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Challenge: Wildlife II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Kodak DX4530
Location: Lone Elk Park in St. Louis County MO
Date: Jan 23, 2006
Aperture: f4.8
ISO: 140
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 24, 2006

 Taken with my 2x telephoto lense, about 20 or so feet from this elk. This was taken in the evening, so I had to do some post-processing. Increased the saturation, brightness, and contrast as well as a slight curve adjustment on all channels. Slow shutter speed due to late evening sun caused the slight blur.

Statistics
Place: 248 out of 261
Avg (all users): 3.8532
Avg (commenters): 3.7778
Avg (participants): 3.7391
Avg (non-participants): 3.9151
Views since voting: 1087
Views during voting: 400
Votes: 327
Comments: 30
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 10:35:32 PM
This has potential to be a great shot. Needs it bit more light and sharper focus.
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 01/31/2006 09:11:58 PM
A bit dark. Makes the face difficult to see
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 01/31/2006 04:32:51 PM
WOW!! Think I'd be moving on and far away.. Great close up..
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 01/31/2006 03:25:16 PM
the lighting is amazing and the moose itself is amazing
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 01/31/2006 02:07:06 PM
Under exposed and out-of-focus.
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 01/30/2006 06:24:55 PM
Good pic. Too bad about the complete lack of light. It looks like you tried to brighten it up and get some contrast to bring him out, but in so doing you burned your background edges on the trees.
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 01/30/2006 07:02:23 AM
Too dark and a bit out of focus.
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 01/29/2006 06:07:02 PM
Looks horribly out of focus and underexposed.
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 01/29/2006 03:07:53 AM
Gah.. lol I dont think i'd wanna play ;) seems a little out of focus and a tad darker than I would have gone.. *but thats just me*.. how close were you btw?? :o
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 01/28/2006 04:33:04 PM
A bit too dark to see your subject clearly.
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 01/28/2006 10:59:07 AM
Pity about the light and shadows
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 01/28/2006 07:16:30 AM
Just a little to dark for me.....
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 01/27/2006 11:03:58 PM
Really dark. Could use dodge tool to lighten face and legs.
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 01/27/2006 02:37:20 PM
photo is too dark, and because of that, the antler branchings get lost in the background and the coat of the elk comes out much darker than one would expect it, also the cropping off of some of his antlers hurts too, this of course is all IMO
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 01/27/2006 09:56:32 AM
Great capture that needs more light.
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 01/26/2006 06:02:33 PM
the shot lacks focus and is quite dark...
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 01/26/2006 05:46:50 PM
A little dark maybe?
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 01/26/2006 03:24:35 PM
This could be so much better if it was brigher and you could see the face better.
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 01/26/2006 01:39:20 PM
This would probably be a good shot except for it being way under exposed. 3
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 01/25/2006 10:56:33 PM
Too dark.
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 01/25/2006 10:25:26 PM
Very dark and grainy, with a green glow in his eyes that looks a bit odd. Great to be able to get this close to an animal this big!
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 01/25/2006 10:00:14 PM
4 - Looks like possibly good potential. Criticism; nudge rotation up on the right, sharper, less contrast (looks like pp issues here), a tweaking of colors and a crop variation (depending what you had to work with) all make this better in my opinion.
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 01/25/2006 07:03:58 PM
Good Photo. Just a bit too dark.
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 01/25/2006 04:09:47 PM
too dark to see much... too bad.
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 01/25/2006 01:13:50 PM
need a bit more light i would have liked 2 see his eyes.
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 01/25/2006 10:28:13 AM
On my monitor this is too dark to make out much detail on the face :(
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 01/25/2006 10:22:51 AM
a bit too dark on this nice bull.
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 01/25/2006 09:39:35 AM
Way too dark...either flash or shadow recovery would have helped this out.
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 01/25/2006 08:36:04 AM
Good attempt, but a little dark.
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 01/25/2006 03:26:08 AM
To dark
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