Hunting
by Jinbo

Comment by mOTiVe:
Very nice picture but of poor quality. My guess is that the original is very black (maybe 3 to 4 stops underexposed) and you adjusted it so much that it's visible that you did. Sharpening at this point is, like people commented, a bad idea. The shot should have been made with the shutter open longer than you used now. By doing so it would have qualified better for the challenge (wich is shutter speed).

Would be nice to see wich shutter speed you used on this (considering it is the shutter speed competition).

You got a good rating just because the picture in itself is gorgeous, my compliments on that!

Hunting
by Jinbo

Comment by Jinbo:
wow! Top five! And no 1s this time, that is even more exciting! now, I need a party just for that! lol

Thanks a heap for all your votes and great comments/critiques!

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by Jinbo

Comment by soup:
congrats - very nice !

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Comment by SJCarter:
Really beautiful shot! Congrats on your well-deserved top 5 finish!

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by Jinbo

Comment by jmsetzler:
This is beautiful. I hope to see a ribbon on this one... excellent work :)

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by Jinbo

Comment by brens29:
Great capture, it looks like he's testing the water before he lands

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Comment by Car54:
good DOF and colors--i like it

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by Jinbo

Comment by rabinam:
beautiful colours, great contrast between the moving gull and static one. great DOF.

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by Jinbo

Comment by vtruan:
a bit too over sharpened, but nice capture

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by Jinbo

Comment by jurassic:
Great colors and timing. There are some unfortunate oversharpening artifacts visible around the edges of the birds.