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Challenge: Best of 2007 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Everglades, Fl
Date: Dec 30, 2007
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2008

Taken on an airboat ride in the Everglades on 12/30 ... focal length of 180mm ... that was the highlight of my trip to southern Florida over the xmas holidays ... what an amazing place ... I'd wish I had hours... DAYS there to take photos ... I really like this image and I hope it does well ...

convert from raw to TIF ... did the basic HDR conversion, adjustment layers, quick mask the crane and did adjustment layers on him/her ... flatten image, USM, noise ninja, contrast/brightness, curves, added slight vignette .. save for web

Statistics
Place: 83 out of 484
Avg (all users): 6.3292
Avg (commenters): 7.1333
Avg (participants): 6.2824
Avg (non-participants): 6.4384
Views since voting: 1409
Views during voting: 348
Votes: 243
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1 (view)


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09/19/2008 08:03:13 AM
A very pleasing to the eye composition, and deserved a much higher score IMO.....
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/27/2008 07:09:50 PM
beautiful
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01/27/2008 03:51:58 PM
great capture! very soothing image with the natural tones to the colors
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01/26/2008 02:25:19 AM
What a great catch!
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01/25/2008 02:14:43 PM
Lovely light! The title suits - there's also a wonderful sense of freedom.
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01/25/2008 08:22:19 AM
Such a gorgeous capture.
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01/23/2008 11:31:27 PM
Beautifully captured and nice and crisp focus on the bird. Good use of thirds allowing us to see were she is going. Thank you for not ruining it by overprocessing the sky. Good Luck. 8.
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01/23/2008 10:22:00 PM
something about the sky makes this scene look very surreal to me. i love it.
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01/23/2008 08:55:41 PM
Nice capture your timing was right on here!
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01/22/2008 11:12:35 PM
The light on this is gorgeous! Beautiful golden grass and blue sky, too.
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01/22/2008 01:48:05 PM
You have captured the translusence of the wings against the sunlight beautifully.
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01/22/2008 12:24:18 AM
Wonderful capture. You've left enough room in front so the composition doesn't feel cramped. Maybe just bring out the shadows on the head and legs a little more to make it better.
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01/21/2008 10:50:22 PM
Simple and lovely. I like the backlighting on the crane.
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01/21/2008 06:55:35 PM
nice shot
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01/21/2008 04:57:57 PM
Bespeaks summer in the marshes and grasslands. Very nice work. 8
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01/21/2008 01:42:55 PM
A really pleasing shot and well framed. Great sense of motion in the bird and the grass at the bottom adds to it. A little underexposed IMHO but overall really well done.
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01/21/2008 05:07:28 AM
beautiful and nicely crisp...great focus
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01/21/2008 01:43:29 AM
Beautiful capture. The title bugs me, because it's NOT "soaring", which by definition is floating along on outstretched wings; the bird's in the act of flying, probably climbing after takeoff. But that's really neither here nor there.
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01/21/2008 01:23:18 AM
I love the way the bird looks so pure and white! Also the grass has a lovely glow. Very nice. 9
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