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Challenge: National Geographic (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Olympus E-20
Location: Fontana, Ca
Date: Jan 16, 2004
Aperture: F2.4
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 17, 2004

 This was a photo from a National Geographic "100 Best Unpublished Pictures." I didn't have time to go look for something, so the Zoo came to me.

Mounted image on piece of plexiglass, and used flash at an angle that gave the least reflections. Used fast shutter to make background go dark. Used packing peanuts ground-up for snow, and there you have it.

Burned the dark background, blurred the snow, and edited out some "Snow" that didn't look like snow.

Statistics
Place: 116 out of 124
Avg (all users): 4.6514
Avg (commenters): 4.4762
Avg (participants): 4.4713
Avg (non-participants): 4.7710
Views since voting: 983
Votes: 218
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2004 08:06:43 PM
Little too dark around the head.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2004 02:19:34 AM
It's a bit dark and the focus seems just a spot off...
TC
 01/24/2004 12:39:38 PM
I like the profile you've captured...very interesting angle of view, but the image appears too dark and the animals head is blending in with the background. Meets the challenge theme well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2004 10:04:36 AM
A bit to o dark to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2004 10:13:20 PM
I think Penguins are really cute. There is a lot of detail lost here because the image is pretty dark.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2004 08:40:33 PM
Too dark for a magazine page,editor will refuse it,4 from me!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2004 05:41:58 PM
Too dark
 01/21/2004 11:18:46 AM
Its too underexposed. This kind of has a dark artsy feel to it, which I like. I don't feel that's a good quality in the photojournalistic world of magazines like NG. It's a little too much like a mug shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2004 10:50:23 AM
The soft, fluffy texture of the penguin contrasts nicely with the rough look of the ice. Both are rendered well enough to make that contrast clear.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2004 05:47:56 PM
Not quite enough detail, a little dark.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2004 05:34:17 AM
looks like a very old shot - well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2004 11:48:45 PM
This is way too dark to make out details.
 01/19/2004 10:07:57 PM
Very nicely done (albeit a tad dark for me). Good job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2004 07:47:03 PM
Would look better, I think, if it were lighter; I can't see what's in the shadows.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2004 05:26:40 PM
needs to be a bit brighter,. maybe better contrast..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2004 12:36:06 PM
Nice, but I could use more depth and contrast with the B & W.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2004 12:30:50 PM
too dark
 01/19/2004 12:26:38 PM
This is a GREAT shot. I wish it was a little bit brighter around his head.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2004 10:40:49 AM
A good subject but I can't see it very well. Suggest more light and filling the frame with this guy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2004 12:53:50 AM
Nice shot - but a bid dark for my taste.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2004 12:50:26 AM
Very, very dark, I'm afraid...
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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