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Who Took My Branch Away....!  HELP!!!
Who Took My Branch Away....! HELP!!!
Judi


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Branch (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony DSC-F828
Location: Emerald Queensland Australia
Date: Sep 2, 2005
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 2, 2005

Adjustment Layers -

Curves
Levels
Hue & Saturation
Colour Balance

Neat Image
Straighten
USM
Crop
Resize

NOTE - No animals were hurt during this shoot. The bird actually sits on the cat....the cat (normally a hunter) is quite put out by the size of this bird. So the bird rules...LOL!!

Statistics
Place: 153 out of 432
Avg (all users): 5.2196
Avg (commenters): 6.9333
Avg (participants): 5.0552
Avg (non-participants): 5.3775
Views since voting: 1109
Views during voting: 484
Votes: 296
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0


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09/18/2005 12:08:26 AM
Critique Club:

This is a very cute set-up with bright, cheerful colors. The little piece of green leaves is a nice touch.

While I do like the white background, the lighting seems a bit harsh or the levels/curves were overly adjusted. The hard shadows are a little distracting and could be softened a bit by moving your subjects farther away from the background.

The close crop on the right is effective in conveying the sense of urgency on the part of the bird to leave the scene.

I noticed the processing steps in your comments. I'm not sure if you've listed them in the order in which you performed the steps but if you did, I would suggest cropping and resizing before you sharpen. Sharpening should be the last step in processing.

Good luck in future challenges!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/13/2005 11:58:43 PM
Heh -- very creative.
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09/13/2005 07:42:24 PM
Nice concept
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09/13/2005 02:49:56 AM
What a set-up here ! i like the touch of green leafs over the A. Maximum points for the ideea. Bravo!
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09/12/2005 07:45:59 PM
spelling out BRANCH with branches is not lke a good idea at all
but the shadiows of the animals are awsome
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09/10/2005 04:14:24 PM
I adore cats... especially tortie girls and lorakeets!!! Adorable take on this challenge! Thanks for the smiles!
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09/10/2005 09:35:21 AM
Wierd, but great, what happened to the bird?
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09/09/2005 04:50:18 AM
Very creative!
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09/08/2005 10:08:55 PM
The cat and bird are cute.
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09/08/2005 07:59:46 PM
Aww cute. Very creative.
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09/08/2005 11:42:27 AM
BEHIND YOU! LOOK OUT! I guess he can's read me.
This is too funny. I hope they normally play nice. 8
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09/07/2005 10:45:08 PM
Thank you.. thats priceless.... *laughing*...
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09/07/2005 07:58:38 PM
Wow this is a funny shot. Just the expression on the parrots face cracks me up. The shadows around the cat are a bit distracting though.
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09/07/2005 07:22:02 PM
hahaha!!! i love this. not only creative, but beautiful in all aspects. especially the colors.
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09/07/2005 01:54:59 PM
hahahaha I fear for the bird!
Creative take on the challenge.
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09/07/2005 11:34:37 AM
"fly away...hurry!!!" Great job. Love the contrasting colors and your originality. Great Job -- 7 --
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09/07/2005 01:14:41 AM
Very unique, cute and funny. I like the stretch of doing something like this and respect it greatly, you most likely won't get the score you deserve. :( I love the colors and cats facial expression. Good job
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09/07/2005 12:52:02 AM
Cute use if the text, probably not quite enough to hit the topic strongly enough
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09/07/2005 12:09:52 AM
HEE HEE That's pretty darn clever. Hope the parrot excaped. A for originality. Beautiful cat (and parrot).
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