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Challenge: Free Study 2008-10 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR
Location: Samish River Flats, Washington State
Date: Oct 14, 2008
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/3000
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Oct 25, 2008
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Taking a chance entering a very similar shot to what I entered in Wildlife but I did not get out to shoot much this month and this series was the best I captured for the month.
Converted in Capture NX
Camera Adjustments: Picture Control Vivid, Adjust -1, Auto Sharpen, Contrast -1, Brightness 0, Saturation 0, Hue 0
RAW Adjustments: No changes from recorded
Color Booster: Protect Skin Tones, Auto adj
Photo Effects: Brightness 2, Enhance Dark Tones, +3 Yellow-Blue
Noise Reduction: Intensity 20%, Sharpness 5
Cleaned in Noise Ninja with touchup of eagle to retain detail
PSE6
Square Crop, clone out fuzz on beak & claw, levels layer set at 0 1.00 250 and erase effect on white, contrast layer set at 20 and erase effect on white, saturation layer set at +10 for blue and yellow and erase effect on white, resize, USM run twice at 200 .3 3 and then 120, .2 3, add border, save for web. |
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11/08/2008 12:57:12 PM |
Thanks Sandy and all the rest of the commenters. I was lucky to get a few usable shots of this eagle as it flew off a telephone pole. Most came out with wires and the pole in them. I entered a very similar one in the wildlife challenge and it scored 6.8 so I suspect people knocked this one down due to lack of originality.
maxxumg - this was in the wild as I live in an area that has quite a few eagles. I was able to stop, get out of my car and walk pretty close to the pole he was on. The problem is gettng them with a good background and keeping signs of man out. This was in a river delta made up of many farms. I go there often as it is full of raptors.
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11/08/2008 11:39:20 AM |
Ohmy! These voters must be just so de-sensitized to majestic photography. This is a National Geographic magazine feature photo. I'd think I'd died and gone to heaven to see an eagle out and about in the wild like this -- but then to capture such detail in a photograph. 6.3 is quite an understatement of this photo!
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11/07/2008 06:30:39 PM |
| Great flight shot :-) Lost some detail on the closer wing but that Eagle eye and talons are scary-sharp. |
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11/06/2008 01:51:00 PM |
| Great capture! These are not easy - particularly since the light seldom hits areas below |
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11/04/2008 11:18:11 PM |
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11/02/2008 01:02:29 PM |
| nice eagle, though I doubt it is in the wild. Not big fan of the crop |
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11/02/2008 12:16:09 AM |
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11/01/2008 06:44:12 PM |
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11/01/2008 09:12:14 AM |
| another great jbsmithana ? |
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