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American Pride
American Pride
dpatterson


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Challenge: Free Study X (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Skagit River
Date: Jan 29, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 29, 2006

This was the first time I've shot wild life and really enjoyed it. The Picture was taken up in northern Washington on the Skagit River.

Editing consisted of crop, color adjustments, and a little sharpening.

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Place: 608 out of 622
Avg (all users): 4.2300
Avg (commenters): 4.6667
Avg (participants): 4.1806
Avg (non-participants): 4.4000
Views since voting: 800
Views during voting: 243
Votes: 200
Comments: 9
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02/07/2006 04:29:36 PM
The head feathers seem way blown out and to me that stick/branch going from the the Eagle to the right side of the image is distracting.
02/07/2006 10:37:47 AM
What a spectacular moment to have captured. Good job. Much to improve however as bird photos are very tough to get right. The white is very over-exposed as all detail is lost. Try to meter on just the white areas and then stop down a little. Also sharpness could be improved as the detail in the feathers has been lost. Stick with it and I'm sure you will be rewarded with a treasure.
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02/07/2006 04:59:14 AM
I think you've lost too much detail in the white head feathers, but this may be due to the distance you had to shoot from.
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02/06/2006 03:50:15 PM
This guy rather looks more like a pigeon in eagle's clothes. Overexposed & unfocused on the subject.
02/05/2006 11:12:32 PM
a little bit much flaring off the bird.
02/04/2006 04:51:40 AM
I think the image suffers from bad focusing and overexposure. The white feathers don't show any detail. Good effort though. I have'nt taken photos of an eagle or any bird for that matter and I'm sure it's not easy.
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02/02/2006 03:05:48 PM
This is a little too fuzzy, and the highlights are a little blown-out. I still think it is a nice composition.
02/02/2006 12:04:45 PM
You captured the eagle, and the composition of your shot is good. Unfortuantely, the image is overexposed and not quite as sharp as it could be. Probably, you didn't have time to change your settings when this wonderful photo op presented itself. In any case, this would be a difficult shot to expose correctly because of the very strong contrasts involved.
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02/01/2006 07:18:20 AM
To bad is a bit overexposed, nice otherwise
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