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A Subtle Wave
A Subtle Wave
Shaman


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Birds II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Otatwa
Date: Jan 26, 2008
Aperture: f14
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 26, 2008

 Tweaked in DPP, then in Cs2, I adjusted hue and sat and contrast to pop the bird, sharpened, some minor dodge and burn. Then I did an NI pass and used history brush to bring back the feather detail on the bird, cropped and saved for web, then anotehr light USM pass.


Statistics
Place: 119 out of 251
Avg (all users): 5.6447
Avg (commenters): 6.7333
Avg (participants): 5.4688
Avg (non-participants): 5.8119
Views since voting: 827
Views during voting: 317
Votes: 197
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/03/2008 09:52:00 PM
Love the colors, nicely done, 7.
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 02/01/2008 08:41:54 PM
Actually I think he just flipped me the bird!
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 02/01/2008 04:59:05 PM
I may well have missed it had you not mentioned it. Nice, shame about the tail, but I'm sure you're aware. A more refined crop to allow the waver to dominate a little more may have given this a little extra.
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 02/01/2008 03:37:31 PM
I like the colours in this, the blues are very calming
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 02/01/2008 12:39:06 PM
Cute little fellow...bokeh is good.. wished for a little more detail in the belly.
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 01/31/2008 10:15:36 PM
The bird is almost lost in the similar surrounding colors.
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 01/31/2008 04:40:36 PM
Love the title. Angle makes it a little difficult to see its face.
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 01/31/2008 12:14:20 AM
Hahahahahahahaha... SUCH a great capture, and a great title.
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 01/30/2008 08:21:24 PM
Lost a Little in the background.
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 01/30/2008 04:08:37 PM
Very cute! Not only is this a good capture (the wave is adorable) but I love the blending blues. Works well.
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 01/29/2008 01:23:45 PM
Cute! I don't think I would have picked up on that if not for your title. Very nice colours, the background has almost the same colours as the blue jay.
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 01/29/2008 12:49:35 PM
A rather cute pose. Good catchlight in the eye. I wish he was turned just slightly so we could see the beak a little beter, but....it is what it is. Focus, color and saturation all seem just fine. Nice job.
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 01/29/2008 11:23:21 AM
This is too cute.
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 01/28/2008 04:25:14 PM
Nice shot. Maybe a bit busy with all the branches but whatcha gonna do.
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 01/28/2008 02:47:21 PM
sell this one-10
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 01/28/2008 10:18:30 AM
Love the little claws up, had to look hard to see it, brilliant 9
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 01/28/2008 08:30:39 AM
Very cute pose :-) Whites are a little blown; I might have tried to do something with the ones in the background so the bird stood out even more.
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