New York City Weekend Nature Photography Seminar December 8-9, 2012
Detail for this great weekend seminar are available here. Do consider joining Denise Ippolito and me for a great learning experience. Do click on the link to see many of Denise’s incredible tree and flower images. Camera club discounts available; see the details at the link.
5D Mark III Guide Pre-publication Version Still Discounted
Click here for details. When the guide is complete it will sell for $50. Folks who purchase now will receive the final version and any updates for no additional charge so ordering now is a win-win proposition. If you click on the link above you will see that the list of items not yet covered is continues to shrink….
I spent the better part of Tuesday and today working on the 5D III UG; when I am done, the price goes to $50. Buy now to save! The more I study this camera the more I learn how complex it is. Rudy Winston at Canon has been a huge help and so as Denise who helped me with the section on Multiple Exposures today. I still have some work to do.
Nickerson Beach/JBWR Photo-Tour August 15-17, 2012: Only 1 slot left!
Nickerson Beach/JBWR Photo-Tour August 15-17, 2012: $999. Co-leader: Denise Ippolito. Introductory slide program: Tuesday August 14 at 7pm. Limit 8/Openings:1.
This photo-tour is almost sold out. But with two great leaders each tons of experience at this site and the promise to learn a ton of great Photoshop stuff it does make a lot of sense.
For more info and a collection of images click here.
You Be the Judge: Action
The judging for the BIRDS AS ART 1st International Bird Photography Competition has been complete for some time. All of the judges including me were stunned by the quality of the images. We have been and will continue to be posting all of the images that were sent to the judges category by category. Each of you will have a chance to judge each category. Please read the directions below carefully. Your votes will not determine the winning images but it has been and will continue to be fun to see how everyone’s votes compare to the votes of the judges. So far the top pick of the public vote has matched the top pick of the judge’s panel in three of the five categories. I am not sure what might happen in Action….
This was a popular category with 445 images submitted. 15 images were sent to the five judges. Three images were disqualified after we received the RAW files, 2 of those for cropping more than 25%. Here is another big time thank you to Darrell, Chris, Julie, and Tim. And a big time thanks also to Peter Kes and Denise Ippolito for pitching in during the first rounds of image selection. We worked very hard for nearly three full days to get from more than 5500 images down to the final 163.
The Action category was designed for images that feature a bird or birds in action. Pretty straightforward. But spectacular.
Before you vote, please sure to click on each image so that you can view it at full size. Then pick your five favorites and vote them 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 with 5 being your very favorite. Like this:
Roseate Spoonbills squabbling: 5
Siskins fighting: 4
Snowy Egrets midair combat: 3
Great Crested Grebe displaying: 2
Common Tern feeding chick: 1
The “Sample Vote” above is for illustrative purposes only. Please do not let the sample vote, the votes of others, or the names assigned to the images influence your vote. Please put each of your five favorites on its own line by hitting “enter” after each one. No ties; please assign a single digit, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 to each of your five favorites. As you will see there are a great many dramatic images here.
Please Note
If you wish to comment on any or all of the images, please do so below your five voting lines; this will make tallying the votes easier. Votes cast by those who fail to follow the formatting directions will be relegated to the Trash Bin.
The voting will be closed in about two days and the actual winning images for this category will be posted soon thereafter. A tally of the public vote along with my analysis and comments will follow.
Thanks for voting and please remember to breathe deeply and have fun.
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Great Crested Grebe displaying |
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Galahs battling |
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Bald Eagle face off |
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Long Billed Curlew flapping after bath |
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Snowy Egrets midair combat |
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Upside down Bald Eagle fight |
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Siskins fighting |
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Bald Eagle ground warfare |
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Roseate Spoonbills squabbling |
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American Oystercather chicks chasing |
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Common Tern feeding chick |
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Dalmatian Pelican fish grab |
5 Great Crested Grebe displaying
4 American Oystercather chicks chasing
3 Snowy Egrets midair combat
2 Bald Eagle face off
1 Bald Eagle ground warfare
The Oystercatchers can only be described as cute
Siskins Fighting: 5
Bald Eagle Face Off: 4
Roseate Spoonbills: 3
Bald Eagle Warfare: 2
Common Tern Feeding Chick:1
Siskins fighting: 5
Upside down Bald Eagle fight: 4
Great Crested Grebe displaying: 3
Roseate Spoonbills squabbling: 2
Common Tern feeding chick: 1
Siskins: 5
Roseate Spoonbills: 4
Common Tern: 3
Oystercatcher chicks: 2
Dalmatian pelicans: 1
I would give first place to the fighting siskins by a wide margin. What an incredible shot. That said, I would love to have taken any of the images.
1. Common tern feeding chick
2. Roseate Spoonbills
3. Great Crested Grebe
4. Upside down bald eagle fight
5. Long billed curlew
Amazing images!
Common tern feeding chick: 5
Bald eagle ground warfare: 4
Long billed curlew flapping after bath: 3
Dalmatian pelican fish grab: 2
Roseate spoonbills squabbling: 1
5 – Siskins fighting
4 – Bald Eagle face off
3 – Common Tern feeding chick
2 – Upside down Bald Eagle fight
1 – American Oystercatcher chicks chasing
Outstanding work photographers, each and every one is worthy.
5 Roseate spoonbills squabbling
4 Common tern feeding chick
3 Dalmation pelican fish grab
2 Bald eagle faceoff
1 Great crested grebe display
I am startled by how many of thse images are of birds fighting. I have seen birds fight, but half these images or more are of fighting birds and I see that quite seldom. Pretty hard to get good photos of them as well.
Roseate Spoonbills squabbling: 5
Common Tern feeding chick: 4
Bald Eagle face off: 3
American Oystercather chicks chasing: 2
Siskins fighting: 1
5- Great Crested Grebe displaying
4- Upside down Bald Eagle fight
3- Snowy Egrets midair combat
2- American Oystercather chicks chasing
1- Common Tern feeding chick
IMO, the great crested is the one that conveys the most spectacular action.
Having taken probably more than ten thousands pictures of bald eagles, I know how swift or quickly action happens and this upside down position has probably lasted less than a tiny fraction of a second and it is lucky that the photographer was able to get those two in focus.
The snowy egrets is another one very hard to take! Congrats to all who made the final run! These are all great shots!
I am surprised to see three “similar” bald eagle shots. They are fantastic, but surely there were some other amazing submissions covering other species? I also agree with the lack of “action” comment and although I won’t mention, a couple, although really nice shots, seem somewhat mediocre to be in the top 15.
5. Dalmation Penguin Fish Grab
4. Great Crested Grebe
3. Galahs Battling
2. Common Tern Feeding Chick
1. Roseate Spoonbills
#5-Bald Eagle Face Off
#4-Siskins Fighting
#3-Upside Down Bald Eagle Fight
#2-Snowy Egrets Midair Combat
#1-Roseate Spoonbills Squabbling
5 – Bald Eagle ground warfare
4 – Galahs battling
3 – American Oystercather chicks chasing
2 – Great Crested Grebe displaying
1 – Siskins fighting
Siskins fighting: 5
Commom Tern feeding chick: 4
upside down Bald Eagle fight: 3
Dalmatian Pelican fisi grab: 2
Snowy Egrets midair combat: 1
5-Roseate Spoonbills squabbling
4-Bald Eagle face off
3-Common Tern feeding chick
2-Siskins fighting
1-Galahs battling
5 – Roseate Spoonbills squabbling
4 – Common Tern feeding chick
3 – American Oystercather chicks chasing
2 – Siskins fighting
1 – Snowy Egrets midair combat
Another round of great pictures!
Common Tern feeding chick: 5
American Oystercatcher chicks chasing: 4
Galahs battling: 3
Bald Eagle ground warfare: 2
Siskins Fighting: 1
Common Tern Feeding Chick: 5
Dalmation Pelican: 4
Siskins Fighting: 3
Upside down bald eagle: 2
Snowy Egrets: 1
Great Crested Grebe displaying 5
Common Tern feeding chick 4
American Oystercather chicks chasing 3
Siskins fighting 2
Galahs battling 1
American Oyster Catcher chicks: 5
Common Tern feeding: 4
Upside down Bald Eagle flight: 3
Snowy Egret midair combat: 2
Galahs battling: 1
5 Roseate Spoonbills Squabbling
4 Bald Eagle face off
3 Great Crested Grebe Displaying
2 Galahs Battaling
1 Common Terns Feeding
Common tern feeding chick 5
Roseate spoonbills squabbling 4
American Oystercatcher chicks chasing 3
Siskins fighting 2
Great crested grebe 1
Common tern feeding chicks:5
Oystercatcher chicks:4
Roseate Soonbills squabbling:3
Bald Eagle face off:2
Siskins fighting:1
I am learning a great deal, thanks for sharing these wonderful images
5. Roseate Spoonbills squabbling
4. Siskins fighting
3. Common Tern feeding chick
2. American Oystercather chicks chasing
1. Bald Eagle ground warfare
These are all winners. I might pick an entirely different slate tomorrow.
Roseate Spoonbills squabbling – 5
Siskins fighting – 4
Snowy Egrets midair combat – 3
Bald Eagle face off – 2
Great Crested Grebe displaying – 1
Great Crested Grebe displaying – 5
Common Tern feeding chick – 4
Dalmation Pelican fish grab – 3
Snowy Egret midair combat – 2
Galahs battling – 1
Roseate spoonbills: 5
Great crested grebe displaying: 4
Common tern feeding chick: 3
Snowy egrets midair combat: 2
Bald eagle ground warfare: 1
All fantastic shots but subject is action and some looked too static
Snowy Egrets midair combat: 5
Siskins fighting: 4
Great Crested Grebe Displaying: 3
Upside down Bald Eagle Fight: 2
Ground warfare: 1
Tough call. Some very good images. Congratulations to all for making it into the final cut!
Common Tern feeding chick: 5
American Oystercatcher chicks chasing: 4
Galahs battling: 3
Roseate Spoonbills squabbling: 2
Bald Eagle ground warfare: 1
I just adore the “Common Tern feeding chick” image. For me it’s one of those rare special images that will stay with me forever. Thank you for sharing it.
Bald Eagle face off – 5
Siskins fighting – 4
Galahs battling – 3
Bald Eagle ground warfare – 2
Greater Crested Grebe displaying – 1
5 – Siskins fihgting
4 – Roseate Spoonbills squabling
3 – Great Crested Grebe displaying
2 – Dalmation Pelican fish grab
1 – Galahs battling
I commented so i better give my picks too.
American Oystercatcher chicks chasing: 5
Great Crested Grebe displaying: 4
Roseate Spoonbills squabbling: 3
Siskins fighting: 2
Bald Eagle ground warfare: 1
I am surpised at two off the photographs that they made the top 15.
The Long-billed Curlew misses sharpnes on the eye/head.
An the Common Tern feeding chick is missing the full reflection.
They are nice photographs don’ get me wrong but to be in the top 15….
Common Tern feeding chick – 5
Great crested Grebe displaying – 4
Bald Eagle faceoff – 3
Siskins fighting – 2
Oystercatcher chicks – 1
Incredible shots – wow!
Galahs battling: 5
Great Crested Grebe displaying: 4
Roseate Spoonbills squabbling: 3
American Oystercather chicks chasing: 2
Bald Eagle ground warfare: 1
Thanks again for letting us in on the judging fun sans any of the responsibility.
Common Tern feeding chick – 5
Upside down Bald Eagle fight – 4
Roseate Spoonbills squabbling – 3
Dalmatian Pelican fish grab -2
Galahs battling – 1
Nice photos – it is difficult to pick just one that I like. It is amazing how the smallest thing become important in these situations.
Bernie
Siskins fighting: 5
Roseate Spoonbills squabbling – 4
Common Tern feeding chick – 3
Snowy Egrets midair combat – 2
Bald Eagle face off:1
Bald Eagle Ground Warfare: 5
Siskins fighting: 4
Upside down Bald eagle fight: 3
Long Billed curley flapping;2
Great Crested grebe displaying: 1
Rosaete Spoonbills squabbling-5
Siskins Fighting – 4
Galahs battling – 3
Common Tern feeding chick – 2
Bald Eagle Face Off – 1
Siskins fighting :5
Snowy Egret midair combat :4
Upside down Bald Eagle fight :3
Roseate Spoonbill squabbling :2
Bald Eagle ground warfare :1
These photos are wonderful. It keeps getting harder and harder to choose one over another. Congrats to the photographers. Anyone would be proud to have taken any of these photos.
Bald Eagle Face Off – 5
Roseatte Spoonbills – 4
Oystercatcher Chicks – 3
Siskins – 2
Pelicans – 1
Thanks to all of the photographers in this category for capturing and sharing such beautiful images.
Roseate Spoonbills squabbling:5
Siskins fighting:4
Upside down Bald Eagle fight:3
Common Tern feeding chick:2
Bald Eagle face off:1
Again, great captures!
Roseate spoonbills squabbling: 5
Bald eagle ground warfare: 4
Great crested grebe displaying: 3
Dalmatian pelican fish grab: 2
Snowy egrets midair combat: 1
Siskins fighting:5
Common Tern feeding chick:4
Snowy Egret Midair combat:3
American Oystercatcher chicks chasing:2
Great crested Grebe displaying:1
Great bunch of pics. Thanks for entering and allowing judgement. I am sure learning a lot!
1 – great crested gebe
2 – siskins
3 – roseat spoonbills
4 – american chicks
5 – upside down bald eagle fight
(the best is 1, the least is 5 – but they are all excellent shots.
5 Siskins fighting
4 Great crested grebe
3 Common tern feeding chick
2 Roseate spoonbills
1 Snowy egrets
Siskins fighting – 5
Snowy Egrets midair combat – 4
Roseate Spoonbills squabbling – 3
American Oystercather chicks chasing – 2
Common Tern feeding chick – 1
When this process started little did I know how much I was going to learn. I thought I would see lots of great photos and that it would be fun. I’m learning so much about my own likes and dislikes and learning how I want to develop my own style.
There have been several images that just blow my socks off!
Upside down bald eagle fight: 5
siskins fighting : 4
Great crested grebe displaying: 3
Common tern feeding chick: 2
Galahs battling: 1
I’m blown away by these action shots!!! The Siskins Fighting literally took my breath away. The others were also exceptional but I couldn’t possibly number them according to preference. Such amazing photography.
Please buckle up and vote!
Common Tern feeding chick: 5
Siskins fighting: 4
Bald Eagle face off: 3
Bald Eagle ground warfare: 2
Upside down Bald Eagle fight: 1
Sweet photos. Hard to choose, but heavily weighting composition let me reach closure.