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Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Buckingham, PA USA
Date: May 20, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2007

 This was taken in my backyard with my 100-400mm with 1.4x teleconverter.

I really don't expect this to do that well...maybe a 5.45? No matter, I like the image - plus, I just want to enter a challenge...it's been a while.


Statistics
Place: 231 out of 556
Avg (all users): 5.4793
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4140
Avg (non-participants): 5.6964
Views since voting: 704
Views during voting: 326
Votes: 242
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/28/2007 10:07:05 AM
...as in mk, right? Thanks, you're a pal.

I'm here to look at the new stuff in the portfolio of my favorite photographer. So where it at?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/08/2007 08:51:49 AM
Positives:
The selective desaturation was done very competently. The moment captured with the bird good and overall technicals fine.

Technicals:
The trick with selective desaturation is to get the borders natural and keep the color natural with the black and white background. You did well on both counts.

Sharpness and general lighting are all right.

Overall the background is featureless and on the dark and forboding side in strong contrast to the main subject. The entire left side of the image adds little to the overall image and leaves the bird nearly center framed.

The Challenge:
Boy, did you hit the nail on the head. You predict 5.45 and get a 5.47. You might consider buying a lottery ticket. :)

Your score and placing were a little above average. Back when I was allowed to vote I scored this one a "7". In my world that means I agreed with voters and thought it average to. So did you, btw. :)

I was influenced by the featureless background and that the entire left side adds so little to the composition. Otherwise, technically speaking, it is well done and I'd consider giving it an "8" now. I scored that challenge fairly low overall. I'm not a particularly strong fan of selective desaturation to start with.

Suggestions:
Since the background adds so little you might consider a square crop with the bird on the far left of the crop. It would give the viewer more subject to look at, give it an off-centered positioning of your main subject and remove the uninteresting background on the left side.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2007 06:54:04 PM
very good lighting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2007 07:07:14 PM
great, 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2007 12:45:50 PM
M what?


OH I see the M.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2007 09:23:07 AM
nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2007 06:16:59 AM
Like the tone in this....7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 02:36:19 PM
Cool lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 12:06:53 PM
subtle use of the technique but I like it-I would like the bird to be a little more in focus..
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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