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Challenge: Free Study 2010-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DL Macro Super for Canon
Location: Midlothian VA
Date: Feb 14, 2010
Aperture: F6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Animals, Birds
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2010

 Just happened to notice this guy out in the trees, so took a shot. Just started using gimp vs using picasa, have a lot to learn. Just cropped and tuned the colors a little bit.

Statistics
Place: 378 out of 379
Avg (all users): 3.8333
Avg (commenters): 3.6000
Avg (participants): 3.6981
Avg (non-participants): 4.2813
Views since voting: 801
Views during voting: 223
Votes: 138
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/14/2010 01:18:55 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Ouch, last place!?? I think that's a little bit harsh. You received some helpful comments during voting and I have to agree with them. It may be out of focus or just soft. That combined with the far away bird that is facing away from the viewer really seemed to hurt you with the voters. One thing that I don't really know what it is but it detracts from your image is the black dots that are everywhere except for the sky and the white on the bird. I guess it's not noise since you only used ISO 400. It might be due to the cropping but I really have no idea :S. Congratulations on the brown ribbon and good luck on your future challenge entries!

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Senay
 03/08/2010 01:21:12 AM
Congrats on your first ribbon! Well, yes, it's the brown, but that is still an (arguable) achievement around here. No place to go but up, right?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2010 05:38:33 PM
Ooh, a Pileated! I love seeing those guys. Looks like this one was far away (typical) and you had to crop a lot ... ended up kind of speckly.
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 03/05/2010 12:56:51 PM
Sorry, but this is not coming off very well for me. Heavy backlighting, a very soft appearance, and and off looking splotchy pattern on the tree are the main issues. To be fair, birds are difficult subjects and I don't have many good bird shots of my own.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/02/2010 06:08:37 AM
Sorry but thats a bit blurry and hard to make out
 03/01/2010 01:50:24 PM
Nice shot. Would be really good if the focus were better and the shadows opened up a bit.
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 03/01/2010 12:28:19 PM
Very blurry


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