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Ole Blue Eyes
Ole Blue Eyes
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Challenge: Free Study XV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Tamron AF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD for Pentax
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Date: Nov 25, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/3000 sec.
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2006

 Waterfowl in Huntington Beach Central Park.

Shot in RAW (PEF format).

Adobe Camera RAW:
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o Tweaked the temperature
o Adjusted curves
o Up'ed the saturation a bit
o Save as TIFF

Photoshop
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o Adjusted levels a bit more
o Adjusted hue/saturation (per color)
o Dodged the eye and sharpened it (via layer)
o Reduced the noise in the background (via layer)
o Resized (resampled using Bicubic Sharper)
o Flatten layers
o Smart sharpen
o Added border
o Save for web


Statistics
Place: 79 out of 501
Avg (all users): 6.2270
Avg (commenters): 7.2857
Avg (participants): 6.0741
Avg (non-participants): 6.5273
Views since voting: 1692
Views during voting: 223
Votes: 163
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/10/2006 10:15:17 AM
This is a great shot. The detail is very nice as well as the shallow DOF. Good job.
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 12/09/2006 05:17:59 PM
This is an awesome shot all around. Excellent color, clarity, and nice DOF chosen for the shot. Congrats on an excellent score in this challenge, too!
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 12/08/2006 12:53:17 PM
I love bird faces. This is a great one. That eye is beautiful. You have done a wonderful job with the color in this shot, and the highlights are perfect. You got a good score too. Congratulations!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/06/2006 09:04:49 PM
I'll bet he can really croon. You've really captured some personality in this bird. Nice shot.
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 12/06/2006 07:15:25 PM
Wonderful Photo, Great detail
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 12/05/2006 01:20:47 PM
Fantastic clarity, detail and sharpness here.
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 12/05/2006 10:15:33 AM
incredible capture ... really love teh colors and details ...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/05/2006 09:42:50 AM
Nice and sharp - great details! Awesome shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/05/2006 02:17:27 AM
10!!!!! Magnificent. Another one to send to National Geographic.
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 12/04/2006 04:45:37 PM
I love that detail! I really love these birds too. They're just so personable :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/03/2006 06:51:36 AM
fantastic eye! what a great contrast to this bright orange color
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 12/03/2006 12:50:23 AM
Great colors! I never would have thought they have blue eyes.
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 12/01/2006 03:49:22 AM
And ole orange frame, too. I really thing that taking a key colour into the frame makes for a very weird composition - weakening the colour in the actual image, making for a bizarre extra element that the shot surely doesn't need. Good detail and processing and light in the actual image though, but there isn't any real fascination to it - just a technically assured shot, without doing anything more.
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