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Challenge: At the Zoo (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A80
Location: Wildlife Prairie Park, near Peoria, IL
Date: Jul 17, 2005
Aperture: 4.9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2005

 Shot at Wildlife Prairie Park near Peoria, IL.

Used Teffen 2x teleconverter, which is part of the reason it's a bit soft

100% crop, levels adjust, slight curves adjust to ease the hilight on the back of his neck, USM (50, 15, 0), select crane add slight USM (.8, 80, 5), invert selection, add slight gaussian blur (radius 1) to background.

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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 08/30/2005 09:28:04 PM
I think this particular shot suffers from the 100% crop. Not saying that your camera can't do this type of shot justice, just saying that I'm not sure this was the best example of its capabilities. It seems a bit noisy to me and while I love bird shots and the composition is very good, the detail just isn't there. I think you could also bump up the color sat a hair. It's a beautiful bird - I wish I could see the uncropped shot.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35
Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
 07/23/2005 11:33:53 AM
lovely crop and composition. would have preferred less dof
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Nikon Coolpix 8700
 07/20/2005 11:17:51 AM
The subject is interesting and attractive. The lighting does a great job describing to the viewer the shape of the crane. Unfortunately, most of us are used to wildlife shots of birds that more completely blur the background. Fortunately this background is full of fine-textured things, but somehow enough of that texture is evident to distract one's attentions from the subject. Finally I find the cranberry splotch on the crane clashes a tiny bit with the yellowish green of the background and find myself wondering whether a touch of selective desaturation would not fix this problem.
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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/19/2005 12:38:03 AM
Nice colors. I think the focus should be sharper. good luck
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/18/2005 12:32:36 PM
This shot seems a bit out of focus, i like the composition, the shape of the birds neck really add to the shot, good capture.
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