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Duck and Drake
Duck and Drake
magpie5212


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Wildlife II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Lens: Sigma 70-210mm UC f/4.0-5.6 for Minolta
Location: Canal just south of at Napton, Warwickshire, UK
Date: Jan 22, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Animals, Water
Date Uploaded: Jan 22, 2006

 The drake followed everywhere she went. Focus on the ducks was not quite there, but the dog kept pulling at his lead. I had not heard of DPChallenge at the time of taking the photo; just coincidence that I'd taken wildlife.

Post capture editing was done in Serif Photoplus: crop to about half the frame are; scale to required dimension; save with sufficient compression to meet size limit.

I was considering a blur on the foliage but thought I'd put in an 'as taken' frame for my first attempt.

Statistics
Place: 251 out of 261
Avg (all users): 3.7099
Avg (commenters): 3.2500
Avg (participants): 3.5243
Avg (non-participants): 3.7964
Views since voting: 828
Views during voting: 403
Votes: 324
Comments: 28
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 03:36:58 PM
it is a bit blurry but other then that is is really good
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 01/31/2006 11:55:22 AM
good shot just needs to be a little better focoused
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 01/30/2006 12:10:22 PM
fuzzy, uninteresting composition
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 01/29/2006 04:00:23 PM
Your focus isn't very sharp
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 01/29/2006 01:30:33 AM
aww cute couple.. just wish it were a little more in focus :)
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 01/28/2006 04:32:24 PM
Focus needs to be sharper on the ducks.
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 01/26/2006 06:15:17 PM
Focus is a little off.
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 01/26/2006 05:26:27 PM
A little too soft on the focus?
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 01/26/2006 12:14:57 PM
Too flat and doesn't appear in focus. Also unflatering posterior view -- wait for better position.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2006 10:18:56 PM
Looks a little blurry
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2006 08:24:52 PM
Nice Composition, slightly OOF.
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 01/25/2006 08:11:21 PM
The focus is soft/off, the background is uninteresting, and there seems a bit of a haze over it all (curves in PS would fix that part) :-(
But you DID manage to capture some wildlife !! Keep trying.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2006 06:00:26 PM
seems blurred
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 01/25/2006 05:03:58 PM
It seems the camera focused on the plant life in the background, which made the ducks a little blurry in the foreground. If that was changed this would be a very high rated pic.
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 01/25/2006 04:02:16 PM
out of focus
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 01/25/2006 03:59:46 PM
Seems to be out of focus, rather dull colors, some work in levels could improve the picture substantially
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2006 03:35:18 PM
OOF or soft. Either way it detracts from the image. Also, too much stuff distracting at the top of the shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2006 03:27:19 PM
Image is out of focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2006 08:18:55 AM
seems like there is a focus problem??
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 01/25/2006 08:11:51 AM
Photo is pretty blurry and washed out, try using a higher ISO or steadying your camera with a tripod.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2006 06:45:22 AM
seems a little blurry. Great capture though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2006 05:24:46 AM
lacks focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2006 03:17:43 AM
Duck and cover.
It lacks tad of sharpness and lightning isnt in its optimal. Also I woul've waited for ducks to line up differently and take even better shot. Now best choice might have been to crop male duck and concentrate efforts on him. (male was the colorful one, right?)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2006 02:41:00 AM
to me this is out of focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2006 01:31:58 AM
If the ducks were more focused this could be a really great photo..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2006 01:16:14 AM
really soft focus
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 01/25/2006 01:14:24 AM
badly OOF
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 01/25/2006 12:33:49 AM
A little too soft
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