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Parrot Parrot
Parrot Parrot
theicequeen


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Challenge: Shallow DOF VII (Standard Editing)
Location: Pattaya, Thailand
Date: May 16, 2016
Aperture: 2.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320
Date Uploaded: May 17, 2016

 I came across these parrots while looking for "wildlife" to photograph in the seediest streets of Pattaya.

The parrot on the left has much muckier colours than the one on the right, and I considered adjusting the colour balance to bring out more of the blues and greens to get rid of the muckiness, but instead I ended up liking it better when I brought out the brightness of the clearer yellows.

I slightly tweaked the tonal range using curves and sharpened the image. I haven't edited photos much before so I really just played around to see what made a difference.

It was important for me to keep the vibrant colours of the parrots while also making sure that the piece of food the one on the left had dropped still stands out too. It was an unexpected interaction, that the parrot would notice me photographing him and drop his food out of surprise.

Statistics
Place: 65 out of 75
Avg (all users): 5.0235
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 4.9091
Avg (non-participants): 5.1463
Views since voting: 316
Views during voting: 128
Votes: 85
Comments: 1
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 06/03/2016 09:56:10 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

A good attempt at an interesting challenge entry, especially in your first challenge and in one that can be very technically tricky. The colours are nice and poppy, you were careful to NOT oversharpen (and trust me, I've oversharpened many an entry esp in my early years here). Your settings are a tiny bit on the slow side for any kind of critter motion shot, a little bit faster would have helped to freeze the blur on that left parrot. Exposure and composition are ok; I think if there had been some interaction between the parrots, ie fighting over or sharing a piece of food, that this would have scored a bit higher. Voters here look for relatability. I personally am a little sad to see the parrots are chained to the cage.

Watch that the whites don't get too hard and flat, bleaching them out just makes for a mess that detracts the eye. Meanwhile you clearly do have an eye, keep entering and requesting critiques!

Susan
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