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"Maybe if I look at it upside down?"
"Maybe if I look at it upside down?"
JunieMoon


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Challenge: Burst of Color (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-H1
Location: backyard
Date: Jan 5, 2006
Aperture: 3.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100th
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 4, 2006

 Took image at +1 step using a file size of 3M. Post editing - Adjusted subject exposure, color balance and saturation. Extracted the background and applied a gaussian blur. Dodged the titmouse, then burned in the feather details. Resaturated the red cellophane to redder, and adjusted contrast by 15. Changed resolution to 106, resized, and sharpened focus.

Statistics
Place: 173 out of 244
Avg (all users): 5.1111
Avg (commenters): 5.8000
Avg (participants): 5.0088
Avg (non-participants): 5.2083
Views since voting: 835
Views during voting: 318
Votes: 234
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 01/26/2006 12:23:58 PM
Hi June, just realized I didn't leave you a comment on this before. I really liked the creative composition and idea here. One of the most original. Gave it a 7. I would have voted it higher if there didn't seem to be a lot of confusion as to what to focus on. For one, I think the red "burst" should have been in better focus as it's part of the main picture elements. I think the spotted background could be interesting if it was more evenly covered. Not sure the gaussien blur helped. And where there are spots that show up through the red ... would have been better to clone them out IMO.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/14/2006 07:26:27 PM
This photo suffers from having the majority of the photo out of focus. The cellophane is colorful, but not interesting. The stick that the bird is on really divides up the photo, which I don't think helps. I think the focus is the biggest issue with the shot, though.
 01/13/2006 02:24:27 PM
I really like your subject and creative composition here. One thing that detracts for me is the apparent artifacts/bleeding around the objects in the shot. Not sure if this was intentional?
 01/12/2006 07:05:52 PM
devine composition. very pleasing lines. like the treatment and the details, too.
 01/12/2006 06:11:25 PM
great photo of a bird- often hard to catch with such accuracy. However, what is your "Upside down" red burst suposed to represent? I think if you had made the message clearer, it would have improved. nice job overall.
 01/12/2006 01:15:44 AM
Doesn't move me.
 01/11/2006 06:26:19 PM
how'd you get the shot of the bird on the wire?
 01/09/2006 01:01:01 PM
Too confusing. Ugly background.
 01/09/2006 07:33:14 AM
Great Shot! Pity the tail of the bird is slightly cropped, but that's only minor


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