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Dappled Dove
Dappled Dove
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Challenge: Dappled Light (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: my coutyard :)
Date: May 18, 2008
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2008

 this dove is nesting in a juniper tree in my courtyard, suprisingly it let me get only a couple of feet away with the camera and I used zoom. Flipped image, cropped Brightness, contrast, color sat., color hue (warmer), gaussian blur, sharpen.

Nobody better say that any part of the dove is blown out because it took very meticulous effort to make sure that DIDN'T happen! off my soap box now :) I hope people like the diagonal composition. I normally wouldn't do that but it was just soooo boring when I tried it horizontally. Also the curve of the tail feathers looks better this way imo.

Statistics
Place: 54 out of 115
Avg (all users): 5.4444
Avg (commenters): 6.0769
Avg (participants): 5.4348
Avg (non-participants): 5.4471
Views since voting: 752
Views during voting: 327
Votes: 216
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/27/2008 11:37:42 PM
Aptly titled ;-) And nicely exposed to handle the dapple.
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 05/27/2008 02:07:17 PM
Nice dappling, but I'm unsure about the tilted perspective and composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/27/2008 11:20:38 AM
Lovely shot. Fitting.
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 05/25/2008 07:26:54 PM
Great close-up.
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 05/24/2008 08:03:06 AM
I'm usually a fan of the diagonal compositions, however here it makes it feel like the bird is going to fall from the nest. The lighting is handled wonderfully though, with a nice balance of light and dark.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/23/2008 09:44:47 AM
I like the pattern that the shadows creat on the bird
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 05/23/2008 09:25:59 AM
i like the cropping on this a lot and the angle of the shot. good color too
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/23/2008 06:17:52 AM
very nice
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 05/23/2008 04:31:46 AM
Subtle colour scheme, not very DPC. I would tilt it a bit to the right to make themain subject horizontal. I think it would enhance coposition. Beautiful detail. Nice dappled light.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2008 10:49:30 AM
Good job in using the light to create a feeling of "softness" to this shot.
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 05/22/2008 08:08:24 AM
The image meets the challenge nicely, but for me the compositon lets the photo down a little. I think its the angle of the dove that I find 'jarring', it just looks a little awkward. There may well have been potential here, but I think the composition just lets it down. Good effort all the same though!
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 05/21/2008 08:51:15 PM
YOU HAVE PATIENCE!!!
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 05/21/2008 08:11:23 PM
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 05/21/2008 01:30:26 PM
you've found a new species! great dappled light, 10
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