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Challenge: Dirt (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ30
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Date: Dec 6, 2006
Aperture: 3.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 7, 2006
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Cropped
Neat Image (noise reduction)
Shadows/Highlights, Exposure, and a little cloning
Curves with mask (multiply mode)
Levels with mask (luminosity mode)
Burned edges
Smart sharpened
Saturation
Brightness/Contrast
Added border
Resized, smart sharpened, saved for web
This little cutie is a Prairie Dog, which I shot at the Palm Beach Zoo. There is a large area there, enclosed by a low wall, where the prairie dogs stay very active building homes and raising their young.
It is the first thing I thought of when they announced the Dirt challenge. I thought I would show a dirt home, but when I got there, this rascal was very busy digging and arranging the dirt with its nose. And voila! a shot that was all about dirt.
There was no selective desat (sometimes Sneezy is wrong), the dirt was just gray. |
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04/11/2007 06:03:42 PM |
| bravo! he reminds me of my hamsters... :) |
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03/03/2007 03:03:24 AM |
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12/18/2006 02:04:21 PM |
| Nice shot and very well composed. I saw the other comments about the selective desat but I'm not sure I agree with them. If you had dark browns for the dirt, there may not have been enough contrast between the two. I think it works well the way it is. Good job. |
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12/18/2006 12:36:03 PM |
| I love this! It is just adorable. He's definitely dirty and this should have scored much higher, IMO. |
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12/18/2006 08:15:43 AM |
Julianne,
This is so cute, and what a great capture! Every time I try to get close to one of these guys, they run off. Great composition, and the expression on the groundhog's face is excellent. Perfect exposure, too. Talk about a photo that meets the challenge perfectly. Great job! |
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12/18/2006 05:08:40 AM |
| this is so cute!:) I think rich brown dirt would only distract from him. I really like it the way it is now! where did you find him?:) I'd love to see one, too! |
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12/18/2006 02:58:00 AM |
| Oooh nice catch! I usually have to use a nasty metal trap and broccoli (buggers get in my veggie garden). I didn't vote in dirt, but this would have gotten a high one from me. Congrats on your PB :D |
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12/18/2006 01:56:42 AM |
Neat pic! Selective desat (see DrAchoo's comment)? Didja do that?
Where did you get this shot, anyway? |
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12/17/2006 11:26:59 AM |
| So cute, and with a nice amount of dirt on the face to fit the challenge. Made me smile. |
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12/11/2006 11:54:16 PM |
| Cute critter, sharp focus, good depth of field. I'm looking at the face and thinking maybe a funnier title would be " Hey! Who threw that dirt ball?" |
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12/11/2006 12:10:26 PM |
| I am not adverse to selective desat, but I'm not sure it works here. I would like the see some rich dark browns in the dirt. 5 |
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