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Photographer's Comments |
Challenge: Ducky (Advanced Editing IV*)
Collection: 2006
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Minolta
Location: VA State Fair - Richmond, VA
Date: Oct 4, 2006
Aperture: F8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Water
Date Uploaded: Oct 7, 2006
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RawShooter essentials 2006
- exposure +3.0
- sharpen +50
- details +50
- noise suppresion (3 types) +100
- convert to TIFF
Paint Shop Pro X
- Smart Photo Fix (49,-40,0,0,93,5,15)
- Brightness & Contrast : Histogram (0,1,200)
- Hue & Saturation : +10
- Brightness & Contrast : B/C (5,15)
- Clone cleanup some dirt spots
- Lighten brush to bring back eye "catchlight" on lower front duck
- Digitial camera noise reduction (50,50,50,50,5)
- Brightness & Contrast : B/C (0,10)
- Resize
- USM (.35,100,10) +luminance
- Borders
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10/18/2006 02:33:26 AM |
| Great job, Barry. One of my top picks. |
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10/17/2006 02:14:26 AM |
| And she doesn't seemd frazzled at all from looking after all those duckylings. I like this a lot. ;-) |
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10/16/2006 07:10:00 PM |
| Wow what a collection, great shot. |
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10/15/2006 01:24:58 PM |
| I would like all the ducks to be in focus. |
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10/12/2006 09:42:47 AM |
| wow! I hope she adopted. thats a lotta kids to pop out ;P j/k VERY nice shot.8 |
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10/11/2006 10:39:45 PM |
| I would think with THAT many duckies that the Mama duck would have a much more frazzled look to her! How she manages to keep that big smile with all the little quackers is amazing:-)Composition and lighting are good. The concept carries off very well for you have a flood of little duckies surrounding the larger ducky. A big family takes a Big Mama to handle. I was initially going to suggest that it might have been better if the baby ducks were lined up in a triangle formation with the Mama duck at the head. It would mimic how some real baby ducks 'line up' behind their mother. The problem with the suggestion is that you would have to change the angle to a slightly overhead shot to fit them all in - the angle you have here is level to the ducks and thus it draws us more readily into the scene whereas an slightly overhead shot would remove us further from the subject. Looking at the composition more I think having the baby ducks surround the mother and the angle of composition was a good choice. We get to see almost all her large brood, plus the low level shot that has us view it straight on brings us into the scene. |
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10/11/2006 05:16:42 PM |
| cute and should do well, but may get hammered by some for the over ducky use. nice title to compensate for that. and nice use of DOF which is important in this shot. 7 and top ten fineher |
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10/11/2006 09:09:21 AM |
| wonderful image for this challenge...love this 8 |
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10/11/2006 04:49:16 AM |
| very nice (don't spend too much on these). needs a little more saturation - 7 |
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10/11/2006 02:33:10 AM |
| Like the focus as well as the multitudes. |
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10/11/2006 12:35:33 AM |
| Oh how funny. There's another one with Big Daddy. ROFL |
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10/11/2006 12:34:49 AM |
| busy mama...hahahahah great shot! |
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