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Peep Peep
Peep Peep
klstover


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z10
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Date: Apr 15, 2006
Aperture: f/4.8
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/640 sec
Galleries: Animals, Rural
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2007

Levels, selective color, and brightness/contrast adjustment layers, smart sharpen and additional "normal" sharpening.
This picture was taken while I was doing a photoshoot with my sister's six ducks for the Something New challenge. Many thanks go to peroty for his wonderful assistance with my first photoshoot.



post challenge: Wow! It's now my second highest scoring entry and I am happy about that. It's only the second shot that has scored above a 6. But I am even happier that I placed in the top 25% of a free study - best of the year, no less. Yay! Thanks! :-D

Statistics
Place: 180 out of 712
Avg (all users): 6.1964
Avg (commenters): 6.8621
Avg (participants): 6.1383
Avg (non-participants): 6.3846
Views since voting: 1633
Views during voting: 439
Votes: 331
Comments: 39
Favorites: 4 (view)


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02/08/2007 09:21:36 PM
Good shot all around for all the reasons stated below.
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01/29/2007 09:51:10 PM
Great colors, expression, and very sharp. This would be a very appealing easter card or diptych / triptych with other farm animals. (Not that it doesn't stand well on its own - it does - just thinking aloud regarding commercial possibilities for this). The duckling looks so soft I want to pet her. You definitely appeal to emotion here.
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01/28/2007 11:34:03 PM
The detail on this photo is superb. Very few photos are this detailed, as this is a combination of spot on focus, great lighting and understanding of white balance. The complimentry colors work very well together. I'm not sure that I like the centered composition, but that is more personal taste. A terrific photo.
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01/26/2007 10:00:04 AM
ah, what a cuuuute little creature! and he's smiling so lovely.
he is so golden that it almost make me cry of joy:) and what a wonderful title!
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01/26/2007 02:32:01 AM
Not surprised at all that this did well. Look at the level of detail in the bird's feathers. Lovely little shot. I have it 7 in voting.
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01/26/2007 01:22:35 AM
Darn tootin' you should be happy, Kelly! :) Congrats on a fine pic. I'm just confused - it's so ... happy. I was looking for an emotionally wrenching image of someone screaming, and here you go and show your versatility by creating a lovely shot of a cute animal! ;)
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01/26/2007 01:20:02 AM
I love how you captured the soft texture of the down, and the light is perfect.
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01/26/2007 12:18:41 AM
What a sweet pic!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 05:05:10 PM
7 - Nice detail and coloring. Maybe a variation in cropping/composition may have given this a little extra, not sure.
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01/25/2007 08:37:12 AM
Brilliant detail. Nice simplification of the compostion. Good lighting.
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01/25/2007 01:22:29 AM
Very clear shot without going overboard on the post-processing.
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01/24/2007 11:48:39 PM
absolutely sweet! gotta love this.
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01/24/2007 11:42:44 PM
So soft and so cute.....
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01/24/2007 12:31:20 PM
Very interesting and cute image. Sharp focus and wonderful Bokeh. Nice image.
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01/24/2007 08:35:08 AM
I like the blurred backround and the focus on the ducks face.
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01/22/2007 01:45:44 PM
Very sharp, well done.
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01/21/2007 05:30:59 PM
Looks like a photo you could touch!!
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01/19/2007 03:53:56 PM
Good DOF, nice sharpness in the beak
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01/17/2007 03:21:58 PM
Composition very good. Light OK. Subject very good. Clarity very good. DOF very good. I like this one. Hope it does well for you.
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01/17/2007 06:40:39 AM
LOL, funny little duckling ...
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01/16/2007 08:08:16 PM
What a cutie!
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01/16/2007 03:51:45 PM
very good detail and exposure.
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01/14/2007 06:14:24 PM
Cute nicely done shot
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01/14/2007 12:27:47 AM
Very cute and well shot, congrats
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01/13/2007 11:32:32 PM
Great focus and well cropped. Cute.
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01/13/2007 08:29:01 PM
nice and sharp.
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01/13/2007 09:37:15 AM
Supurb detail. Cute little rascal.
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01/13/2007 12:41:13 AM
Blue moon? great DOF
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01/12/2007 09:46:22 PM
Sharp focus takes this up a notch.
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01/12/2007 05:32:17 PM
sharp as a tack...I would have cropped this a little differntly as the space above the head and to the left don't really add to the image at all...square crop perhaps...7
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01/12/2007 04:45:36 PM
Awww dang! There really are cute aren't they? Good luck!
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01/12/2007 10:41:58 AM
Adorable.
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01/12/2007 10:17:11 AM
Cute :)
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01/12/2007 08:46:55 AM
Very cute. Maybe a bit too centered. love the background.
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01/12/2007 08:22:05 AM
cutie!
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01/12/2007 04:58:41 AM
so cute 10
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01/12/2007 02:37:01 AM
Sweet photo. Love the golden colors. It leaves me wishing for spring!
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01/12/2007 01:44:13 AM
Well shot!
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01/12/2007 12:42:58 AM
very innocent little portrait :-) great dof effect...
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