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Challenge: Free Study 2007-04 (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Location: Copenhagen, Zoo
Date: Apr 6, 2007
Aperture: 6.7
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2007

Found that bird in a Zoo located in Copenhagen,
I added texture to the bokeh desaturated it and made only the eyes and the yellow \"thing\" in colour

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Place: 95 out of 573
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Views since voting: 942
Views during voting: 280
Votes: 182
Comments: 10
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05/10/2007 01:36:09 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Hi Hizzle,

This is indeed a striking image. You have done an excellent job of making that eye piercing - a very effective use of selective desaturation (and a bit of selective saturation too). It combines to give a high-impact impression. I love the funky 'hairstyle' of the featehers, and think you have done a good job on the texture and sharpening here - it would have been easy to over do it, but you haven't. I don't think that the overall image gets much from the negative space to the left and right of the bird; a better crop in my opinion would have been closer horizontally, and with a bit more vertical to include the top of those interesting feathers.

It is my hope that these insights are helpful and constructive. Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique. And please remember to mark it "Helpful" if you found it so. Good luck with future challenges.

Cheers
Paul
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2007 11:08:21 PM
bumping up 9
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05/07/2007 11:02:03 PM
dramatic...excellent edit...love the slective desat...8
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05/07/2007 12:52:00 PM
Fantasic detail.
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05/05/2007 11:29:00 PM
Really nice detail and I like the spot colors. I'd like to see it cropped as a portrait.
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05/05/2007 03:53:03 PM
How cool is this! Love the textures.
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05/03/2007 01:46:58 PM
Wow! Fantastic.
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05/01/2007 04:14:32 PM
Nice! I'm on the fence in regards to the composition but I like everything else about it.
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05/01/2007 03:42:54 PM
10 this is a 10, great picture.
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05/01/2007 10:15:14 AM
Oh my... Very striking and powerful. 10
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