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And chicks make six
And chicks make six
mefnj


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2018 (Standard Editing)
Camera: Nikon D7100
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Date: May 13, 2018
Date Uploaded: Feb 21, 2019

Several of you commented it was overprocessed. Unfortunately, the original capture was relatively dark, so in brightening it, a significant amount of noise was generated, especially on the left bird’s breast. I am pretty good at using the tools available to remove noise, but they did not work well on this image. So I felt it necesaary to smooth it out, and in doing so, it did become more painterly than photographic. I tried to do it with a light touch, but apparently still too much for some of you ;-)

Eh, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 70
Avg (all users): 5.9483
Avg (participants): 5.7674
Avg (non-participants): 6.4667
Views since voting: 277
Views during voting: 100
Votes: 58
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/28/2019 04:07:54 PM
Absolutely fantastic moment with both parents there, the worm in the mouth, and four wide-open beaks! While I do a lot of painterly work myself and usually quite enjoy it, this is one time that I would have liked a more "photographic" look. Maybe you didn't have good focus on everyone, though - truly just getting the capture is fantastic. Voted earlier but I think I'll bump.
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02/28/2019 12:10:38 AM
Pretty heavy handed processing, I don’t think you needed that. But it’s a lovely scene anyway.
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02/27/2019 11:21:54 PM
this is such a great capture it would be more impressive without the cartoonish processing
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02/27/2019 01:58:35 PM
Great focus on the babies!
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02/22/2019 04:56:27 PM
8 from me. would have been higher if that front bird's eye were in focus.

(If you're interested, I will tell you how I'd get it a bit "sharper" in post processing.)

I totally love all of the rest of this! You've captured a beautiful scene very well here!
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02/22/2019 04:14:11 PM
What a great capture! Too fabulous!
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02/22/2019 02:17:58 PM
Great moment. Seems oversaturated, imo. Also did you do a filter on this? Something seems off...
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