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Mallard Flight
Mallard Flight
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Challenge: Negative Image (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Date: Apr 24, 2006
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1500
Galleries: Black and White, Birds
Date Uploaded: Apr 25, 2006

 cropped, applied adjustment layers b/c, levels, hsl, channel mixer, invert, light usm, border

Post-challenge: Thank you for all the comments.

This is a real live flying duck. The noise on the duck is not noise, it is feathers. The dark background was achieved from having a clear blue sky for a background, making it monochrome and playing with levels.

Statistics
Place: 243 out of 438
Avg (all users): 5.0364
Avg (commenters): 5.7333
Avg (participants): 4.8062
Avg (non-participants): 5.3626
Views since voting: 781
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 220
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2006 06:03:03 PM
Is this a negative?
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 05/02/2006 03:25:41 AM
Looks like a statue that escaped its pedestal. Should drop from the sky like a lead balloon.
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 04/30/2006 11:02:13 PM
This looks overprocessed or something. The duck looks noisy or pixelated.
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 04/30/2006 10:46:40 PM
Sorry but the lack of texture and detail in the mallard is really hurting this image in my opinion.
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 04/30/2006 07:17:44 AM
simple and effective. Looks more like graphic art than a photo!
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 04/30/2006 03:05:57 AM
seems like this was really overexposed so....works pretty well as a negative......not terribly interesting subject though
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 04/30/2006 12:09:11 AM
Very effective image, guess this was high key and now its low key. Is this a real duck or a model? Anyway, I like it, strong negative image.
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 04/29/2006 03:45:17 PM
needs something
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 04/29/2006 01:40:39 AM
Great composition and minimalism. Neat image could have reduced the noise on the bird.
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 04/29/2006 01:26:27 AM
Nice contrast, like a pen and ink or line drawing sketch.
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 04/28/2006 10:17:54 PM
Great details! Wonderful composition.
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 04/27/2006 03:14:26 PM
Very good. Great take on the challenge.
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 04/27/2006 08:51:49 AM
excellent
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 04/26/2006 04:42:16 PM
It's a little bit grainy but other than that the composition. The position and size of the bird and the negative space are all great.
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 04/26/2006 12:08:10 PM
Great capture of the mallard in flight, but it seems a bit grainy.
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 04/26/2006 07:27:24 AM
I'm voting all birds high this week, just because I can. Nice shot.
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