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Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Port O'Connor Texas
Date: Jun 6, 2006
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2007

 Playing around with my 70-200 lens in Port OConnor Texas. The Pelicans kept flying by so I kept shooting... this one is my favorite.

Processing:

Adobe LightRoom Beta:
- straighten
- some contrast adjustment
- some curves
- some saturation
- export to tiff
Adobe Elements 4.0:
- healed some specs on my lens (salt water spray)
- border
- resize
- little sharpen
- save for the web

Statistics
Place: 362 out of 712
Avg (all users): 5.7384
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.7132
Avg (non-participants): 5.8105
Views since voting: 853
Views during voting: 489
Votes: 367
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 01/26/2007 09:48:34 AM
This is beautiful David! Makes me want to head down to the coast this weekend :)

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 01/26/2007 12:44:00 AM
Great shot, perfect sharpness on pelicans and the distance being soft is perfect.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 10:32:06 AM
nice pelicans
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 01/25/2007 06:17:10 AM
Nice silhouettes. Well captured.
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 01/24/2007 10:23:15 PM
nicely observed, lovely colors, but a bit too centered for me. looks very much like some scenes i've enjoyed on the outer banks.
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 01/23/2007 11:17:26 PM
Very simple, yet so serene. Well done!
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 01/21/2007 08:52:36 PM
Nicely taken, maybe just a tad to soft...
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 01/18/2007 04:15:03 PM
Supurb capture. Great silhouette and sky colors.
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 01/16/2007 12:40:31 PM
Good capture of the birds. Looks a bit dull, though, could use more contrast.
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 01/16/2007 10:42:33 AM
beautiful ...
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 01/15/2007 10:37:55 PM
An incredibly peaceful and calming scene. Great photograph, 9!
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 01/14/2007 10:23:25 PM
great job with this - they look like they are flying home
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 01/14/2007 10:16:14 PM
Nice image. Are they pelicans?
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 01/13/2007 08:09:18 AM
Love the feathers at the wingtips but otherwise the shapes are a bit nondescript.
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 01/13/2007 01:02:58 AM
lovely coloring, great capture - nice job :)
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 01/12/2007 10:21:19 PM
Very nice. Excellent stopped action considering the low light. Good luck.
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 01/12/2007 04:26:40 PM
lovely silky smooth sky & great detail on the wing-tips...the border is nice, too...7
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 01/12/2007 07:59:41 AM
This is a very calming pic 7
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 01/12/2007 12:16:44 AM
i've always wanted to take a shot like this but haven't been able to pull it off. 8
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