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Floating White Beauty
Floating White Beauty
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Challenge: Object Isolation by Contrast (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
Location: san francisco
Date: Dec 24, 2007
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 24, 2007

 convert from RAW, selective sharpening, selective colors to intensify blacks and whites.

Ah, well. I thought I nailed this one. the dark blue/black water against the white body of the bird, and the swirls of inky blue and grays against the plain white of the swan.

It was not to be.
:-((

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 01/06/2008 06:23:48 PM
Palace of fine arts?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro
Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
 01/02/2008 09:16:11 AM
Nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm x100
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 01/02/2008 02:31:13 AM
Lovely bird, reflection is a bit distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 01/01/2008 03:19:40 AM
I find the bright reflections on the water are a bit distracting from the bird, and that also takes away from the challenge subject to some extent.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300s
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/31/2007 09:25:41 PM
the swan is isolated by contrast. the effect on the water is pretty neat, but i don't like that it looks like she's trying to swim through an oil spill. the brightness in the background also takes my eyes away from her. /6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/31/2007 05:29:30 PM
Very intersting texture in the water! It might be nice if the swan was a little bright and whiter, to make it stand out even more from the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/31/2007 09:03:12 AM
There is so much white in the background that the contrast with the swan is reduced. So in my opinion it doesn't meet the challenge very well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 12/31/2007 07:47:23 AM
The water reflections are too much of a distraction (especially the bright patch) - 6
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 12/31/2007 06:35:21 AM
I think that the swan gets a little lost in the water reflections around its head.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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