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Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
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Uploaded: 08/07/09 4:31 PM GMT
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
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Can this imagine be saved? I was walking beside the many floating docks along Bayou St John. Many birds and many critters in the water... While I was focused on another bird, a pair of doves flew down along the docks. Sadly too close, it's head and tail are clipped off. I got several more after I recovered but I still like this one most with his fluffed feathers and pose. Any recommendations for improving this image?
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::PamParson
08/07/09 4:54 PM GMT
He's so cute and fluffy. Not sure how to improve on it but it is a sweet shot.
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"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sorry about the flat top, but the color and resolution
are excellent.
Garrett
are excellent.
Garrett
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Excellent capture and I love your title. Reminded me of Otis Redding;
Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
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Everything looks good Elizabeth except for hitting his head on the top of the pic. Is your mourning dove cooing to you?
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meow
Copy and paste the top of his head from another of your shots then blend it all together. You wouldn't need much. It is a beautiful shot the way it is in my mind. The doves are so flighty. Nice capture E~.
TicK
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Insure what you touch during your lifetime, is not coated with the fingerprints of apathy....Tick
Lovely detail and colours to this bird i might have a idea to make it better.Find i nice scenery photo "layer 1* then take your dove"layer 2" grab dove from layer 2 and move dove to layer 1 scenery photo, then clone the feathers on the head. ?
It might work.
It might work.
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Excellent Color and Detail E.
May I name him Otis? LOL.
E J
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This Image GRABBED my EYE. That's Why I Stopped By.
Thanks For Sharing ! Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience
I was going to suggest something like what gizmo1 has suggested. I like the quality of the shot.
Jimbob
Jimbob
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CUZIN JASPER SAYS HOWDY
Beautiful dove. I think Tick is on the right track. You could put a black or color of the background frame and then clone some feathers over the edge to make him look OOB, but not sure how else you mean to improve it.
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“Life is precious; therefore, do not waste it by doing things mechanically without love. We should try to put love into everything we do.”
- Amma
I can understand why you prefer this photograph the most Liz, this Dove does have a lot of appeal. As for any professional improvements there's little that can be done in my opinion as the bird is too tightly framed.
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Some nice suggestions have been made for making "good" even better. You have a fine shot for starters. Save the PS for a rainy day. Nice capture, Elizabeth!
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Much of the beauty in life is found in people who care.
What a great close up. Would have been better maybe to have the whole bird enclosed. But nice shot anyway.
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First, I'd fix the "hemmed in feeling" by (1) Putting a narrow red frome around the INSIDE, closing him in even more by just a bit, mb 1-2 inches...followed by a larger cream-colored frame to the edge of the picture, followed by another cream-colored frame on the whole outside. Now he has room to "move", so to speak. Then I'd clone back the parts you chopped off with your inside frames from a copy of your original pic, and, finally, I'd clone the top of his head and the rest of the tail from another pic. I'd make ALL the clonings "violate" (go over the top of) whatever frame they would go over. Might be a fun project. Very nice pic.
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"The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne,
Thassay so hard, so sharp the conquering..."
Chaucer
It's a sweet closeup~i do like the fluffy feathers and the mournful look in his eyes! Great shot~the above ideas sound good to me! :)Ami
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), "Eleonora"
A good closeup of the cute and fluffy dove on the dock, Elizabeth. The colour and detail is fantastic. Nice shot
Ed
Ed
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Enjoy nature, Take nothing but photographs and leave nothing but footprints
I am not sure of how to improve on this one. You did very well for a quick shot. Great clarity and very cute.
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Billy
Clipped head and tail or not...this is still a beautiful image. Loving the colors and "fluffiness. Wish I could help on the improvement, but I like it the way it is.....but that's not much coming from me.
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Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. - Ansel Adams.......
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I think it´s a very cute capture even if the head and tail are clipped. The details are very good and so are the colors. Very nice!
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SEFA
I hope everyone here helped you out, I really don't know how I would go about trying to fix it. But I do know that I think this is a really cutie, he looks so young. I really like this shot.
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Come over to the dark side, we have cookies. :)
Cute birdie shot!! I love the fluffed up feathers. Lyn.
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A photograph is a memory in the raw. I will always treasure mine.