Hand Update
The left hand continues to improve every day. Both extension and flexion are at about 85%. The incisions healed perfectly. I got to thank Dr. Pouplolo yesterday and give him a goodbye hug. I thanked him and told him that I loved him but that I hoped that I never had to see him in his office again. He understood. He thought I was doing great and that the chance of re-infection was as close to zero as you can get (if I can say that without giving myself a kinehora).
You Be the Photo Contest Judge/Part II: Birds
Below are the second group of six images. You are invited to pick the three best images and rank them first, second, and third. The first person who matches my contest picks perfectly 1-2-3 will receive a $10 discount good on any item in the BAA On-Line Store. I will post the images that I deemed best in the Connecticut Seminar Contest in a few days. Have fun and good luck 🙂
(For older gear, the Shopper’s Guide links will take you to the current replacement.)
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Hawk Owl, Derby, VT. This image was created with the hand held Canon 100-400mm IS L zoom lens and the Canon XTi. |
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Juvenile Rufescent Tiger Heron, Pipeline Road, Panama. This image was created with the hand held Canon 100-400mm IS L zoom lens and the Canon EOS-7D. |
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Great Blue Heron, Bear Hole Reservoir, West Springfield, MA. This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon 500mm f/4L IS lens, the 1.4X III TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV: Gitzo GT3530LS Tripod with the Mongoose M3.6 Tripod Head. |
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Flamingo, near, Disney World, Orlando, FL. Image created with the hand held Tamron 18-270mm lens (for Canon) hand held with the Canon EOS-40D. |
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Osprey, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA. The image was created with the hand held Canon 100-400mm IS L zoom lens and the Canon EOS-7D. |
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Short-eared Owl, Sachuest Point NWR, Middletown, RI. This image was created with the hand held Canon 500mm f/4L IS lens, the 1.4X III TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. |
Please list the names of your 3 picks as follows:
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
As above, the first person who matches my contest picks perfectly 1-2-3 will receive a $10 discount good on any item in the BAA On-Line Store.
1st: Short-eared Owl
2nd: Juvenile Rufescent Tiger Heron
3rd: Great Blue Heron
1. Hawk Owl
2. Short Eared Owl
3. Osprey
1st-Flamingo
2nd-Short-eared Owl
3rd-Hawk Owl
1. Osprey
2. Hawk owl
3. Flamingo
1.) Short-eared Owl
2.) Osprey
3.) Flamingo
1. Juvenile Rufescent Tiger Heron
2. Short-eared Owl
3. Hawk Owl
Wonderful images everyone. Hope your hand gets better soon Artie.
Dave
1. Short-eared owl
2. Great Blue Heron
3. Juvenile Rufescent Tiger Heron
1. Short-eared owl
2. Flamingo
3. Hawk owl
I’d be thrilled to have taken ANY of these; but, my order would be:
1) Flamingo
2) Hawk Owl
3) Short Eared Owl
Great Blue Heron
Tiger Heron
Short Eared Owl
1st – Short-eared Owl
2nd – Flamingo
3rd – Tiger Heron
#1 Great Blue Heron
#2 Flamigo
#3 Hawk Owl
1. Flamingo
2. Great Blue Heron
3. Short-eared Owl
1 Hawk Owl
2 Short-eared Owl
3. Tiger Heron
1 Hawk Owl
2 flamingo
3 GB Heron
1. Flamingo
2. Short eared owl
3. Hawk Owl
1 Short Eared Owl
2. Great Blue Heron
3. Osprey
1.Flamingo
2. Hawk Owl
3.Tiger Heron
1. Short eared
2. Flamingo
3. Osprey
Nice challenge, maestro! Judging against my ideal, not my actual shots…
1. Short-eared Owl – great impact and engages the viewer with both eyes
2. Hawk Owl – charming image much to love in that expression, shame about the branch across the tail
3. Flamingo – particularly liked the colour and the detail of the feathers, albeit some of the foreground feathers are a little soft – as it were!
I liked colour and composition on the Tiger Heron very much but thought the head angle is a killer – I have plenty of grey heron shots of my own with OOF tip of the beak.
The GBH is well exposed and I like the under wing detail, but the OOF branches kill it for me and I think i would prefer a more open wingspan if I could get it.
The Osprey didn’t move me at all – strangely. Yes, I’d like it if it were mine, but the blacks seem a little blocked and the comp seems to draw attention to the OOF right wing.
I hope the idea wasn’t to be very brief!
Best wishes, Gerald
Thanks Gerald for your detailed analysis.
1. short eared owl
2. hawk owl
3. flamingo
1st: Osprey
2nd : Short eared owl
3rd : Tiger Heron
1. Flamingo
2. Short-eared owl
3. Great blue heron
1st: Osprey
2nd: Tiger Heron
3rd: Great Blue Heron
1.Flamingo
2.Osprey
3.Owl(short eraed)
Glad the hand is on the mend.
I am always amazed when I see read through the choices — and the order — that other people made! I just assume we’ll all agree — NOT!
Short-eared owl
Flamingo
Hawk Owl (but I sure wish that stick weren’t there)
My third pick was the short eared owl.
1.Flamingo
2.Osprey
3.Owl
Glad the hand is on the mend.
1st-Short Eared Owl
2nd-Tiger Heron
3rd-Hawk Owl
Great group of images but these are my picks as seen after looking for quite a while.
Wow, that flamingo shot is awesome!
1st-Short Eared Owl
2nd-Tiger Heron
3rd-Hawk Owl
1. Tiger Heron — crisp, clear image; looks like he uses your Photoshop techniques.
2. Great blue heron — crisp, clear image.
3. Short-eared owl — now that’s a wow, to get it looking at the camera, and it’s pretty clear
Glad your hand is better also! Wonderful blog; I share it with a bunch of folks.
Lou, How did you get an “L” on the end of your name?
Ian, Thanks!
Loren, That would be more than a bit of PS….
1. Short Ear Owl (the #6 image)
2. Osprey
3. Great Blue Heron
1) Short-eared Owl
2) Hawk Owl
3) Osprey
1. Hawk Owl
2. Tiger Heron
3. Great Blue Heron
As someone who lives with chronic hand pain, I’m really happy to hear your surgery went so well.
My picks:
1. Hawk Owl (great expression, head angle, lighting, focus on eyes)
2. Flamingo (good composition, use of color and light)
3. Short-eared Owl (golden light, good focus on the eyes)
Honestly 1 and 2 are a tossup and 3 is only because I find it the best of the rest, but I don’t think it’s as strong.
1. Tiger Heron
2. Great Blue Heron
3. Flamingo
1. Tiger Heron
2. Hawk Owl
3. Flamingo
1st:Short eared owl
2nd:Flamingo
3rd:tiger heron
The names of my 3 picks are as follows:
1st: Short-eared Owl
2nd: Great-blue Heron
3rd: Osprey
Jacques Bouvier
Glad the hand continues to improve. Even though you went through more than you should have had to, I think, in the long run, you dodged a bullet; you were (obviously) right to react and have it looked at as quickly as you did.
1. Short Eared Owl
2. Flamingo
3. Hawk Owl (with a bit of PP to get the branch out from over the bird’s tail)
Loren
1st Short-Eared Owl
2nd Osprey
3ed Hawk Owl
While not entering your comp, I would happily have wall sized versions of the Flamingo crop and the Great Blue Heron (with oof branch cloned out or a piece of furniture in front of it) in my house!And I lurrrve the characterful pose of the Hawk Owl.
I think you’ve posted the flamingo before but still love it.
The Tiger Heron just jumps out of the page at you/ WOW.
These are all so good it gets harder and harder to pick. Anyway my choices are:
1st Tiger Heron
2nd Great Blue Heron
3rd Flamingo
Tiger Heron
N. Hawk Owl – (I have images of the same bird)
Short-eared Owl
Good luck with your hand – keep stretching!
Bob Malbon
1) Flemingo
2) Ospray and
3) Short Eared Owl
Glad your hand is better. I’m sure I am not going to guess your choices but I like:
1st- Tiger Heron
2nd- Hawk Owl
3rd- GBH w/o oof perch