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Majestic Snow by eyeart
Majestic Snow by eyeart
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Challenge: DQ Deja Vu (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX40 HS
Location: Bald Head Island, NC
Date: Sep 26, 2013
Date Uploaded: Sep 26, 2013

 From Free Study 2011-01. I didn't shoot for the challenge. I just went looking for a picture of something that was similar to something I took this week.

We're on vacation on Bald Head Island, NC, and there are more than a few egrets here. Transferred to my iPad and edited in Snapseed.

[Sep. 28th, 2013 05:18:38 PM]

Eyeart identifies her bird as a Snowy Egret. In fact both her bird and this one are Great Egrets. Snowys have black beaks and yellow legs. Greats have yellow beaks and black legs.

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Place: 29 out of 41
Avg (all users): 5.3780
Avg (commenters): 5.6667
Avg (participants): 5.3043
Avg (non-participants): 5.4068
Views since voting: 338
Views during voting: 184
Votes: 82
Comments: 4
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/02/2013 11:21:26 AM
to make this more like the original, it might have been a good idea to flip the image so it faced the same way. Sadly, it's not quite as sharp as Eyeart's image, but it's still a good find.
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 09/28/2013 05:09:52 PM
Voted earlier coming back to comment.

A good shot of the egret, but there are things that can be done to make it a stellar shot. Getting closer by zoom, by different camera lens, or physically closer (if possible; safety first, then try to get the shot imho) will have your main subject fill the frame more. Thus making the subject dominate the spotlight rather than swim in too much negative space. A lot of detail in the feathers and body is lost - you have great detail and balance of light in the reeds behind it but it is to the sacrifice of the egret. White tends to blow out if you are not careful to balance it with adjusting shutter speed and/or aperture. Expose the photo for the white bird even if that means your backdrop is going to turn out a bit dark. Actually it would help make the egret pop more off a slightly darker or dark backdrop. If your camera has it, something that would greatly help is using the camera's histogram to determine if it's too light or too dark by seeing if the graph falls to far to the left or right.
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 09/27/2013 03:14:45 PM
background ends up being distracting here. Still a 6, just cause I know how hard these are to get close to.
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 09/27/2013 01:45:45 PM
A beautiful heron, but sadly, neither the same species or quality of the original. Very soft focus for a wildlife photo, flat lighting, bland colors, and an obstructing, blurry foreground
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