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Flight of the Macaws
Flight of the Macaws
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Impressionism II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Canon
Location: Manu Wildlife Centre, Peru
Date: Sep 1, 2007
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Animals, Blur
Date Uploaded: Sep 3, 2007

 Went to a clay lick in Manu, Peru... just had to take this shot.

How i did it:

The shot was motion-blurred both from my panning and from the macaws flapping their wings, then:
Raw conversion including full noise reduction and "unsharpening" (RSE)
Levels
Curves (Inverse-S)
Brightness Contrast
Selective desat (using global sat controls)
Crop (this is the important bit: this is almost a 100% crop of the original)
Resize
Border
(no sharpening involved of course)

Hope this does well... i like how it turned out.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus E-510
Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 09/08/2007 11:30:35 PM
There is so much movement that it is hard to focus. I love the sweeping colors of the birds.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 09/07/2007 12:42:16 PM
Beauty in motion! Love the feeling of freedom this conveys! Broad strokes, nicely stated.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 09/07/2007 09:42:47 AM
IMHP too out of focus and blurry. The colors are a bit dull too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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