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Let Your Dreams Set You Free
Let Your Dreams Set You Free
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Challenge: Wildlife IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Arrowhead Marsh (Oakland)
Date: Oct 19, 2008
Aperture: 8
ISO: 500
Shutter: 3200
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Oct 19, 2008

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crop and rotate
Levels
Curves
Color balance
USM
Gaussian Blur
Healing
Hue and Saturation to remove yellow color from the bird
Image resize
USM
Gaussian Blur
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"Take all that you've become
Set your standards high
You deserve the best. . .
To be all that you can be.
Soar above the clouds
And let your dreams
Set you free."

Jillian K. Hunt
Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul




Statistics
Place: 17 out of 159
Avg (all users): 6.5951
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.4459
Avg (non-participants): 6.6794
Views since voting: 1541
Views during voting: 414
Votes: 205
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0


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10/28/2008 12:17:27 PM
Great shot, Shailesh! Wonderful balance of shadow and highlights.

Raj
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/26/2008 10:26:35 PM
Cool angle, I love that the sun has kinda backlit his wings.
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10/26/2008 05:22:13 PM
super- 10
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10/26/2008 02:47:24 PM
Nice light around the eye.
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10/26/2008 10:19:30 AM
The back light illuminating the wing feathers is stunning, and your control of exposure thoroughly impressive. Excellent work.
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10/24/2008 10:48:07 AM
Beautiful picture :)
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10/23/2008 01:49:41 AM
Stunning! Instant impact. After looking at the image for a while I personally would prefer a central composition but this is just personal taste. A beautiful image that "hit" me as soon as it loaded. 10 from me.
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10/22/2008 11:52:11 PM
Magnificent. 9
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10/22/2008 02:45:54 PM
Oh wow, talk about perfect timing & alignment with the sun! Great detail in those wing feathers.
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10/22/2008 01:18:33 PM
Wonderful shot and fitting title.
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10/21/2008 09:55:21 PM
This is my number two. Gotta love the backlighting on the wings.
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10/21/2008 03:14:54 PM
Lovely detail, and interesting angle - the only problem is that for him to fly at this rate of climb he'd need a rocket motor strapped to his back :- )
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10/21/2008 10:15:05 AM
Love the light coming through the wings :-) Not an easy shot to expose, I'd wager! I'd try desaturating the parts of the bird with a bluish cast to make him look even more angelic.
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10/20/2008 03:51:57 PM
great image, I like particularly the sun across the wings, the texture the the light create is beautiful. very good the composition.
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10/20/2008 12:41:14 PM
Absolutely lovely light through the wing feathers and wonderful shape to the bird overall. Horrible halo around the legs?
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10/20/2008 12:33:46 PM
not sure i like the angle. the feathers look great with the sunlight behind them
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10/20/2008 12:14:19 PM
Great detail in the feathers on the wings.... hard to do with whites... great work!
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10/20/2008 11:15:08 AM
very good shot, love the light coming through the wings, and the bird composed this pic for you by making its body into a leading line! top 10 for sure! 9
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10/20/2008 10:13:27 AM
Nearly perfect. Well done. Maybe more leading space on the right? Still, great shot. 9
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10/20/2008 02:36:29 AM
I expect to see this in the top 10, if not in the top 3. Beautiful capture and the crop is extremely effective.
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10/20/2008 01:01:46 AM
nice title for this
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