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...swans a swimming...
...swans a swimming...
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Challenge: 12 Days Of Christmas (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Compact Aspherical Hyperzoom for Sigma
Location: San Francisco, CA
Date: Dec 29, 2006
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Animals, Water
Date Uploaded: Dec 29, 2006

Convert from RAW, crop, levels, curves, color shifting, some cloning along the border, smart sharpen, save for web.

These beauties live at the Palace of Fine Arts here in San Francisco and were performing nicely today.

Statistics
Place: 33 out of 58
Avg (all users): 5.3645
Avg (commenters): 5.4545
Avg (participants): 4.8205
Avg (non-participants): 5.4857
Views since voting: 1103
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 214
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/07/2007 09:14:59 PM
Pretty contrast here. The tones would suit a black and white nicely.
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01/06/2007 05:50:48 PM
A very nice one. Would be perfect if there were seven of them. The rock behind the neck of the last one is also a bit distracting.
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01/04/2007 12:30:09 AM
Good capture
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01/02/2007 04:25:58 PM
Shouldn't there be a few more? Or should I count the reflections as well?

:-)

On the shot itself, it would have been nice to have been looking at the front of the swans, rather than their backs. a good rule of thumb for nature shots is: if you can see both eyes, then maybe you have the beginnings of a good composition. I'd have cranked the aperture down a little as well - better to be underexposed on the water than over-exposed on your main subject.

Hope this helps.
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01/02/2007 04:44:36 AM
I don't have a problem with fewer swans being depicted than the song indicates, although I have given an extra mark to those that either did find them, or had the patience to wait. That said, I am not scoring this high for a number of reasons:
The swans are a little over-exposed - if you are using a camera where you can choose the metering, use partial or spot, focussing in on the feathers; alternatively go with the cameras suggestion and then dial down 2/3 of a stop.
The composition lacks dynamism - the swans are swimming away from the viewer - there is no interaction.
The object dissected by the swan's neck (a moorhen, or a rock perhaps) jostles for the viewer's attention.
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01/01/2007 11:02:46 PM
Beautiful picture!! weren't they supposed to be seven though? (8)
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01/01/2007 09:46:22 AM
We'll just pretend the other four are right outside the frame :-) Like the composition, and good job of not blowing those whites. I might have dodged on heads a bit, since its advanced, but just my take. Nice entry.
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01/01/2007 06:52:32 AM
But four are missing!!
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01/01/2007 05:17:26 AM
Uh, it's 7 swans a swimming. DNMC.
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01/01/2007 01:19:35 AM
Um... three french hens? :) Nice shot.
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01/01/2007 01:16:23 AM
Did ya eat the other 4?? :) Still a beautiful shot!
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01/01/2007 12:30:56 AM
Happy New Year - 7
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01/01/2007 12:27:38 AM
did the other 4 get lost?
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