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The Soloist and the Corps de Ballet
The Soloist and the Corps de Ballet
Matthew


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Windsor
Date: Jun 8, 2005
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/8000
Galleries: Animals, Water
Date Uploaded: Jun 8, 2005

Thanks for all the helpful comments!

I saw some kids feeding swans near the edge of the river, while on my way to catch the river boat to the Windsor races. The swans were swarming around, and as I happened to have my camera with me, I took a few shots. I particularly liked this one goven the leading lines of the beaks to the single bird (in fact to the bread behind the single bird). Bit of fiddling in PS to make the image a bit more gritty (I quite like this look).

File Name
IMG_7257.JPG
Camera Model
Canon EOS 20D
Shooting Date/Time
06/06/2005 16:36:03
Shooting Mode
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/8000
Av( Aperture Value )
1.8
Metering Mode
Center-Weighted Average Metering
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
200
Lens
50.0 mm
Focal Length
50.0 mm
Image Size
3504x2336
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance Mode
Auto
AF Mode
One-Shot AF
Parameters Settings
Contrast Standard
Sharpness Standard
Color saturation Standard
Color tone 0
Color Space
sRGB
Noise Reduction
Off
File Size
2195 KB

Statistics
Place: 87 out of 289
Avg (all users): 5.8288
Avg (commenters): 7.6923
Avg (participants): 5.6478
Avg (non-participants): 6.1224
Views since voting: 1306
Views during voting: 365
Votes: 257
Comments: 19
Favorites: 2 (view)


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AuthorThread
06/22/2005 02:21:50 PM
Wonderful subject, dof and coloration. Quite an eye to get this right. The crop is a good one too, and I really like the title as well :)
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06/20/2005 05:03:00 AM
Good result Matt well done! I loved the picture but didn't vote on this challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/19/2005 02:04:19 PM
I tried for a pic like this but they scared me off lol nice picture
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06/16/2005 11:56:24 PM
i think the picture would have been better if you would have put your main subject as a bigger part of the picture. Then it would not really need the title for the effect.
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06/16/2005 08:58:37 PM
10 from me - I love it
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06/16/2005 03:47:58 PM
Love the framing. The DOF is great. And what luck they're all looking at your soloist. I wonder what it would look like with the color punched back up, though.
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06/16/2005 05:41:52 AM
I really like this..the repeating head poses give it a graphic quality 9 Why are they all picking on the same swan?
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06/15/2005 04:27:59 PM
Great composition.
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06/15/2005 11:05:11 AM
I really love the composition of this image, the DOF...the more I look at this the more I really really like it..the pretty subtle light...I wonder if you are getting an comments about " no point of focus" or "too busy"...both of which would be absolutely absurd...that's it...I'm saving this to my favorites.
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06/14/2005 05:58:10 PM
Yes, I like it - the tilt and the slight desaturation help to emphasize their expressions. the beaks form nice leading lines - all point to the accused with the curved neck.
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06/14/2005 09:53:51 AM
Very cool, nice composition.
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06/14/2005 06:30:54 AM
Very nice, by far the best swan shot in the challenge, love the DOF.
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06/13/2005 08:05:08 PM
Wow! Are they mad at him? What is the deal here?!? It looks like they're about to attack him! Very interesting capture.
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06/13/2005 04:21:27 PM
what did you put on that one swan?? some kind of hormone?? ;) great shot
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06/13/2005 04:09:46 PM
good shot, but too much going on, and they really need a bath :)
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06/13/2005 02:00:22 PM
interesting title too...
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06/13/2005 11:00:53 AM
Great title. I like the softness of color. It works in this shot. Well done.
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06/13/2005 08:35:55 AM
what maked this photo interesting is how they are all looking at that one in the bottom right corner, but somehow your framing doesn't seem to emphasize the same swan. just my 2 cents
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06/13/2005 06:41:37 AM
Nice capture. a bit fuzzy ..Good luck
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