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A Taste of Springtime
A Taste of Springtime
Lorene


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Triptych II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II/III USM
Location: Albuquerque, NM, Botanical Gardens
Date: Apr 29, 2007
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800 sec
Galleries: Animals, Diptych / Triptych
Date Uploaded: Apr 29, 2007

Shot at the botanical gardens.

Lots of processing steps and no time to list them at the moment. Actually it wasn't much.

Shot in Raw, adjusted WB

PS:
curves
contrast
unsharp mask
resize
crop before all that

merged 'em together and added the border.

Statistics
Place: 74 out of 244
Avg (all users): 6.0776
Avg (commenters): 7.2222
Avg (participants): 5.9394
Avg (non-participants): 6.1917
Views since voting: 853
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 219
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)


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05/07/2007 12:27:16 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Challenge: Definitely meets the challenge

Strong points: It tells a beautiful story, it is well presented, the centre panel is the main focus, the birdies have almost human-like expressions. Beautiful colours.

Possible weaknesses: The cut-off tails. It looks smallish somehow. The rock (branch?) is a bit overexposed.

Technicals: Your high shutter speed is a good choice for capturing speedy birds. I think you could have maybe gone just a touch faster, to get a slightly darker image (so that the rock/branch would have a bit more detail). The backgrounds are a bit messy, and you could maybe work on diffusing them slightly better.

Presentation: The centre panel is the main focus area, and you did great in telling your story this way. I wonder if you could have made that centre panel even more prominent somehow. The subdued framing is great for this, it separates the images without dominating the whole of the image.

Overall: A good entry and a strong finish. Keep up the good work!

~Ursula
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/05/2007 06:15:08 PM
Having both outside birds facing into the center is very eye-appealing. The center photo is definitely the main focus of the group. Very nice.
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05/05/2007 04:54:28 AM
Nicely done,the colors seem a tad washed out.
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05/04/2007 05:56:00 PM
Very nice capture. IMO the way a triptych should work, center panel dominate.
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05/02/2007 05:33:47 PM
Nice storytelling here!
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05/01/2007 08:21:41 PM
Great set - Sweet set - Just wish you had gotten those tails in as there is an unbalanced feel with the room above their heads. Nice and sharp though.
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04/30/2007 11:24:33 PM
Beautiful!
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04/30/2007 08:34:52 PM
Ever intriguing nature!
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04/30/2007 03:19:42 PM
I hope this scores high. I really like it, especially the middle picture of course. I'm sure it was a test in patience. Great job = 9
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04/30/2007 12:43:25 PM
Great capture, i think the colors are a bit oversaturated, and the cropping could have been done in a better wayto get a bigger pic.5
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04/30/2007 07:33:27 AM
I love the one in the middle 8
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04/30/2007 05:51:52 AM
wow cute! You are so lucky to catch that!
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