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Challenge: Magazine Cover Revisited (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Kodak DX6490
Location: Victoria, British Columbia
Date: Mar 20, 2004
Aperture: 3.20
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 20, 2004

 Increased exposure/brightness slightly. I cropped a piece of leaf behind the heron's beak. Since this magazine looks at issues about the earth in general (human impact on nature, etc.), I decided not do do any other spot editing in order to leave some of the junk in the lake - to show environmental damage juxtaposed with nature.

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Place: 75 out of 147
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Avg (commenters): 6.1667
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Votes: 174
Comments: 14
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/27/2004 06:18:47 PM
great exposure, detail, like the muted tones beyound the subject and the foreground guess you used fill flash? great choice it works very well for me in this.
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 03/27/2004 05:56:08 PM
A bit too harsh with the flash.
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 03/26/2004 11:02:46 PM
Nice composition. Looks like you were really close! Not enough light to get a good exposure- contrast is pretty flat. Using a higher ISO setting on your camera could have solved that.
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 03/26/2004 12:28:55 PM
Beautiful shot, and you've provided a space where the magazine logo could go without ruining it.
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 03/25/2004 08:49:38 PM
Lacks contrast, but great subject and composition
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 03/25/2004 01:18:36 PM
A bit more contrast would help. Appears that you used a flash, not sure.
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 03/24/2004 12:58:22 PM
This is one of my favorites! The heron is gorgeous and you got a great close up shot! My ONLY gripe is that the backgound is a bit drab, maybe brighten it up some?
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 03/23/2004 06:16:26 PM
It's not your fault, but for a cover photo I find the debris in the water distracting. This challenge permitted editing, and this photo would fare better if the debris were cloned out.
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 03/23/2004 05:48:10 AM
The front of the foot would have been another point from me.
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 03/22/2004 07:41:36 PM
Beautiful bird, but this looks a little washed out to me? Seems to be lacking in contrast.
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 03/22/2004 07:12:31 PM
Yes! Very fitting, even you left space for the title! I would increase the contrast a little (or saturation) as there is a gray cast. I am sure looks good in your version but my experience is that there is a loss of contrast when pictures are uploaded. But composition is good, subject is very fitting, background is wonderful ... I give it a 9.
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 03/22/2004 06:54:58 PM
This is really good I would have liked both feet completly in but great shot anyhow 8
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 03/22/2004 07:47:20 AM
Nice idea, but seems underexposed near the bottom 1/3.
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 03/22/2004 12:12:18 AM
Beautiful shot of a Great Blue Heron! :-)
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