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A Weaver
A Weaver
tonyv


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The Username Challenge (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Canon
Location: Cape Town
Date: Dec 23, 2005
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 25, 2005

 Masked Weaver. Not sure which of the three or four different species this is.

'A Weaver' was one of the very first user portfolios I looked at when joining DPC. And as soon as this little guy landed in the palm tree I knew what my entry was going to be.

* RAW conversion
* Very tight crop
* Little layers
* Hue / Saturation
* Dodge and Burn highligts and shadows
* Save to web

Statistics
Place: 70 out of 153
Avg (all users): 5.9312
Avg (commenters): 6.7143
Avg (participants): 5.7684
Avg (non-participants): 6.0569
Views since voting: 949
Views during voting: 313
Votes: 218
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 01/04/2006 01:19:03 PM
Greetings from the Critique club. First off let me congratulate you on an amazing shot. I really like this. Although I didnt vote this challenge, I would have scored it an 8 or 9. As far as why it didnt score very well, alot of voters may not know that the sibject is named weaver, BTW I beleive that is a Southern Masked weaver, but thats not your fault. Now on to the critique.

Great compostion, very good focus, and I love the colors. SHallow DOF works very well here. The only thing I might have sugested was bumping the color up a bit. I think the voters really like colors that flash and jump out to them, maybe play with the hue or saturation on the yellow and make the bird jump out a bit. Overall a great job, and I am kind of surprised it didnt score above 6. Good luck on future challenges.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/01/2006 11:05:48 PM
great capture
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 01/01/2006 09:36:02 PM
Nice capture...great use of the username to fit your image! :)
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 12/31/2005 10:13:23 PM
Good wildlife photo and fitting for the challenge. I like the composition, lighting and color. Good luck in the challenge. Bumping up two points from my original quick glance.
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 12/30/2005 11:42:37 PM
Yikes. This is just awesome and very arresting. What a pose and congratulations on your capture! Bumping up.
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 12/30/2005 09:33:38 PM
Beautiful bird, nice shot
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 12/29/2005 04:16:08 PM
How awesome is that for this name! Great timing. Great capture. I love it!
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 12/27/2005 07:38:20 PM
A good photo, well balanced...........
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 12/26/2005 06:39:29 PM
Is there a bird called a weaver, and is this it? Not sure, but its pretty!
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