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dwterry


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Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Utah, south east of Spanish Fork Canyon
Date: Jun 11, 2005
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 12, 2005

 This was my only bird shot all week. Getting a picture of a wild bird is a lot harder than I thought!

Taken with my Canon 70-200 2.8L lens.

PP includes mainly sharpening and desaturation of colors, though I used a little D&B to lighten the scene around the bird and darken it further out (the real scene was the opposite, dark close to the bird and lighter further away which made it harder for the bird to stand out).

Statistics
Place: 248 out of 289
Avg (all users): 4.7623
Avg (commenters): 5.5714
Avg (participants): 4.5677
Avg (non-participants): 5.0364
Views since voting: 825
Views during voting: 332
Votes: 265
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/19/2005 02:02:23 PM
i love the out of focus background, but pity the bird wasn't a bit bigger
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 06/18/2005 09:36:38 PM
Would love to see more detail in the bird - acchieved with a tighter crop. As it is, the focus is excellent, the composition works well - colors are great. DOF could have been a little tighter. Love the POV - you are at the bird's level instead of standing over it. Good capture! 6 - good luck in the challenge!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2005 09:07:28 PM
I like the fact that you have kept much of the surroundings. It adds interest and looks less intruding. Nicely captured !
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 06/14/2005 05:26:18 PM
The bird dosen't fill up enough of the frame and i'm afraid your score will suffer because of this.
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 06/14/2005 04:04:19 PM
Bird is overwhelmed by the detail and colour of the yellower sticks in the foreground. Image also seems slightly oversharp or overcontrasted? I can't see halos yet, something doesn't feel quite right about it. Composition works reasonably well.
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 06/14/2005 09:30:29 AM
Looks a bit overprocessed.
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 06/13/2005 11:44:59 AM
Maybe a tad too much background and not enough bird. He's not in perfect focus.
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 06/13/2005 09:30:30 AM
Good morning to you too. That's what I like about this photo, it's simple nature and not that pumped up zoo stuff. 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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