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Challenge: Bovine (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Verona, WI
Date: Jun 26, 2010
Aperture: 9.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Animals, Rural
Date Uploaded: Jun 26, 2010

 I wanted to get some photos of these cows acting naturally, but as soon as I stopped me bike, they came over hoping I would feed them. This one kept smelling the air, and was all around being goofy.

I don't expect this to do super well, hopefully it stays out of the gutter.

Post processing included rotating/cropping, increasing brightness, increasing local contrast, using a layer with soft light to darken the over exposed sky and lighten the eye, and then a good amount of sharpening (some local to the eye, some on the entire photo).

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/06/2010 08:21:29 AM
I like the framing, good job.
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 07/05/2010 06:54:34 PM
I do like the framing and the lush green background. Lots of context to take in.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2010 03:31:32 PM
Smile for the camera! hehe
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 07/03/2010 02:40:25 PM
Good shot! Nice color and even lighting. Just for observation purposes there seems to be a lot of chromatic aberation at the sky line... there is a large cyan line around the trees and at the horizon. Probably could have been fixed during post processing but it is not really detrimental to the image.
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 07/01/2010 09:54:30 AM
I like the framing of this image, well captured.
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 06/30/2010 09:45:16 PM
Great shot. Framing is perfect and the clarity is so good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2010 12:47:00 PM
The natural border works great.
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 06/30/2010 09:39:46 AM
Very smart - nice shot
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 06/30/2010 01:13:48 AM
A little over-processed for my taste, but a great subject, and nicely framed by the fence
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