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Blue Jay
Blue Jay
cynthiann


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Color in Black and White (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Location: Kentucky
Date: Sep 20, 2008
Date Uploaded: Sep 23, 2008


Statistics
Place: 160 out of 240
Avg (all users): 4.9627
Avg (commenters): 4.0000
Avg (participants): 4.7258
Avg (non-participants): 5.1111
Views since voting: 862
Views during voting: 261
Votes: 161
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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10/01/2008 10:14:37 AM
Looks more like a hawk than a blue jay. Great capture but it doesn't convey colour to me. Very dramatic shot.
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10/01/2008 10:09:45 AM
Black and white is based on contrast and texture to name a couple of components and you seem to have lost a lot of the contrast and texture in the conversion.

If you can process it to get more detail showing on the head and get some brightness in the eyes I think it would be a great improvement.
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10/01/2008 10:02:16 AM
I think it's a startling capture -- excellent. For this challenge, I don't think it conveyed color, because I couldn't recognize it as a blue jay. Depending on the mood you are trying to convey, this may or may not be a good b&w conversion. If you are trying to create a scary/ominous mood, you did a very good job -- the sort of thing that might go over well in Grimm Fairy Tales. If you are trying to show a close up of a bird in flight, it is a little dark to make out the details. But if your question is about the score, I would say it is because of the color aspect of the challenge.
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10/01/2008 08:39:11 AM
oops


Message edited by author 2008-10-01 09:04:11.
10/01/2008 08:16:25 AM
phenomenal capture. I gave you a 9.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/29/2008 02:02:20 AM
This is a Blue Jay??
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09/26/2008 05:31:08 PM
Im not sure thats a blue jay.... even a female
i know bird in flight is hard to get focus on the movement but if you have good light open that fstop up and quicken that shutter!
Nice angle though
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09/25/2008 10:17:02 AM
its amazing how close it looks as if your almost flying with him.. great photo =)
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09/24/2008 12:58:35 PM
Great capture of flight!
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