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03/31/2006 08:03:34 PM |
| Jacque, this is AMAZING!!!! I am totally bewildered why it only scored 5.1!!! You can see every single little feather, and they are razor sharp! I love the clean colors. The expression on his face. I think the voters reeeeeeallly missed it on this one!! The only thing I can see that could even possibly be seen as taking a hit is just a tiny tiny bit of highlights on his chest and top of his head that maybe could have been been fixed by creating a layer mask and upping the levels to darken those areas, and then erasing out the rest of it to let the background show thru. Other than that, I think there's no way this isn't scoring in the mid 6's! I think you take great pictures!!!!! |
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03/20/2006 10:03:33 PM |
GREAT DOF! The sun on the chest is a little blown, but I don't think you can do much about that. Maybe use the dodge/highlight tool 3%, that would darken the chest a little. Its a great picture maybe a few more editing steps. Burn tool to darken the background (helps the bird to stand out better) up the contrast +3 or +4, sel color (black/black +2, white/black +1, red/black +2) hue/sat (red/sat +4, blue/sat +2, master/sat +2). USM to help with the soft focus. This is just me looking at the picture.
Keep up the great work. Believe me, your pictures/scores will get BETTER!
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03/18/2006 11:51:10 PM |
| nice, though I think the focus is a bit soft. Composition is ok. overall- 5 |
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03/18/2006 10:24:47 PM |
| What a great job lining your nest...A regal composition with such great detail helped defined by your dof. Good luck -8- |
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03/18/2006 04:28:00 PM |
| lovely textures on the bird!!! |
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03/16/2006 06:43:43 PM |
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03/14/2006 03:44:00 PM |
| Looks like you had some harsh light to contend with there and reckon you did well to lose just that little bit of detail. I thinmk if this was a little sharper it would have fared much better that it probably will. You have the catchlight and a little doging would really bring it out. a well seperated background and a nice bokeh :)Rather than merely cropping this to a square I think it fits the image well with your chosen composition - well done (bumping up 1) |
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03/14/2006 09:38:37 AM |
| Nice portrait and selective focus. The detail is almost there, perhaps DOF was very small? I like the backlighting, but it leaves the eye a shade dark. Overall a very nice shot! |
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03/14/2006 01:59:07 AM |
| Nice one here, well done..... |
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03/14/2006 01:33:09 AM |
| nice hairstyle...looks like a rug! |
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03/13/2006 01:26:40 PM |
WOW!
this shot, is amazing, the dof is exellent! |
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