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SUCCESS: The Ability To Soar Above All Others
SUCCESS: The Ability To Soar Above All Others
manic35


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Challenge: Success (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax Digital AF
Location: Sandgate Pier, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date: May 22, 2006
Aperture: f19
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500sec
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: May 22, 2006

 Taken at the Sandgate pier that GIS_boy is getting taking all of his shots at. It was taken at about 6am, about an hour after sunrise. In post processing, I have played with levels, curves and then lots of adjusting selective colour so that I could darken the water, so the bird only was highlighted. GIS_boy & I had a lot of discussion about whether to leave some colour and highlights so that the texture of the water could be seen or whether to take it out completely. I opted for taking in out completely, so I guess the score will show who won this little argument............God, I hope its me :(

Statistics
Place: 23 out of 184
Avg (all users): 6.0551
Avg (commenters): 7.5714
Avg (participants): 5.8727
Avg (non-participants): 6.1105
Views since voting: 963
Views during voting: 378
Votes: 236
Comments: 19
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 06/06/2006 02:59:49 AM
*Critique Club*

It just became apparent to me that it's difficult to find a lot to say about sn image as simple as this.
The background works. Nothing distracting in the background. There are the little dots that are his feet I think, but we can't really see his legs, so they are a little odd, but then yous top to think that 'hey, those are his feet' it all makes sense. If this were advanced though, not sure if I'd prefer you clone out the feet...or make the legs more visible.
I don't really see much detail in the bird. I mean, I can see that it's a bird...but no eyes, no feathers, no legs, and a large dark spot where his wing is suposed to be.
The bird itself is not very interesting at all.
HOWEVER, the idea behind the photo is great. I like the bird where he is, I like the negative space, and I like having the bird positioned exactly where he is.
It's just not the most interesting bird, I guess. Not really your fault. I mean, maybe some extra detail would have helped the visual appeal, but really he's not an attractive bird to me.
I think you made all the right choices that YOU could have made with this shot. (I've seen the original) Just really wish there was something 'more' to that bird.
~Heather~
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 05/31/2006 05:37:29 AM
That was my only 10, i thought you would get a ribbon for this beautiful shot !
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/30/2006 07:41:08 PM
8- wonderful picture, need a tighter crop on the top
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 05/30/2006 06:14:37 AM
Success is getting a nice picture of a bird in flight!
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 05/30/2006 04:49:16 AM
A very sophisticated shot. The heron could be more focused; dig the white and black. The border finished the piece of nicely.
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 05/29/2006 11:52:11 PM
Beauti beautiful... sure is a winner...
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 05/29/2006 10:47:49 PM
Awesome capture.
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 05/29/2006 02:19:11 PM
Beautiful but to me doesn't meet the challenge of success.
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 05/28/2006 11:21:23 PM
How was this accomplished, Jack?
 05/27/2006 07:02:08 PM
Beautiful... love the grace you've captured here; the crop & placement of the bird seem perfect too... I'll look to see this one at the top...
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 05/27/2006 02:02:44 PM
Excellent.
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 05/27/2006 04:51:26 AM
nice framing.
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 05/27/2006 03:55:50 AM
This picture is phenomenal!!!!! This deserves a 10
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 05/26/2006 11:42:23 PM
Simple, yet elegant! Great color, contrast, and capture. Well done.
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 05/26/2006 09:58:28 AM
There was a thread started recently discussing 'zen photography', basically keeping things very simple, this is a fantastic example of how effective it can be.
Well done.
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 05/25/2006 05:57:21 PM
could be a little sharper but I would hang thison my wall.
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 05/24/2006 09:14:32 PM
nice contrast..
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 05/24/2006 06:12:13 PM
i think this might be even stronger if the heron were a bit bigger in the image. great work.-7-
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 05/24/2006 05:27:32 AM
I do like this...nice comp against the black looks great
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