Inspiring Photo: Follow The Leader #5382591

Follow The Leader

Uploaded: December 28, 2007

Description

Buzz filter applied.

Exif: F Number: 20, Exposure Bias Value: 1.00, ExposureTime: 1/40 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 100, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 170.00 mm, Model: NIKON D200

Comments

December 28, 2007

Very beautiful shot! Love it a lot! #816236

Karen Engelbreth December 28, 2007

Fantastic capture, Ronald! #5259945

Dominick M. Dimacale December 28, 2007

Beautigul image and work, Ronald.

Dominick #5259964

Anne M. Young December 28, 2007

Delightful #5259974

Ronald Balthazor December 28, 2007

Thank you very much, Kirke, Karen, Dominick and Anne. #5260024

Colette M. Metcalf December 28, 2007

Beautiful capture!! #5260230

Kumiko Parkinson December 28, 2007

Love the fading background vs the clarity on birds, wonderful shot! #5260330

Nadya Johnson December 28, 2007

Wow! Ronald, this is just exquisite! #5260610

BILLY R. PARKER December 28, 2007

BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURED AND PRESENTED RONALD !! BILLY #5260921

Ronald Balthazor December 28, 2007

I appreciate your kind words, Colette, Kumiko, Nadya, and Billy. #5261129

Karen Engelbreth January 12, 2008

Big congrats on your POTD, Ronald! #5327371

Les Rhoades January 12, 2008

Congrats on your POTD! #5327377

Su Sana E. P January 12, 2008

Ronald, huge Congratulations on this super POTD win!! #5327387

Melinda F. Schneider January 12, 2008

Congratulations Ronald! This really IS a BEAUTIFUL photo!! #5327388

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 12, 2008

Excellent Ron, congratulations on this creative and beautiful wildlife potd. Superb work! #5327402

Denise Denomy January 12, 2008

Wonderful image, Ronald!! Congratulations on your POTD! You have earned it! :0) #5327408

Lori Carlson January 12, 2008

You rock, Ron!! Congratulations!!! LOVE this!! :0) #5327462

Rakesh Syal January 12, 2008

Ronald, huge Congratulations on this outstanding POTD win!!

#5327485

Avril Young January 12, 2008

wow stunning awesome fantastic photo!!
what a photo! #5327511

Dominick M. Dimacale January 12, 2008

Congratulations Ronald on your POTD win!!!

Dominick #5327520

Graeme yew Chow January 12, 2008

Ronald, congratulation! the flaming is perfect and stunning actions. #5327632

Cheryl Meisel January 12, 2008

OHhhhhh how pretty, one of my fav subjects, these guys. How pretty they are in flight!
BIG CONGRATS on your wonderful winning image!
Cherylm #5327654

Michelle Alton January 12, 2008

Just when I think there is no new way on earth (or sky) to portray a Canada Goose, this photo shows up as POTD. What a beauty! Congratulations, Ronald! You've done a grand job.
Michelle #5327664

Dorcas Platt Wagenknecht January 12, 2008

THe caption under your photo says that you used a buzz filter. What's that and where from? #5327750

Laura Clay-Ballard January 12, 2008

beautiful work! congrats! #5327814

Joy Rector January 12, 2008

congrats on the POTD #5327870

Josselyne Klecanda January 12, 2008

Now that's a great shot! #5327922

Ronald Balthazor January 12, 2008

I deeply appreciate your comments, Karen, Les, SuSana, Melinda, Donna, Denise, Lori, Rakesh, Avril, Dominick,
Graeme, Cheryl, Michelle, Dorcas, Laura, Joy, and Josselyne.
Dorcas, the Buzz filter is a plug-in for PS that I understand is no longer available from fox2pro. However, effects can be duplicated in CS3. #5328089

Cesar J. La Rosa January 12, 2008

Congratulations on this BEAUTIFUL and well-deserved POTD, Ronald!!!
Cesar #5328175

Wanda Judd January 12, 2008

Congratulations...to "The Master Photographer." What an amazing capture, light, lines, tones and exposure all per Ron excellence...I always learn so much just from seeing your work... #5328289

Linda D. Lester January 12, 2008

WOW! Just wonderful!!! Congratulations on this beauty! #5328336

Deon January 12, 2008

WOW Ronald that is really cool effects and capture. Nice work and Congratulations on POTD. #5328748

Lisa J. Boulden January 12, 2008

Gorgeous and well-deserved POTD!
Well done, Ronald!
--Lisa #5328825

January 12, 2008

I love this photo! And I agree with the others, this is a well deserved POTD! Congrats!! #5329274

Brenda W. LaFleur January 12, 2008

Yeehaa! Way to go, buddy. Great image and perfectly buzzed! #5329997

Ronald Balthazor January 12, 2008

Thank you very much, Cesar, Wanda, Linda, Deon, Lisa, Angela, and Brenda. I appreciate your kind words. #5330053

Jeff Robinson January 12, 2008

Outstanding capture Ronald; congrats on your very well deserved POTD!! Jeff #5330435

Patricia Ronan January 12, 2008

Gorgeous image Ronald, congrats on your POTD:) #5330590

Ronald Balthazor January 13, 2008

Thanks for the kind words, Jeff and Patricia. #5332061

Jim Kinnunen January 13, 2008

This is a very nice image, Ronald...I love it!!!:) #5333370

Sue Marshall January 13, 2008

Beautiful image here Ronald and big congrats for POTD!! :-) #5333484

Jill Odice January 13, 2008

A belated congrats on this beautiful POTD! Wow, it is lovely! #5334208

Ronald Balthazor January 13, 2008

Thank you very much, Jim, Sue and Jill. #5335019

Laura L. Gonzales January 13, 2008

WOW! STUNNING Capture. Belated congrats on your POTD. You deserve it!
This image is simply outstanding! #5335353

Yves Rubin January 13, 2008

The effect is so beautifully applied here, this seems to be one of the best I have seen. A terrific shot and well-deserved POTD! #5335617

Ronald Balthazor January 14, 2008

Thank you for commenting, Laura and Yves. #5336595

Songbird Cline January 14, 2008

This is beautiful! so graceful. I love the geese in color with the soft B&W background. Very well done! Im sure you were as excited as I was (when I got it) to get POTD!
Keep up the lovely work! #5341117

Ronald Balthazor January 15, 2008

Thanks, Songbird, it's always exciting to get a pat on the back. #5346395

Patrick Rouzes January 16, 2008

Congrats on the two awards on this one, Balthazor!!! Good luck in the finals!!!
Is this your latest entry? #5347628

Ronald Balthazor January 17, 2008

Thanks for commenting, Patrick. There are some more recent entries. #5352078

Lana Arcemont January 18, 2008

Great Capture, Ronald! #5360351

Laurie Daily January 20, 2008

Congrats Ronald on this fantastic POTD! #5366133

Ronald Balthazor January 20, 2008

Thank you very much, Lana and Laurie. #5367346

Sandra Freyler January 30, 2008

Congrats on POTD, ROnald! Beautiful image! #5417188

Ronald Balthazor January 30, 2008

Thank you so much for commenting, Sandra. #5418259

Kathy Reeves February 19, 2008

Awesome! Congratulations on POTD!!! #5516986

Ronald Balthazor February 19, 2008

Thank you very much, Kathy. #5517202

Gunther Allen February 20, 2008

Ronald... I loved looking through your gallery of work! Wonderful creations and you seriously have an artistic eye! #5524467

Ronald Balthazor February 21, 2008

I'm flattered by your comments, Gunther. #5526587

Kristy A. Keene March 21, 2008

Wow! Fantastic! Your Gallery is one of the best I have ever seen!! #5671406

Ronald Balthazor March 21, 2008

Thanks for the really kind words, Kristy. #5671694

Patrick Campbell March 27, 2008

Congrats Ron! How did you get the geese to pose for you so nicely? (Very nice comp and lighting too) #5708237

Ronald Balthazor March 28, 2008

Thanks, Pat. I wore my favorite cologne. #5708982

Patrick Campbell March 28, 2008

Thanks for sharing one of your trade secrets, Ron! I'll have to try that myself. :-) #5709854

William Johnson May 01, 2008

Well captured formation Ronald. Terrific colours and composition. Looks just like a painting. Bill J. #5866248

Chua Wee Boo May 01, 2008

Fantastic image,Ronald!Congrats on this beautiful POTD! #5866748

Ronald Balthazor May 02, 2008

Thank you very much, Bill and Chua. #5873937

Raymond Pauly May 07, 2008

Superb shot and great use of effects! Congratulations. #5898155

Ronald Balthazor May 08, 2008

Many thanks, Raymond. #5898688

April Riggs May 09, 2008

WOW! Congrats! #5905379

Ronald Balthazor May 12, 2008

Thank you kindly, April. #5914928

Yulianto Soeroso May 20, 2008

nice array perfeto hihih #5955226

Yulianto Soeroso May 20, 2008

nice array perfeto hihih #5955233

Ronald Balthazor May 21, 2008

Thank you very much, Ylianto. #5955529

Yulianto Soeroso May 29, 2008

again salute for foto of the day ...every day happy like that birds I hope hahaha ..free and creation to true destination #5994812

Ronald Balthazor May 30, 2008

Thanks for the kind words, Yulianto. I won't be free until camera prices come down. #5996346

Kathy Reeves June 01, 2008

Absolutely beautiful!!!!! #6005145

Ronald Balthazor June 01, 2008

Thank you very much, Kathy. #6005297

Heidi Brand June 29, 2008

Beautiful photo, as is your entire gallery. I very much enjoyed having a look through your gallery this morning. #6119819

Ronald Balthazor June 29, 2008

Thanks, Heidi. I only wish I had a supermodel with whom I could work. #6120088

Cora Miller October 31, 2008

Outstanding presentation, Ronald. I enjoyed viewing your gallery. #6686745

Ronald Balthazor October 31, 2008

Thanks, Cora, I humbled by your comments. Your own work is spectacular. #6687009

Vitor Dias November 10, 2008

MAGIC.
Congts Ronald, fantastic pic.

rgs Vitor #6733050

Ronald Balthazor November 10, 2008

Many thanks, Vitor. I love the simplicity in your work. #6733133

Howard B. Cheek November 21, 2008

Hello Ronald,
This "buzz" filter has transformed an already great image to a higher level..
The contrast to white is very nice, as is this group shot composition :)
Have a great weekend,
Howard #6784616

Ronald Balthazor November 21, 2008

Thank you for taking the time to comment, Howard. #6785607

Kay Beausoleil January 02, 2009

Congratulations on your well-deserved POTD for this superb image, Ronald! #6974074

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