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Challenge: Free Study 2009-03 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Morro Bay, CA
Date: Mar 19, 2009
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2009

 Pretty much a perfect overcast day at the beach. These two were certainly flirting around.

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 475
Avg (all users): 6.5328
Avg (commenters): 8.2500
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Views since voting: 1324
Views during voting: 234
Votes: 137
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 04/09/2009 01:47:50 PM
Dawn, this is such an amazing photo! It looks like you had a very slow shutter speed to get that dreamy water and sand -- yet the birds are so amazingly crisp and sharp! I'm in awe! Congratulations!!!

I hope you have been doing great!! :)

Oh, and P.S.: I definitely agree with Citymars and not Teafran about the negative space thing. That's what makes this so striking is the minimalist effect of those birds in that sea of soft dreamy bokeh!
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 04/08/2009 03:51:52 PM
Originally posted by Teafran:
This would be much better with the top third of the image cropped off. Nicely detailed.

Hmmm, top 8th, maybe. :-)
I think without the big empty space this would be much less effective. It was the soft pearl-gray background that really drew me in. Nice symmetry in the birds as well.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/02/2009 03:57:58 PM
Lovely shot, beautiful composition, meticulously apt processing. The contrast between textures could not be better.
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 04/01/2009 08:27:14 PM
This would be much better with the top third of the image cropped off. Nicely detailed.
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 04/01/2009 02:25:57 PM
I really like this. Love the smoothness of the water, the soft light and the composition.
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 04/01/2009 11:19:50 AM
Beautiful tones, interesting pose, perfect 10!
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