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Time For Take-Off!
Time For Take-Off!
Mochrie99


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Action Shot II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony DSC-H5
Location: Centennial Park, Sarnia Ontario
Date: Jul 27, 2006
Aperture: F5.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/1000 sec
Date Uploaded: Jul 27, 2006

While visiting a local park, I caught this gull taking off from its perch on a post.

Steps of post-processing:
- Automatic Colour Balance
- Automatic Contrast Enhancement
- Clarify
- Automatic Saturation Enhancement
- Crop
- Resize to Challenge Dimensions
- Sharpen

Statistics
Place: 129 out of 279
Avg (all users): 5.4487
Avg (commenters): 5.4167
Avg (participants): 5.0714
Avg (non-participants): 5.6600
Views since voting: 817
Views during voting: 333
Votes: 234
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/08/2006 03:52:47 AM
the bird is shot against a very busy background, while the lower half is empty. not good.
08/06/2006 11:52:03 PM
This is a great shot and really a tough capture. To get the exposure you did and the level of detail really takes some talent and I think you have every bit of this talent and more! Congrats!
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08/05/2006 09:01:57 AM
Good exposure and nice sharp focus on the head. The composition needs just a little bit of work. The chopping of the wings and the background factory take away from this photo.
08/03/2006 08:10:12 PM
Background takes away from a great shot
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08/03/2006 07:38:24 PM
Amazing Detail. Would have been nice if top of wings were notcut off.

Marty
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08/03/2006 10:01:02 AM
Nice focus on the eyes but the image is too tight on top and the pole on the bottom does not add much to the composition.
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08/03/2006 08:13:47 AM
Very nice capture and perfect for challenge. I think a little more space at the top would have made it perfect to me...it's still a lovely photo though...9.5
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08/03/2006 08:11:58 AM
background is a little too busy.
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08/02/2006 10:28:23 PM
Great shot. IMO it would be better if the wings were not clipped at the top.
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08/02/2006 09:44:29 PM
The bird itself is wonderful. I even like the motion blur on the wings. But the background is horrible. You either needed to shoot in a different direction or reduce your f stop to increase depth of field 6
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08/02/2006 09:39:37 AM
Good shot
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08/02/2006 06:46:46 AM
Uncropped wings at the top could have made it a winning picture.
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08/02/2006 12:45:55 AM
If the bird were more in the frame, it would be a higher score for me... good water color and grounding the photo with the pole, but timing is everything... 7
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