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East African Crowned Crane
East African Crowned Crane
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: At the Zoo (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi
Location: Denver Zoo, Colorado
Date: Jul 17, 2005
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500 sec
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2005

An East African Crowned Crane struts it's stuff at the Denver Zoo. Just now, a few hours before deadline, I substituted this shot for my previous long horn sheep shot based on minor technical merits. I sure hope I didn't miss any technical problems that will cause this shot to be voted lower than the first image would have been.

I'm also trying to break the habit of submitting a photo taken on the last day for challenge, but today was the first day I could get out to shoot this week.

- Minor crop
- Levels
- Sharpen
- Resize

Statistics
Place: 116 out of 198
Avg (all users): 5.5109
Avg (commenters): 5.8750
Avg (participants): 5.4261
Avg (non-participants): 5.5965
Views since voting: 861
Views during voting: 304
Votes: 229
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/24/2005 10:03:59 PM
Nicely cropped and positioned subject in the frame.
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07/20/2005 05:37:44 PM
Background lets this down
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07/19/2005 10:24:21 PM
Beautiful light, very good DOF and great detail. The going-away pose does disturb me a little.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/19/2005 07:18:52 PM
I almost entered a shot of this guy's cousins (African Black Crowned Cranes). You've got good DOF in the shot, but you lose a lot of detail in the blown out highlights. Also, I think you could crop it closer to bring out more definition in the bird and bump up the washed out colors. Don't get me wrong, it's still a pretty good shot...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/19/2005 06:23:50 PM
Its my missing aunt!! tell me where is she? Beautiful!
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07/19/2005 04:08:44 PM
I would have liked to have seen a slightly different crop. Good, clear image and lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/18/2005 12:58:51 AM
i wish the bird were looking *a bit* to the left.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/18/2005 12:29:00 AM
Wow1 Almost like walking a a model's runway. 8
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07/18/2005 12:02:21 AM
Would have been better if it were facing you, but good sharpness and detail
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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