Comments on: Student Outdoes Teacher on Rare Bird with the Teacher’s Old Favorite Toy Lens … With a TC in Place! A Miraculous Repair Job. And a Bargain Basement House-cleaning Garage Gear Sale. https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2018/12/16/student-outdoes-teacher-on-rare-bird-with-the-teachers-old-favorite-toy-lens-with-a-tc-in-place-a-miraculous-repair-job-and-a-bargain-basement-house-cleaning-garage-gear-sale/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Sat, 12 Jan 2019 09:01:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2018/12/16/student-outdoes-teacher-on-rare-bird-with-the-teachers-old-favorite-toy-lens-with-a-tc-in-place-a-miraculous-repair-job-and-a-bargain-basement-house-cleaning-garage-gear-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-1761071 Sat, 12 Jan 2019 09:01:04 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=58773#comment-1761071 In reply to Jeff Walters.

Hi Jeff, I sort of like the photo with the brach better too. I enjoy cleaning up images, sharing the results, and then sharing the techniques that I use. Each of us is the artist and everyone has the with to do what they please with their images. It is however, always important to let folks know what you have done.

Was the image that you speak of labeled as a composite?
with love, artie

]]> By: Jeff Walters https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2018/12/16/student-outdoes-teacher-on-rare-bird-with-the-teachers-old-favorite-toy-lens-with-a-tc-in-place-a-miraculous-repair-job-and-a-bargain-basement-house-cleaning-garage-gear-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-1760978 Sat, 05 Jan 2019 04:31:11 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=58773#comment-1760978 I like the 1st photo with the wispy branch. Soothing to my eye as part of the birds natural habitat. To me, not distracting but adds the the picture when the two are compared. I do think the skills you showed to your student are valuable but discretion is certainly needed. I saw in a book a picture of I believe Utah Arches & the writer photoshp’d in a nice sunset palette in the sky & then 2 flying hawks or falcons. it was a truly made up picture. He may call it Art but where is the reward for the patience of waiting for the right moment & using golden light when it can all be made up in the software… I was offended when I saw that in his book & Nature Photography to me should reflect reality not a made up dream picture imagined by the computer specialist. Are we always trying to improve on the picture as captured and do we make the mistake of trying to slick up everything. Are we getting the photo closer to what we saw in the viewfinder or are we just imagining ways to spruce up/customize/ enhance an already wonderful moment in God’s unfolding day!

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