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Columbus Zoo
Columbus Zoo
aprudhomme


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Challenge: Promote Your Zoo (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: Columbus Zoo
Date: Jun 5, 2009
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Galleries: Animals, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jun 7, 2009

 Taken at the Columbus Zoo, which I just recently found out has been ranked the number one zoo in America. This was a bird, I can't remember what type, in Asia Quest. He almost looked fake he was pretty. I adjusted the contrast, applied a paint filter to accentuate his features, and changed the exposure on his eye so it was slightly brighter. Then I just applied text, a border, changed the image size, and saved for the web.

Statistics
Place: 53 out of 87
Avg (all users): 5.7273
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5122
Avg (non-participants): 5.8053
Views since voting: 781
Views during voting: 337
Votes: 154
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 06/15/2009 07:21:13 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Initial impression: Lovely shot of what I believe is a golden pheasant, very vivid birds with very vivid markings and colours. I gave this a 7 in voting.

Technical: The composition is pleasing, dof good, I think the bird being in shadow is what hurt your score as lighting looks a bit flat. Sadly, zoo critters do not take direction well! ISO quite high; a lower ISO like 800 and perhaps one fstop up may have brought out the colours a bit more.

Artistic: I do like the Papyrus font. Might have cheated in the lower left block of copy, it's clinging to the edge of the border. Do like that you used black/gold for the font colours to help offset from the bg and echo the bird's plumage.

Overall/FWIW: A very good effort, and if I might suggest that after you resize (assuming you are using some version of Photoshop) apply unsharp mask, once, and one pass of sharpen edges. look at the result and if happy, save for web; otherwise you can step back and undo them to the point where you are comfortable.

Feel free to PM me with any questions,

Susan
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/14/2009 05:26:20 PM
Ok the post processing killed this one for me I think. I mean both a watercolour type filter AND papyrus aka one of the most over used fonts in existence.

I would be interested in seeing the original photo though and the text and layout works.
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 06/12/2009 07:39:31 PM
I must say you've photographed an unusual character. Very colorful indeed!
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 06/12/2009 04:52:27 AM
Image has a very painted look to it. Does a reasonable job for promoting this zoo.
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 06/11/2009 03:26:59 PM
Looks like an Egyptian bird! I like the almost painterly processing and you've used one of my favorite fonts.
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 06/11/2009 12:10:21 PM
too dark
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 06/09/2009 05:02:02 PM
love the colors in your shot...do you have any pictures of the whole bird???
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 06/08/2009 12:29:42 PM
Beautiful bird. I like the way you processed it. Your crop is great and you really brought out the colors.
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