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Into the Wild Blue Yonder
Into the Wild Blue Yonder
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Blue III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm EX APO Macro1:2.8 DG HSM
Location: Karijini National Park Western Australia
Date: Nov 8, 2008
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640 sec
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Nov 10, 2008

 I spotted this bird while driving through Karijini National Park to Tom Price. He obligingly sat still while I snapped a few shots and then decided he'd had enough and flew off.

Cropped, curves layer and brightness layer both to brighten the bird, selective colour layer, merge visible, selective colour again, resize, unsharp mask twice, 50% 0.9 and 30% 0.6, saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 92 out of 186
Avg (all users): 5.3271
Avg (commenters): 6.7143
Avg (participants): 5.1091
Avg (non-participants): 5.4025
Views since voting: 796
Views during voting: 306
Votes: 214
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/19/2008 06:17:19 PM
Hey mate, congrats on yet another shot above your average! That's 18 shots in a row that are above your average - good trend :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/16/2008 03:07:32 PM
Great capture. Try bumping the saturation and exposure up a bit.
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 11/15/2008 09:45:03 PM
nice catch!
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 11/15/2008 08:11:03 PM
Great capture and focus and a nice 'blue'. Composition would be my only small concern. I'd like to the 'empty space' more where the head is pointing... the bird in upper left instead of lower right. May not have been possible, though.
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 11/14/2008 04:49:53 PM
Beautiful capture of the bird! Perfect timing!
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 11/13/2008 09:12:14 PM
sharp shinned hawk? focal pane seems to be just missing the closer wing, and it would have been nice to have the light on the hawk's face, rather than her arse. Still, I know its a tough shot to get.
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 11/13/2008 01:26:22 PM
Nice bird catch... wish he was on the top left of image. That way he would be flying into the picture rather than out of it, if that makes sense.
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 11/13/2008 01:15:56 AM
Wonderful!
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 11/12/2008 11:57:58 PM
Lovely composition.
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 11/12/2008 09:38:38 AM
Would have preferred if the biggest space was in front of where he is looking (having the bird in the upper left rather than the lower left so his gaze was to blue space instead of to the corner of the frame).
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