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Challenge: Independence II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
Location: Berkeley, California, USA
Date: Jul 6, 2012
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/807
Date Uploaded: Jul 8, 2012

Rock doves (pigeons) on the roof of the Hotel Durant, near the UC campus.

-Handheld, manual mode
-FL 432mm (35mm EQ)
-Noise-reduction with PictureCooler
-RGB Curve
-Rotate
-Crop a little from bottom
-Resize
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (applied twice)
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 10/10 = 250KB

File: Loner_IMG_1243-DPC

Statistics
Place: 67 out of 73
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Views since voting: 529
Views during voting: 182
Votes: 102
Comments: 1
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07/18/2012 12:32:56 PM
This one made me stop and think. I like the concept of a loner bird, but frankly, I didn't get it at first. My eye was initially drawn to the high point. All those pigeons and the flaking paint on top of a dingy gray pillar. They are on top, but what good has come of their conquest? It is interesting to think about a bird or a person who doesn't seek what everyone else seeks and who maybe doesn't need their approval. So many people want to be at the top, and will climb any peak because it is there. Of course, many more never make it to the top. Some see no value in the attempt while others plod along like lemmings without giving a thought to the wisdom of the effort. The person who can be happy where he finds himself is the truly independent one. Interesting photo. You said all that and more without words, and I used all these words and said so little.
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