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Whistling Kite
Whistling Kite
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2010-04 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm EX APO Macro1:2.8 DG HSM
Location: Whiteman Park Caversham Western Australia
Date: Apr 26, 2010
Aperture: F2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3200 sec
Galleries: Animals, Birds
Date Uploaded: Apr 28, 2010

 Taken at the Birds of Prey show at Whiteman Park. Really stoked with it. This is Bee, a male whistling kite. Check out //wabirdsofprey.com

Opened in ACR, lowered exposure, added fill light and upped clarity and vibrance a bit, shadow/highlight to tone highlights down, duplicated layer set to multiply at 49% opacity, masked all but the bright bits off and then gaussian blurred the layer mask, adjustment layer for selective colour, upped the brightness a bit, cropped, levels adjustment to brighten midtones, resized, usm twice, 8 bits per channel, saved for web.

Score prediction: 5.5 if I'm lucky. I always hope for a 6 and my spirit falls as my score does, but, well, that's me.

Statistics
Place: 86 out of 394
Avg (all users): 6.1284
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 6.1402
Avg (non-participants): 6.0976
Views since voting: 902
Views during voting: 231
Votes: 148
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/08/2010 01:12:01 AM
Hey mate! We finished back-to-back (86th & 87th place). Love the shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2010 01:23:53 PM
He's magnificent! 8
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 05/05/2010 09:49:30 PM
Great shot but would score higher without the tethers.
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 05/04/2010 08:58:18 PM
A little fringing on the leading edges, but a nice capture. If only you could have moved the sun a bit to avoid the hot spots on the wing and neck...
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 05/03/2010 04:18:45 PM
What a shot
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 05/03/2010 03:53:06 AM
lucky you,,,,,,,, wow, what a shot,,,,,,,,,,
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 05/02/2010 09:07:18 PM
Nice detail in this shot.
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 05/02/2010 10:07:33 AM
Beautiful detail and the eye contact is great.
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