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Birdie Bed-Head
Artyste


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Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO Macro Super II for Pentax
Location: Kamloops, B.C.
Date: Jun 9, 2005
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/180 sec
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 7, 2005

 The Emus at the Kamloops Wildlife Park were very curious, allowing me to get some really nice close-up shots. I loved the coloring on this one, and the eye is just fantastic. Hopefully it'll do pretty well.

Not much post-processing at all. A bit of over-all desat, and then re-saturated the blues and cyans, and selectively re-saturated the eye as well. Then I sharpened. Voila. (Also a touch of levels and auto-color)

Alright, I'm going out on a limb here.. I predict 6.5 - 6.8

Statistics
Place: 49 out of 289
Avg (all users): 6.1573
Avg (commenters): 7.6154
Avg (participants): 5.9236
Avg (non-participants): 6.4909
Views since voting: 1616
Views during voting: 352
Votes: 267
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 07/12/2005 03:02:45 AM
Originally posted by Artyste:
Muwahahaha.. slowly but surely I'm bumping everyone off the *ist Ds highest rated page ;)


Easy there tiger! I plan on keeping my second portfolio space intact for at least a little while longer :P. I've never noticed an emu with such a cool blue coloured neck. Most of the ones I've encountered have just been plain old boring brown.

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 07/04/2005 01:21:02 PM
Beautiful shot and underappreciated in the challenge! One of my top scorers.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2005 08:54:47 AM
Well, I never would say that emus are an ugly bird, maybe more "interesting" than pretty, but certainly not ugly (well, okay - they're ugly after being hit by a semitrailer in the Outback with feathers strewn all over the place). Good shot, anyway, Glen. I wish I'd had time to bump it up, but at least you got a vote from me.
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 06/20/2005 12:54:42 AM
Muwahahaha.. slowly but surely I'm bumping everyone off the *ist Ds highest rated page ;)

This did decently, but obviously I missed my prediction.

but only by 0.4.. that's not too bad.

I guess people don't like Emus as much as they like birds of prey... or, apparently, those accursed puffins.

Message edited by author 2005-06-20 16:27:38.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/19/2005 09:01:08 PM
last minute bump to 8 - excellent detail. Looks like me first thing in the morning! Good luck in the challenge!
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 06/19/2005 08:04:49 PM
hahahah... love it... especially the hair... reminds me of ME.... 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/16/2005 01:23:35 PM
Love the title. Sharp focus where it needs to be, controlled dof.
Makes a decent portrait of an emu. (Was this the challenge for emus, or what?)
Good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/15/2005 09:22:44 PM
Just like me!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/15/2005 04:10:13 PM
Great detail, well exposed and well composed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2005 02:53:07 PM
except for that bad hair day this birdi has quite an attitude!
cool photo, great DOF !!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2005 12:41:12 PM
very nice exoression, and DOF is good
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 07:09:36 PM
The eye makes the shot...well done love the colours
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 11:29:49 AM
What a funny face. Ostriches and emus always make me laugh. Nice tight shot and focus on his face.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 10:57:18 AM
Beautiful detail. Great shot.
Mark
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 09:55:35 AM
9 wonderful colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 06:00:17 AM
Awesome capture. Well done
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 06/13/2005 02:26:11 AM
Ugly bird...beautiful shot!
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