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Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Collection: ANIMALS
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Cleveland
Date: Aug 12, 2006
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 15, 2006

 This is my first bird in captivity shot posing as a "free-bird" shot. I realize it can't compete with the top images of this sort so I tried to spice it up a bit with the desat. thing. The sky / background was solid blue so that wasn't anywhere near a major edit as I'm guessing people will think that it was - I just felt that it was more dramatic this way.

Statistics
Place: 130 out of 684
Avg (all users): 6.1055
Avg (commenters): 6.3500
Avg (participants): 6.0152
Avg (non-participants): 6.4068
Views since voting: 1065
Views during voting: 347
Votes: 256
Comments: 22
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 11/18/2007 01:59:59 PM
Awesome selective saturation.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2006 10:05:27 PM
Excellent sharp capture, you didn't need to do the selective desat, it would have been more powerful seeing the beautiful feather colors. Great focus, contrast and feather detail.
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 09/07/2006 08:11:51 PM
Nice sharp photo, but there is a distracting glow around the bird.
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 09/07/2006 04:06:50 PM
Good choice. Startling.
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 09/07/2006 07:55:53 AM
great angle and detail the steeley color adds to the sense of power to this image
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 09/06/2006 09:09:56 PM
The b/w effect makes this very differnt, but not sure I like the eye. But it is a very nice capture.
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 09/06/2006 02:27:12 PM
Nice to see a different kind of treatment to a fairly routine type of portrait.
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 09/04/2006 11:45:59 PM
10
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 09/04/2006 05:39:40 PM
Almost looks like a drawing. Nice job. I like the comp and selective desat.
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 09/04/2006 03:49:29 PM
Beautiful
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 09/04/2006 02:23:32 AM
I can understand why you selectively desaturated this image, but I personally think that the image would have been stronger in full colour. Selective desat can sometimes be very effective, but in my opinion, in this instance the image would have been more effective without it.
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 09/03/2006 02:09:33 PM
The detail is incredible, and the lighting & composition are good. Unfortunately, the selective desat really, really doesn't appeal to me. Sorry and I hope you don't mind my comment too much. The most important thing is that you are happy with your image.
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 09/03/2006 08:55:39 AM
excellent selective desat makes the eye really POP
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 09/02/2006 12:20:58 PM
Beautiful detail. Excellent sharpness. Love the selective desat. 8 from me.
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 09/02/2006 08:48:11 AM
Wow, nice sharp hawk.
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 09/01/2006 11:44:45 PM
Not sure if the desat works here, but still a nice capture..(7)
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 09/01/2006 09:05:41 PM
GREAT details. a very strong image.
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 09/01/2006 04:57:48 PM
wow great selective desat. very striking.
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 09/01/2006 02:41:42 PM
It's an impressive shot, but I think it could stand on it's own without the special effects partial desaturation.
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 09/01/2006 10:53:30 AM
beautiful photo that the PP just ruins for me - sorry. The desat doesn't have to go ALL the way to B&W. You can draw your audiences attention with just a subtle desat on the bird, and gentle push on the sat on the eye and we'll get it without it feeling so contrived or unnatural.

The glow round the edges of the bird makes me wonder what's up with the processing too. Burning the background until it's gone?

Again, beautiful lighting and focus.
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 09/01/2006 09:46:27 AM
There is a halo of chromatic aboration around the subject. beautiful focus and texture. Very ominous.
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 09/01/2006 02:42:16 AM
lots of halos around edges, particularly around the beak and the right boundary between bird body and background. not effective for me.
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