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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: Niagara, Ontario
Date: Jun 29, 2008
Aperture: f4.0
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Snapshot, Birds
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2009

 No Way! this will fetch a high score – but the challenge is so exciting and there is No Way! I’m missing it, even though these difficult times concerned with issues other than photography.

DPP:
NR, picture style, white balance, saturation, sharpness adjustments, crop, convert to TIFF

CS2:
background copy with shadow/highlight adjustment, BW gradient, curves, hue-saturation, dodge-burn layers, flatten image, lightness channel selective sharpen, gaussian blur layer, levels, convert to RGB, resize, USM, border and save for Web.

Statistics
Place: 537 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.6279
Avg (commenters): 6.3036
Avg (participants): 5.5751
Avg (non-participants): 5.9036
Views since voting: 815
Views during voting: 682
Votes: 516
Comments: 59
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 11:53:36 PM
funny! great shot
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 03/17/2009 10:20:33 PM
I love parrots. Thi sis a very nice capture, crisp focus, dark background makes it pop.
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 03/17/2009 08:49:54 PM
Good shot!
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 03/17/2009 02:19:04 PM
beautiful colors
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 03/17/2009 02:03:45 PM
Nice sharpness on the eye and the feathers, great color too.
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 03/17/2009 12:19:03 PM
Pretty parrot portrait. Try saying a few times really fast and after each other.
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 03/16/2009 11:53:58 PM
Lovely shot.
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 03/16/2009 10:55:06 PM
Good sharpness and DOF... i like the detail in the feathers.
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 03/16/2009 10:52:58 PM
Beautiful eye and surrounding feathers
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 03/16/2009 08:43:44 PM
Like the color
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 03/16/2009 03:27:25 PM
Nice shot!
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 03/16/2009 02:17:42 PM
very sharp, great shot
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 03/16/2009 06:16:30 AM
A red feathered beauty. Very nice.
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 03/16/2009 12:16:03 AM
Interesting pattern of feathers on the face.
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 03/15/2009 10:19:43 PM
Nice capture of this pretty Macaw.
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 03/15/2009 09:07:17 PM
The first time I held a macaw I kept thinking , "this guy eats Brazil nuts!!!"
Very good shot
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 03/15/2009 10:57:13 AM
what a beautiful parrot and so wonderfully captured, great detail, one of my fav parrot shots of all time
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 03/15/2009 10:15:42 AM
Very good detail and colour, a fine portrait.
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 03/15/2009 09:24:34 AM
Nice lighting and interesting subject. Good contrast with the dark background.
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 03/15/2009 07:10:56 AM
Nice portrait with beautiful details.
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 03/15/2009 06:05:54 AM
Id say: Flash? No Way! LOL



;D brano
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 03/14/2009 11:23:31 PM
stunning color and detail
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 03/14/2009 10:06:40 PM
Magnificent colors and composition and sharp
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 03/14/2009 05:49:49 PM
Nice details on the eye and beak
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 03/14/2009 02:48:31 PM
Look at that sparkle. Nice.
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 03/14/2009 09:25:02 AM
Great DOF and colour
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 03/13/2009 08:49:00 PM
Lovely portrait. Looks like a bit of a nutty bribe in his beak ;-)
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 03/13/2009 08:08:55 PM
really nice and sharp. i love his coloring.
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 03/13/2009 06:13:32 PM
I'd rather he crack his nuts rather than mine. :O
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 03/13/2009 04:41:48 PM
Excellent closeup, nice textures, sharpness and color.
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 03/13/2009 04:02:25 PM
Nice and sharp on the eye.

Not voting yet.
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 03/13/2009 03:05:38 PM
nice detail and separation from the background
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 03/13/2009 02:09:17 PM
Love the detail you captured here.
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 03/13/2009 01:06:44 PM
Another lovely parrot. :) Would have liked to have more of him/her, and maybe upped the red color a bit in editing.
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 03/13/2009 12:15:42 PM
pretty colors...just a little dark but lots of detail
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 03/13/2009 11:58:51 AM
Nice detail on the bird. Good shot.
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 03/13/2009 07:22:34 AM
very warm shot !! nice shot, 7
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 03/13/2009 06:00:26 AM
Beautiful shot!
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 03/13/2009 03:15:04 AM
Nice job filling the frame.
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 03/13/2009 12:05:30 AM
yes way - nice sharp image - i'd hate to get in an argument with that beak!
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 03/12/2009 10:55:43 PM
Great close up. Like to see it a bit lighter with a bit more saturation for better detail.
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 03/12/2009 07:05:54 PM
Great detail. Love the colors and lighting. 9
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 03/12/2009 06:40:15 PM
Great detail and color. One of the better parrot portraits I have seen!
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 03/12/2009 05:31:17 PM
beautiful bird ... I like the catch lights in his/her eye ...
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 03/12/2009 04:25:13 PM
needs a little contrast and a boost on the reds...
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 03/12/2009 04:23:46 PM
The detail here is amazing.
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 03/12/2009 02:17:46 PM
I love the colors!
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 03/12/2009 12:26:40 PM
The light reflections in the eye is slightly disracting for my taste, otherwise its a good shot.
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 03/12/2009 09:48:15 AM
nice textures and nice portrait, well lit and composed
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 03/12/2009 08:46:02 AM
Nice details on the head & feathers
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 03/12/2009 04:29:27 AM
Nice detail
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 03/12/2009 01:32:20 AM
A nice shot of this bird. But I don't see much else in it.
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 03/11/2009 10:42:53 PM
Wonderfully simple. Love the red.
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 03/11/2009 08:41:06 PM
Outstanding detail and great closeup.
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 03/11/2009 07:18:27 PM
good pet portrait
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 03/11/2009 04:20:21 PM
lovely close up and great colour feathers
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 03/11/2009 01:05:11 PM
Beautiful creature - perhaps a little too cropped - would love to see more!
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 03/11/2009 08:35:03 AM
Great close-up! Pretty birdy!
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 03/11/2009 04:13:09 AM
Good light, very crisp, and really good job with the reds (which I find hard to get right!). This shows off that really fine feather detail around the eye very well!
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