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Photographer's Comments |
Challenge: Free Study 2007-09 (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: 2007 Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Date: Sep 22, 2007
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Sky, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2007
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Well while I was on vacation, I woke up one morning/afternoon, and went out on my hotel deck. It was the 5th floor I believe. Well someone must have been feeding the Seagulls from this high up, because as soon as I went out on the deck I had about 5 of em flying around my head, then landing on the ground and looking up. Then they would fly up and around again. So I ran in and grabbed my camera and started shooting. I caught this and was pretty stoked because it was just with my Tamron 28-75mm lens. Not a monster zoom lens. Once I put the shot on my computer I was really happy with how sharp and close it actually was. I am sure it won't do that well in free study, but I thought it was my best of the month and for sure my luckiest shot of the month. Hope everyone enjoys.
Adjustments:
Shot in Raw
Sharpened, Saturated, Curves
In Jpeg
USM, Hue & Saturation, Selective Color
Added a slight Gothic Glow, Used Heal on small area to left of wing that looked like sensor dust.
Crop, Resize, Brightness & Contrast, Add Border, Resize again, Sharpend, and Save for Web |
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10/07/2007 08:52:23 PM |
| This is cool. I love how it looks like it is coming right at you. |
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10/05/2007 01:52:09 PM |
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10/05/2007 11:59:40 AM |
| Wow, this is so pretty. Was this a stuffed bird in the museum? Either way, very pretty. |
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10/04/2007 07:05:43 PM |
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10/02/2007 08:32:15 PM |
| Beautiful capture. I think the difficulty of a capture like this is sometimes under-appreciated. Excllent DOF |
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10/02/2007 12:30:23 PM |
| Nice and soft and sharp where it matters... wish the wing wasn't cropped. |
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10/02/2007 10:50:00 AM |
| Great diagonal line. Love the square crop too. |
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10/02/2007 03:04:20 AM |
| Very nice sense of freedom - I like the softness and the motion in the wings. |
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10/01/2007 02:20:55 PM |
| Great in-flight capture! One of the instances where the cut-off wing doesn't distract IMO. |
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