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Challenge: On the Beach (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Port Melbourne, Australia
Date: Jul 18, 2006
Aperture: F2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Animals, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jul 18, 2006

 A cold winter's day in Melbourne. The sun was really nice poking through a stormy sky. I like the depth of field in this.

Basic editing, colour, levels, cropping, USM, border, save for web, USM

Statistics
Place: 28 out of 326
Avg (all users): 6.3758
Avg (commenters): 7.8235
Avg (participants): 6.0194
Avg (non-participants): 6.5641
Views since voting: 1456
Views during voting: 396
Votes: 298
Comments: 22
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 08/28/2006 07:38:04 AM
I have a very similar photo (yours is better tho) can be seen here
//www.pbase.com/lisalent/image/59361381
Seagulls remind me of what it is to be an Australian :)
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 07/27/2006 07:46:55 PM
Enzo,
Thanks for your comment on my Beach Entry and thought I would return the favor. Congrats on your top 30 finish and great score! i love the depth of field on this photo. My only suggestion, which is one more of personal taste than technicals would be a slightly tighter crop, cropping out some of the left side and top, so that by using the rule of thirds, the birds eye is right at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical, but thats just me. Congrats again on the score and thanks for the comment.
joe
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 07/27/2006 07:11:48 AM
a fav in this challenge.... nice work.
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 07/26/2006 09:46:11 AM
Super sharp dof and focus. Wonderful bird shot.
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 07/26/2006 09:45:07 AM
Congratulations on a great capture! This is going straight into my favorite folder!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/25/2006 03:17:16 PM
Beautiful dof on this. Terrific image!
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 07/25/2006 02:14:44 PM
wonderful picture
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 07/25/2006 12:35:36 PM
Great job! I loved the tonal aspect to this whole photograph, with the greys being predominant in the foreground and background, allowing the bird to blend in and stand out at the same time. The clarity in the bird is awesome. I'm not giving this as high as I'd like to because this could equally be on a city street as a beach, so in my opinion, it does not clearly meet the challenge, although I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt. I don't think that meeting the theme of the challenge should be left to guesswork, there should be some element in the photo to at least hint of the theme, and this one doesn't. Other than that, I'm giving it a 7 because it is still a nice shot!
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 07/25/2006 04:50:49 AM
I love it, the tones and the composition are great!
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 07/24/2006 06:47:17 PM
A beautiful picture, absolutely love the colors and Dof...
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 07/23/2006 02:44:36 AM
Like the subtle colors, like the "double" bird and blurred background.
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 07/20/2006 11:58:42 PM
0-2 meets challenge = 2
0-3 technical merit = 3
0-3 creativity = 3
0-2 biased wow factor = 1
Total = 9
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 07/20/2006 09:37:38 PM
Great! even though it's all very "white", the bird still pops!
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 07/20/2006 08:45:22 PM
Gorgeous. I love the detail in the feet and colors in the wing and beak, like the bar and background being the same color and the gradient of the background (except Right back)3rd bird a little distracting.
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 07/20/2006 08:06:27 PM
The second bird makes the front bird look to have "ghosting", which is the only thing I can fault.
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 07/20/2006 07:40:34 PM
Nice use of DOF.
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 07/20/2006 07:21:50 PM
Great focus on the birds. The blurry background really draws your eye in.
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 07/20/2006 03:00:29 PM
Very nice crisp detail and great use of shallow DOF. Very cool!
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 07/19/2006 05:41:50 PM
Just thinking I'd give it a 10.
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 07/19/2006 05:07:57 PM
LOOOOVE this. Great detailing on the bird and the DOF is awesome. BRAVO 10
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 07/19/2006 06:34:49 AM
I like the monochromatic feel to this.
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 07/19/2006 06:24:38 AM
I love this type of images. The bird behind it is a bit distacting.
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