Kodiak Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 • Taken with a 600 ƒ4 on D810. A young female (in foreground) is sizing possibly a young male for next spring… Patrick Connor and MEB 2 Quote www.kodiakmedia.at bureau@kodiakmedia.at TeamViewer: 668 015 544 Skype: kodiakonline If personal taste is involved, Light is free, Mother Nature provides the light discussion is pointless. capturing it is NOT. but talent renders the image. (Charlychuck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 • Hmmmmmm… no replies in two weeks and 129 views! Quote www.kodiakmedia.at bureau@kodiakmedia.at TeamViewer: 668 015 544 Skype: kodiakonline If personal taste is involved, Light is free, Mother Nature provides the light discussion is pointless. capturing it is NOT. but talent renders the image. (Charlychuck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros4 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 The Lighting and detail here is exceptional. Inspiring work so different from a lot of birding shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 …so different from a lot of birding shots. • I presume, Aeros4, that you have experience in wildlife photography with such a comment! :) Thanks for your appreciation! Quote www.kodiakmedia.at bureau@kodiakmedia.at TeamViewer: 668 015 544 Skype: kodiakonline If personal taste is involved, Light is free, Mother Nature provides the light discussion is pointless. capturing it is NOT. but talent renders the image. (Charlychuck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 This is a beautiful photograph on many levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 • Thanks for your comment jmac! Quote www.kodiakmedia.at bureau@kodiakmedia.at TeamViewer: 668 015 544 Skype: kodiakonline If personal taste is involved, Light is free, Mother Nature provides the light discussion is pointless. capturing it is NOT. but talent renders the image. (Charlychuck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros4 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I presume, Aeros4, that you have experience in wildlife photography with such a comment! Yes Kodiak, but my first love is representational painting of animal and human subjects. Increasing my skills in photography, also helped me better understand the dynamics of light, (this is what I see in your work, like Mathis, you paint the light) so it was a symbiotic path forward, I am very excited with the release of the Windows version of AP. I especially like the inpainting feature. This is a major event, a company like Serif has long been needed to provide healthy competition and has changed the landscape for everyone in photography and all forms of image making. I wish them all the success their business model deserves. I look forward to seeing more of your very inspiring work. Bon chance Monsieur. Flickr......https://www.flickr.com/photos/aeros4/sets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQL Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Striking photo! Soothing and dark with just enough details and no apparent stylistic imposition. I'd like to see it with more pixels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Striking photo! Soothing and dark with just enough details and no apparent stylistic imposition. I'd like to see it with more pixels Thanks for your visit and comment JQL! :) Though I may use imaging hard and software, I'm still a photographer and not an imaging artist. My goal always is the most natural rendition of a "nature scene". Consequently, the only artistry in these shoots is in the seeing and capturing the "right" moment (supported by some pretty adequate tools). In my approach, wildlife pho- tography is not an area where artistic intent has any place in the final rendering of the takes. —"I'd like to see it with more pixels" The following frame is a 100% crop of the take and, I'm sure, you will rightfully conclude that the original post was already severely cropped (part of the magic of 36.3 MP!) Shooting conditions: Bright and sunny September 09 @11:56. Scene lit by a sunbeam through a hole in the canopy ISO 800, SS 1/1600s, aperture ƒ8, distance +/- 45m 600mm ƒ4 on D810 combo… Have a look, have a good time! Quote www.kodiakmedia.at bureau@kodiakmedia.at TeamViewer: 668 015 544 Skype: kodiakonline If personal taste is involved, Light is free, Mother Nature provides the light discussion is pointless. capturing it is NOT. but talent renders the image. (Charlychuck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff acapstick Posted November 16, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 16, 2016 Kodiak, Interested in your work. Could I ask if you're ever tempted to go beyond inpainting in Affinity Photo. You perform cropping before inpainting too? Just interested to know if you ever work on tones, highlights, and shadows. I think you suggested that you feel the art is in the shot which I completely get so maybe post-shoot in-app tone control would suggest that the shot was not how you wanted it. As a keen birder i'm loving the photos. :-) Andy Capstick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 As a keen birder i'm loving the photos. :-) From an enthusiastic bird shooter, this is a pleasing comment! As I said before, I'm not a "real" birder since it is, for me, never about the subject but the light that's falling on it. True is that my frequent visits to the marsh made me discover facts about the birds themselves: beauty, elegance, and beha- viours but these serve the predictability of their next move in my quest for Mother Nature's many wonders. Interested in your work. Could I ask if you're ever tempted to go beyond inpainting in Affinity Photo. You perform cropping before inpainting too? As said before too, I am a photographer and have very little to do with imagery, creative or manipulative. Honestly, I was pretty PS litterate and accomplished but with time, the business pushed me more to the photo aspect of the image… not as documentary only but having that "lighting approach" I use also. At this point, all my work is processed in CO9 as it provides me with a great set of tonal tools for my approach to final rendition and workflow… and since CO9 hardly performs quick edits as beautifuly as AP, the "inpainting" and "clone" tools are important in my workflow. I will stay in CO9 to tweak all tonal aspects and use AP for the cropped images (most of the time) final pixel editing. Just interested to know if you ever work on tones, highlights, and shadows. I think you suggested that you feel the art is in the shot which I completely get so maybe post-shoot in-app tone control would suggest that the shot was not how you wanted it. It is never important that it is! I succeed good SOOC only in studio where I control the light but out in nature, the thinking is different: most important is to capture all the dynamic range and that only (in terms of PP). What ever software one uses, none have the ability to restore an image where no data was previously recorded in the file. Starting with a good RAW file is always the best starting point. I am in a position where I have the means to get any tools I need to reach my goals. So I buy the gear that will get me at the proper dynamic range recording. Lenses help little in this but the cameras will. I have chosen two D810 for their DR. With proper DR, all is possible. Did I answer your questions adequately? English is not my mother tongue… Quote www.kodiakmedia.at bureau@kodiakmedia.at TeamViewer: 668 015 544 Skype: kodiakonline If personal taste is involved, Light is free, Mother Nature provides the light discussion is pointless. capturing it is NOT. but talent renders the image. (Charlychuck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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