Birding Boy Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 12 minutes ago, TKbird said: Nice photo! Personally, that is a comfortable 4 for me. The lighting and crispness are just not there. If you brought the exposure up a bit more (while still keeping the highlights in a comfortable range, of course), I think it would become a high 4 for me. Thanks! That’s pretty much where I stand now. 12 minutes ago, TKbird said: That's the worst haha. I'd be pretty happy with this one though! Ah well, nice to bird with someone else though even if they aren’t big into photos. I did get some good warbler photos that I’ll add to the list in a while. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 9/4/2021 at 10:36 AM, Aidan B said: Nice! I really like the second edit! I probably need to find a better editing program, yours seems to do a much better job than mine. Here's the original photo before I had edited it any. Quite a tricky angle to edit! I should try cropping in more, like you did with the second edit. I don't ever really do that. Thanks, my editor is the photoshop express. It’s free, but if you want to edit raw photos, which I highly suggest, then you need to pay $35 for that. But honestly, that’s what I did and I’m happy with it. I use it on my iPad, so if you use it on a computer, you might not get the same features, but for me, it does and excellent job. For someone who wasn’t quite ready to dive into Lightroom for all that money on a computer, I’m happy with this. Honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever need Lightroom, because this does such a good job for what it is. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 4 or 5? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/366537821 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Aidan B said: 4 or 5? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/366537821 Five! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 On 9/4/2021 at 1:41 PM, Birding Boy said: Whoah! A lot of room for your choice of cropping there! If you don't mind, I might suggest cropping leaving a bit more room to the right, or a 2:3 crop ratio (You're original looks like it's 1:1) I just took a quick screenshot to show what I mean. This is how I like cropping my photos. Nice! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKbird Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 22 hours ago, Aidan B said: 4 or 5? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/366537821 The face is just blurry enough that I would personally give this a 4, even though the rest of the bird is pretty sharp. But your similar photo from the same checklist is awesome, a comfortable 5 from me! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 On 9/6/2021 at 3:30 PM, Aidan B said: 4 or 5? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/366537821 Five for me. Could’ve been a bit sharper( I’m only saying this because the other ones on your list are sharper than this, even though this is sharp. But, since your clearly capable of sharper, that’s why.) Other than that, great shot! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Bruh. Would you call this shot a 4 or a 5? Probably just another case of certain local ebirders disliking me in particular, but just making sure LOL. Eagerly awaiting a solution to rate bombing... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Birding Boy said: Bruh. Would you call this shot a 4 or a 5? Probably just another case of certain local ebirders disliking me in particular, but just making sure LOL. Eagerly awaiting a solution to rate bombing... Easy five. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Someone just rated this a one so 4 or 5? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/367769781 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, BirdNrd said: Someone just rated this a one so 4 or 5? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/367769781 So.I’d 4. There are several distracting elements on the left side of the bird, and there is some heat distortion on the bird, meaning it’s not perfectly sharp. Still, very nice shot! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 9 hours ago, Birding Boy said: Eagerly awaiting a solution to rate bombing... The simplest solution to the rate bombing is to just stop worrying about the ratings. While we all want everyone to go WOW over all of our photos and call them 5 star photos, worrying about ratings from someone that doesn't like our photos does nothing except to take away from our enjoyment of taking the photo and sharing it with people that do like the photo. Just my personal opinion, but I think ratings are way overrated. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 45 minutes ago, lonestranger said: The simplest solution to the rate bombing is to just stop worrying about the ratings. While we all want everyone to go WOW over all of our photos and call them 5 star photos, worrying about ratings from someone that doesn't like our photos does nothing except to take away from our enjoyment of taking the photo and sharing it with people that do like the photo. Just my personal opinion, but I think ratings are way overrated. Thanks, yeah, I agree, it’s just tough when one has put a lot of time, effort, and often money into their gear, to watch every photo downrated immediately. It’s also the factor that someone would go out of their way to downrate everything is weird and annoying, not as much as wether they like it or not. I mean, I guess it’s worse for me because I’m pretty sure I know who’s doing it, and he got way obscessed with rating and rate bombing to the point where in his mind only his own photos are 5s...yeah anyways, I’ll try to figure out how to attach imbed from flickr LOL. Sorry for the rant, I’ll try to keep such stuff off this site from now on. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKbird Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 11 hours ago, Birding Boy said: Bruh. Would you call this shot a 4 or a 5? Probably just another case of certain local ebirders disliking me in particular, but just making sure LOL. Eagerly awaiting a solution to rate bombing... I would also give this a 5. 10 hours ago, BirdNrd said: Someone just rated this a one so 4 or 5? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/367769781 I agree with @IKLland for 4 on this one; the resolution and lighting are both strikes. (Note @IKLland that the eBird guidelines don't mention anything other than the bird mattering for the rating.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 12 hours ago, Birding Boy said: Bruh. Would you call this shot a 4 or a 5? Probably just another case of certain local ebirders disliking me in particular, but just making sure LOL. Eagerly awaiting a solution to rate bombing... Five, most definitely. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 9/8/2021 at 8:46 PM, Birding Boy said: Probably just another case of certain local ebirders disliking me in particular ??Why would they?? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 29 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: ??Why would they?? Kind of a long story, but in short someone has quite a few alt accounts, and was rating his photos 5s regardless of quality...and I tried to provide some tips on how to improve certain elements of said photos so they’d actually be 5 stars. Which was apparently taken the wrong way, unfortunately, I don’t even know if I’m in the “right” to be honest. So yeah, just kinda a really weird situation. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 I don't know if this has had any 1 starts dropped on it or not, but it just deserves being rated. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/368173031 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 15 minutes ago, Kevin said: I don't know if this has had any 1 starts dropped on it or not, but it just deserves being rated. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/368173031 It was bombed. It has the most rates, but is behind several on the best photos of the day. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 15 hours ago, Kevin said: I don't know if this has had any 1 starts dropped on it or not, but it just deserves being rated. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/368173031 Easy five. That’s an amazing photo! I seem to notice that that contributor takes amazing photos! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 2 hours ago, IKLland said: Easy five. That’s an amazing photo! I seem to notice that that contributor takes amazing photos! Yeah, there are some names that are always in the top photos. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Really cool bird and photo https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/368301031?_gl=1*txk3j6*_ga*MTA3MzYwODY0MC4xNTk2NjU5NTQx*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*MTYzMTM5NjMzNS4zMzQuMC4xNjMxMzk2MzQ0LjUx#_ga=2.78003348.1034334573.1630780965-1073608640.1596659541 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmWarbler Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Birding Boy said: Really cool bird and photo https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/368301031?_gl=1*txk3j6*_ga*MTA3MzYwODY0MC4xNTk2NjU5NTQx*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*MTYzMTM5NjMzNS4zMzQuMC4xNjMxMzk2MzQ0LjUx#_ga=2.78003348.1034334573.1630780965-1073608640.1596659541 That contributor seems to have quite a bit of underrated photos. Also this is the most adorable thing I've seen in my life: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/367798471 Edited September 12, 2021 by PalmWarbler 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 11:04 PM, Birding Boy said: Kind of a long story, but in short someone has quite a few alt accounts, and was rating his photos 5s regardless of quality...and I tried to provide some tips on how to improve certain elements of said photos so they’d actually be 5 stars. Which was apparently taken the wrong way, unfortunately, I don’t even know if I’m in the “right” to be honest. So yeah, just kinda a really weird situation. Default mode is assume that someone is doing “it” (birding and/or photography) for their Ego, unless you know otherwise Share info on birds, but only advice if asked for. Lots of really helpful people in the state, but there are those that are not. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/11/2021 at 1:27 PM, Quiscalus quiscula said: Yeah, there are some names that are always in the top photos. “Aidan Brubaker” is fast becoming one of those. Congrats @Aidan B! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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