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Challenge: Wildlife III (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Victoria, BC
Date: Jan 15, 2007
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 21, 2007

 Mating season! The poor girl just wanted lunch, but he had other things on his mind ;)
We feed half a dozen grey squirrels but rarely do they tolerate having another within several feet except in January and June. While these two sat in one lilac bush another pair occupied the other about 6 feet away.

Noiseware, USM with another round on just the eyes, crop, curves, bits of burning and dodging, slight colour adjustment and saturation... just general simple tinkering until I was relatively satisfied.

Statistics
Place: 114 out of 218
Avg (all users): 5.7236
Avg (commenters): 6.2727
Avg (participants): 5.7238
Avg (non-participants): 5.7234
Views since voting: 811
Views during voting: 353
Votes: 246
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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01/28/2007 09:49:43 PM
Good sharp focus makes this one work especially well.
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 01/28/2007 06:30:35 PM
Very cute. I love the expression in the upper squirrel's face.
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 01/27/2007 01:16:50 PM
I think there is to much action and to much stuff crammed in this picture.
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 01/27/2007 09:50:00 AM
Good capture of these two little guys. They may be slightly oversharpened and some of the backlit areas are blown out.
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 01/25/2007 08:50:01 AM
seems a little over processed. If it was a clear good exposure it'd be nicer
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 01/23/2007 01:10:31 AM
This is the most interesting squirrel shot I've ever seen.
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 01/22/2007 11:50:27 PM
Excellent capture......an outstanding job.....perfect processing and/or whatever you did or didn't do. I wouldn't touch it on any level. ZERO flaws in my book. 9
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 01/22/2007 07:38:03 PM
Cute; like the emphasis on the bushy tail.
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 01/22/2007 11:08:44 AM
great shot, lots of flow here - 7
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 01/22/2007 10:59:54 AM
Cute shot, a little over-sharpened for my tastes but in this community you're sort of damned if you don't. Nice to see squirrels not begging!
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 01/22/2007 01:12:36 AM
The photo lacks important details and is overwhelmed with the branches (unimportant distractions).
Unfortunately, there are too many branches to make me believe that this image would ever show up in a wildlife magazine (which would warrant a 9 or a 10).

The highlights also seem overblown, either as a result of excessive contrast/brightness adjustment, or as a result of overexposure.

Good luck!
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