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Lemur
Lemur
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Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Phoenix Zoo, AS
Date: Apr 11, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2009

Viewed: 504
Comments: 8
Favorites: 2 (view)

 After a morning of light rain and total overcast, the sun finally started breaking through and this little fellow was soaking up the sun.
Processing in CS3:
Crop
Shadow/highlight
Color Efex Pro tonal contrast filter with background masked out
Bit of gaussian blur on background
Desaturate background a bit
Color Efex Pro pro contrast filter
Brighten eye and add pupil
Resize
Black border added by extending canvas size
Save for web

Here's the original:


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Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 04/28/2009 08:27:36 PM


They are TWINS!!!!!
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/13/2009 07:44:53 PM
Such a great capture!

Message edited by author 2009-04-13 19:45:17.
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Pentax K7
Pentax DA 16-45mm f/4.0 ED AL AF
 04/13/2009 07:02:09 PM
OMG! How cute is he!?! Fantastic capture!
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Apple iPhone 5
 04/13/2009 05:31:01 PM
The transformation from the original is incredible. I too missed the lemurs :-(
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/13/2009 03:23:39 PM
Colleen, this is great! The post processing really brings him out and Louisa is right, I really like the crop.

ETA: Thanks for including the original and the processing steps!

Message edited by author 2009-04-13 15:26:20.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
04/13/2009 02:52:46 PM
Originally posted by JulietNN:
Oh he thinks he is all that!!!! Great shot, now how did I miss the lemurs??


LOL they were behind the water park that you were playing in ;)

Great shot cgino! That guy and the other one that was on its back were hilarious :)
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Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 04/13/2009 02:17:50 PM
Oh he thinks he is all that!!!! Great shot, now how did I miss the lemurs??
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Canon EOS-30D
Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Tele-Macro for Canon
 04/13/2009 02:13:11 PM
Nice shot! Love the crop you chose.
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