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Challenge: Wildlife II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Location: Pond in New Jersey
Date: Jan 22, 2006
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 22, 2006

 Sitting by this pond early on a sunday morning with my stomach growling because I had only a cup of coffee before leaving the house. Watching these geese, I thought of the disadvantage I was at at the moment. My stomach's growling cause I'm hungry and cann't go anywhere to eat. While the geese on the other hand, are at home at whatever little body of water they're on, and there's plenty to eat. All they have to do is dunk their head under the water and, Brunch is served !
Post ; Auto Enhance, burn back ground, re-size for submission and sharpen lightly. EV compensated for in the exposure by, - 1.3.

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Place: 250 out of 261
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Avg (commenters): 3.8000
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Views since voting: 679
Views during voting: 431
Votes: 340
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 11:57:00 PM
too dark to see much detail
 01/31/2006 06:56:35 PM
I think a tighter crop and some work on levels would have made this pic more interesting.

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 01/29/2006 10:38:00 PM
Too dark to make out very much at all of what's going on. I see the ducks, but they don't stand out at all. The scenery, too, is just like a black back-drop. A larger image might have been easier to judge.
 01/29/2006 11:03:11 AM
I like the ducks and the one upside down is great, however due to the photo being so dark I am unable to accurately judge the details, the feather definition, etc. The 2 ducks in the back, it is hard to tell where their heads end and the background starts.
 01/29/2006 01:41:22 AM
aww just wish it werent so small.. perhaps lightened up a bit more to make the geese stand out? (thats just me.. nice moment though)
 01/28/2006 11:11:35 AM
very dark
 01/28/2006 08:53:32 AM
A bit dark - hard to see the critters very well.
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 01/26/2006 02:40:08 AM
I really don't think that you have maximised the potential of this shot. You should aim for 640 for one side. But also look at the cropping, this is a nice picture but it doesn't seem about the birds too much.
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 01/25/2006 11:19:27 PM
A little on the dark side. Maybe crop a little from the top.
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 01/25/2006 06:58:23 PM
This is a nice picture, I'm just afraid that this will be voted down because of the size, you should use the 640 pixels that we are allowed to use in challenges.
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 01/25/2006 06:38:16 PM
3 - Looks like there is good potential in this scene. Criticism; 640 (in this case width), sharper, a variation in composition, the colors/lightness tweaked (this seems very dark) all have likely madre this better in my opinion. Looks a little 'snapshottish', even though it is/was obviously an 'opportune' capture - but it is difficult to see/discern the main 'subject' (not just because there's only half of 'it' above water either).
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