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Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Edinburgh
Date: Aug 23, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 28, 2006

Shot at good old Edinburgh Zoo and recovered from a very dark raw shot.

Resized, auto levels, brighten shadows, USM.

Statistics
Place: 535 out of 684
Avg (all users): 5.0837
Avg (commenters): 5.7000
Avg (participants): 5.0366
Avg (non-participants): 5.2333
Views since voting: 879
Views during voting: 313
Votes: 251
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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10/07/2006 05:13:53 AM
I really liked your shot of the bird and I did an edit of it, I hope you don't mind. You can see it here. I thought it had alot of potenetial and was just abit too bright. It had lots of detail in it and I think you did a great job capturing the bird. I listed all of the steps I used and if you have questions feel free to ask me. BTW, I was one of your 6's.:)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2006 10:04:30 PM
Great capture, could use a little PP help with contrast and sharpness.
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09/07/2006 09:14:51 PM
Nice details and such. Just needs a litle more seperation between background and subject.
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09/05/2006 11:31:41 PM
The look on its face is terrific and your focus is great! If you have room, I might crop it a little higher to drop some of the log and add a little more space around its head.
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09/05/2006 07:50:31 AM
this image seems very flat to me...perhaps you could increase your contrast or adjust in curves to help make this image pop.
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09/04/2006 05:38:20 PM
Great expression but the photo looks a bit overexposed as a whole. Still the DOF is nice.
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09/03/2006 05:27:09 PM
i'm not sure if it's the bird, or the position you were in, but he appears to have a very oddly shaped head. unfortunately, one of the more immediate things you notice is that his bum appears more in focus than his head - probably the result of a low f-thingy - which lets you down a little bit (especially the softness round his left / our right eye). though the depth of field does give a nice background which compliements the colours of the feathers, and the grain / noise is a pleasant effect. the best thing is the expression on the birds face; almost humanly grumpy. and this makes the shot more characterful and endearing than the majority of nature shots, and makes it stand out for me. a bird with personality scores highly in my book; so 8.
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09/02/2006 11:17:50 PM
I dunno, I think he's watching the tip of his beak ;-) I enjoyed the colors and patterns in this shot.
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09/02/2006 04:03:00 PM
nice natural colors to this. 6
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09/02/2006 08:40:38 AM
Nice bird
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09/01/2006 10:58:12 AM
this is close to being a very good shot, bring the exposure down by maybe a stop to give it more of a mood
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09/01/2006 04:43:24 AM
Maybe could have used some contrast/level adjustment, and noise reduction. But the composition is excellent and I really love the bird's "expression" as he is looking at the camera.
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