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Balinese Dragon
Balinese Dragon
Dave Gordon


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Chinese Zodiac (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990
Location: Goshen, NY
Date: Jan 23, 2004
Aperture: f/4.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/119
Galleries: Interior, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jan 23, 2004

The original background was dropped out using a combination of magic wand and lasso tools. Then the dragon was cut and pasted into a new file with the yellow background. Contrast and saturation were increased slightly and the image resized.

Statistics
Place: 60 out of 77
Avg (all users): 4.5924
Avg (commenters): 4.7000
Avg (participants): 4.6500
Avg (non-participants): 4.5567
Views since voting: 961
Votes: 157
Comments: 10
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/29/2004 11:17:16 PM
Wow what a bright background
fits the challenge well
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01/27/2004 03:49:54 PM
The yellow background is too garish for me. At least with this image.
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01/27/2004 02:58:25 PM
Oh my eyes, my eyes!!!! That background is WAY too bright. Try shooting this on a more subtle background.
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01/27/2004 09:47:52 AM
That is yellow! A little too much for my taste. But all in all a nice picture.
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01/26/2004 10:59:25 PM
I would have like this one better with a more interesting background. probably was difficult for you though if it was too busy for the subject.
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01/26/2004 10:12:17 AM
Like the subject but I feel the background clashes and washes out the beautiful colours of the dragon. Not sure if the bacground was difficult to cut it out from but it looks a bit hard.
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01/26/2004 06:59:53 AM
Wow, that's bright. Maybe too bright for this picture. The dragon is plenty bright enough for this photo. THe yellow background dominates him.
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01/26/2004 02:26:43 AM
This is pretty cool - wish the head were more sharply in focus. The flat yellow color in the background takes away from the power of the shot a little, too. (That it's flat yellow, not that it's yellow - I like the contrasting colors.)
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01/25/2004 03:37:58 PM
Looks strongly like it was chopped out in Photoshop.
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01/25/2004 01:51:35 AM
Good dragon. I learned my lesson about backgrounds when one of my shots bombed. Hope you have better luck.
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