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We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat!!
3rd PlaceWe're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat!!
bobonacus


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Challenge: Bovine (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Godalming
Date: Jun 27, 2010
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3200
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 28, 2010

 Taken whilst Kayaking on a the Wey river near Godalming, England.

Slight crop, convert from raw upping exposure, blacks and a little fill light. Curves, levels, a little dodge and burn to balance the light on the cow, cloned a few annoying specks, vignette on a duplicate layer with a mask to not effect the cow, resize, noise ninja, border.

I was in an advanced elements inflatable kayak, which is a recent purchase ... was just a few metres away from the cow. Taken in bright sunlight which is probably why there is a tiny loss of detail, saturation not changed except for upping blacks a little in raw conversion.

Hazel was walking along the bank and took this whist I was taking the picture


[Jun. 30th, 2010 10:12:42 AM]

WOW ... it's a long way down from here though ;)
Votes: 40
Avg Vote: 6.9500
Comments: 2

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Wow, a ribbon, that is awesome :D Thanks for all your votes and comments :)))

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 125
Avg (all users): 6.7709
Avg (commenters): 8.1667
Avg (participants): 6.4464
Avg (non-participants): 6.9187
Views since voting: 4678
Views during voting: 337
Votes: 179
Comments: 27
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 07/09/2010 05:09:10 PM
Congrats on the third place, great shot!
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 07/09/2010 01:01:58 PM
That is one cool looking cow - and a great title.

:-)
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 07/09/2010 12:26:13 PM
Congrats on the ribbon!!!
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 07/08/2010 08:35:23 AM
Gotta love Haelan' Coos.
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 07/08/2010 07:29:40 AM
I had to Fav this -- I keep going back to it, and it makes me smile every time. Congrats on the ribbon!
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 07/07/2010 10:09:47 PM
Congrats! One of my favorites of the challenge. I gave it a 10
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 07/07/2010 05:07:52 PM
WTG Rob
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 07/07/2010 01:16:48 PM
What a fantastic shot! Great clarity. Congrats on the ribbon, Robert. Well deserved.
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 07/07/2010 12:32:20 PM
What a marvelous face! Congrats on the yellow!
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 07/07/2010 10:52:56 AM
I LOVE THIS!
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 07/07/2010 09:35:52 AM
What a GREAT photo! Congratulations on your ribbon. I love this photo!
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 07/07/2010 08:19:54 AM
This was one of my top picks, congrats on the ribbon!
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 07/07/2010 05:31:21 AM
Great job! Congrats on ribbon! What an interesting Bovine beast, and I love the title.
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 07/07/2010 05:08:39 AM
Superb work and brilliant title - still laughing here :):):)
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 07/07/2010 04:13:34 AM
Well done Robert, great shot !

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 07/07/2010 02:06:04 AM
love it. bokeh is terrific, nice and smooth.
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 07/07/2010 12:50:11 AM
Congratulations. It's a great shot.
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 07/07/2010 12:06:24 AM
Dude! This is fantastic. Congrats on the ribbon!
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 07/07/2010 12:05:35 AM
Congratulations on your ribbon - such a unique and well done shot.
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 07/07/2010 12:02:23 AM
well done rob its brilliant! :D

Message edited by author 2010-07-07 00:02:38.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/06/2010 09:48:42 PM
My favorite of the challenge; not sure if it is pic or the title, lol.
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 07/06/2010 08:19:19 AM
Very cool!
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 07/05/2010 12:59:38 PM
Very nice. It might have been nice to see the horns in the reflection too. But maybe it didn't look good so you didn't put them there.
These hairy bovines are brilliant!
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 07/04/2010 07:58:54 PM
What a great shot and perfect DOF.
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 06/30/2010 05:39:55 PM
Very nice shot and excellent detail.
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 06/30/2010 09:48:23 AM
would have loved to see the reflection of the whole animal in the lake
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 06/30/2010 01:19:17 AM
What a fabulous subject. But I think the color saturation is a touch too much and you've lost some of the detail.
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