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A Bow on a Bough
A Bow on a Bough
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Challenge: Trees II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Date: Apr 28, 2009
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Abstract, Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 28, 2009

A red wing black bird that I saw on my way home from work today. I went to my house and ran back and um..had to find him again.

Adjusted levels and saturation. Exported.

Statistics
Place: 134 out of 263
Avg (all users): 5.2629
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.2468
Avg (non-participants): 5.2735
Views since voting: 603
Views during voting: 288
Votes: 194
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0


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05/06/2009 02:43:52 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

The first thing that pops into my mind when looking at this, is what is the subject? Is it the branches of the tree, or is it the bird? In other words, it was not immediately obvious which possibly hurt your score.

I didn't vote on this one, but probably would have only given it a 5. Although it is quite well composed, I found the branch sticking in the top left of the frame to be distracting, as it invades what would be some negative space, and also it is out of focus. Given that this was an advanced editing challenge, I do not think it would have been out of line to have cloned that out.

The sky is not a particularly interesting colour, it is not intense enough to give the impression of a sunset, but tends to look grey and a bit murky. Given that the tree and bird are in silhouette, I may have been tempted to try this one in black and white (but then, I am a big black and white fan).

My critique sounds a bit harsh, apologies, I was just trying to explain the lowish score. It is not a bad image, I just think it could have been a bit stronger with some extra editing steps.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/04/2009 08:36:32 PM
Its a good picture. The bird really helps to make the picture.
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04/30/2009 05:31:55 PM
Great shot, Good luck, Mike
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