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DANCE ACROSS the EMERALD CANVAS
DANCE ACROSS the EMERALD CANVAS
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Birds II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Queen's Park, Moonee Ponds, Australia
Date: Jan 28, 2008
Aperture: F2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Animals, Water
Date Uploaded: Jan 27, 2008

 THE IMAGE: Taken at Queen's Park. Shot at the 200mm end of a 70-200 f2.8 Sigma lens. I like the water in this. Not happy with the composition as I would have preferred the duck more to the left...I reckon it might get picked on for this.

EDIT: Levels, saturation, a neat image layer with masking to select the intensity of the noise reduction, some colour balance settings, cloned out some dust particles in the water, some d and b and some USM...not in that order...I work instinctively. Might be a bit too much green in this for some...

PREDICTION: There are many entries in this challenge, so I reckon about 6.2??? It might surprise me either way...

POST: I guess my predictoin was close in a great high scoring challenge. Well done everyone. The saturation wasn't far off what you see here. The trees were reflecting in the water beautifully and the light was lovely in the morning...thanks everyone

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 251
Avg (all users): 6.3510
Avg (commenters): 7.3810
Avg (participants): 6.1400
Avg (non-participants): 6.5463
Views since voting: 1208
Views during voting: 345
Votes: 208
Comments: 22
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 03/05/2008 01:39:08 AM
I missed this, but wow, that green is gorgeous. And the bird is nice and sharp, too. :) Well done!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/03/2008 11:42:52 PM
Wow! This in very sharp and a lovely green in the water with great reflection and waves.
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 02/03/2008 10:47:23 PM
I quite like the composition and unusual colors in this photo. Nice capture.
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 02/03/2008 05:20:58 PM
love the title and the image beautiful work 9
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 02/03/2008 03:00:50 PM
love the colour of the water.10
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 02/02/2008 03:03:47 PM
Duck seems a tad oversharpened, but the water appearance is spectacular.
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 02/02/2008 12:20:34 AM
Wow! I love the texture of the water
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 02/01/2008 08:36:44 PM
I like the colors and the clarity, the ripples and the color in the water with the contrasting yellow/gold in the bird is nice. 7
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 02/01/2008 08:14:03 PM
The green reflection really stands out, gives good contrast to the bird!
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 02/01/2008 05:01:29 PM
WOW! How did you create this effect? It's fantastic clarity and colour! 10
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 02/01/2008 02:55:14 PM
The colors are beautiful, but there appears to be a touch too much contrast/something on the duck, making the details become lost.
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 01/31/2008 06:29:56 PM
Lots of contrast here and lots of color too. So much color from over saturation that it no longer looks real.
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 01/31/2008 02:47:07 AM
wild colors.. and a good reflection
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 01/30/2008 06:33:43 PM
Beautiful color and composition.
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 01/30/2008 12:30:31 PM
The water is gorgeous!
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 01/29/2008 08:52:11 AM
The colors captured in this image is fabulous
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 01/29/2008 08:41:04 AM
The water is gorgeous! Detail on the duck is pretty good, too. A very lovely canvas.
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 01/28/2008 07:02:04 PM
Very well done. Perfect exposure IMO. 8
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 01/28/2008 02:56:29 PM
great shot of the bird, but what is wrong with the water? the duck si crisp and clear, good deatils
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 01/28/2008 02:26:03 PM
The colours of the water make this stand out.
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 01/28/2008 08:07:46 AM
Very abstract water but overwhelming in patterns and color for the poor duck. I think for this challenge I would prefer to see more duck and less water. You have detail on him and the duck's reflection is particularly clear, but it's not quite enough for me to get past the water (which is the color of my car's antifreeze, now that I look at it some more).
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 01/28/2008 02:39:34 AM
Nice blending of colors
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