203
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Julie
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Uzi, Ezi, A200, B300
pBase Supporter
 
This was with the Ezi and it's on normal......unless it changed by itself! I think it is a "duck problem" since I have been looking at other duck pictures from a different area, with the Uzi and they are there also. Honest!........ I don't know enough to be kidding you...........
Rooski said:
Was this shot with the uzi or ezi, and what in-camera sharpness
setting do you use?

Maybe it's just tiny little water droplets :-)
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Rooski
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Julie
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Bob Myers1 said:
Julie E said:
I spent the afternoon at a local restaurant/campground taking
pictures. I think I love this Ezi! Any suggestions on this shot
of the "decoy"? Others seem to find details that I overlook. She
sure didn't mind me getting real close.........

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Julie
http://www.pbase.com/julieae
Uzi, Ezi, A200, B300
pBase Supporter
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Julie
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I think its a good shot. i really like the brown/beige color of the duck. the sharpness appears be fine to me. seems like there is a pretty decent reflection of the duck in the water, unfortunately its cut off at the bottom of the frame. I think I would've tried to include the reflection in the shot.....definitely not necessary, but it would give the shot a different look. also by pulling back a little more to get the reflection, you probably would've also got the rest of the duck in the shot....once again its not necessary, but it also would give the shot a different look. Overall I think ya got yourself very nice shot.

dboogie
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sometimes ya get what ya get and ya gotta be happy with what ya got........every photo can't be a masterpiece
 
Hi Julie,

How did you take bmp photos with UZI?

Excellent shots! You guys really make me feel either I am a photography moron or my UZI is a pirated version (only share the name with yours). :-) Congras on the photo!

Vivian
Julie E said:
I spent the afternoon at a local restaurant/campground taking
pictures. I think I love this Ezi! Any suggestions on this shot
of the "decoy"? Others seem to find details that I overlook. She
sure didn't mind me getting real close.........

--



Julie
http://www.pbase.com/julieae
Uzi, Ezi, A200, B300
pBase Supporter
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Good points. I took so many pictures and this one just happened to be the most focused though not including the other aspects that you mention. I will start paying more attention to all of my framing....whether I think it might be the best one or not. Thanks for the input.
dboogie said:
I think its a good shot. i really like the brown/beige color of
the duck. the sharpness appears be fine to me. seems like there
is a pretty decent reflection of the duck in the water,
unfortunately its cut off at the bottom of the frame. I think I
would've tried to include the reflection in the shot.....definitely
not necessary, but it would give the shot a different look. also
by pulling back a little more to get the reflection, you probably
would've also got the rest of the duck in the shot....once again
its not necessary, but it also would give the shot a different
look. Overall I think ya got yourself very nice shot.

dboogie
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sometimes ya get what ya get and ya gotta be happy with what ya
got........every photo can't be a masterpiece
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Julie
http://www.pbase.com/julieae
Uzi, Ezi, A200, B300
pBase Supporter
 
Vivian.......is it showing as a BMP? If so, I have no clue! It was a jpeg when I took it and I thought I saved it as such when I resized it......maybe it changed when I did that? As my husband says, "even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then". I, more often than not, feel just like you when looking at the beautiful work shown here.
pegaguo said:
How did you take bmp photos with UZI?

Excellent shots! You guys really make me feel either I am a
photography moron or my UZI is a pirated version (only share the
name with yours). :-) Congras on the photo!

Vivian
Julie E said:
I spent the afternoon at a local restaurant/campground taking
pictures. I think I love this Ezi! Any suggestions on this shot
of the "decoy"? Others seem to find details that I overlook. She
sure didn't mind me getting real close.........

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Julie
http://www.pbase.com/julieae
Uzi, Ezi, A200, B300
pBase Supporter
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Julie
http://www.pbase.com/julieae
Uzi, Ezi, A200, B300
pBase Supporter
 
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