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Shimmer a Tail Feather
Shimmer a Tail Feather
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Challenge: Lighting IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: Minnesota Indoors
Date: Apr 9, 2009
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Nature, Textures
Date Uploaded: Apr 10, 2009

 I had been working on many lighting effects with my Peacock Tail feather last week, for the texture competition and then we got the big snow fall. I opted for the photo of golf carts covered with pristine snow because I knew I couldn't get that shot again. Then, this week, the perfect competition: Lighting! I had been working on everything from soft to bold. Based on the comments I've been getting, I opted for the bold this time.

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Place: 70 out of 196
Avg (all users): 5.4884
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1304
Avg (non-participants): 5.6190
Views since voting: 770
Views during voting: 231
Votes: 172
Comments: 2
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Olympus E-520
Vivitar MF Zoom 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 Series 1 for Olympus
 04/20/2009 06:26:00 AM
An effective and dramatic image, the slight highlights and subtle lighting, while technically perfect, isn't necessarily "creative" rather than a demonstration of as a "how to". If this were a different challenge, it would be a sure ribbon winner. However, there is nothing overly creative in this image and as such rates lower than it should - it really is a terrific image, just wrong place at the wrong time.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/15/2009 01:32:42 PM
Beautiful detail, but I feel the lighting on this is too harsh and glaring.
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