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Preening Flamingo
Preening Flamingo
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Challenge: From Above II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: SeaWorld, San Diego
Date: Jul 3, 2009
Aperture: F 6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320
Date Uploaded: Jul 6, 2009

 Shot at "Flamingo Cove" at San Diego's SeaWorld, looking down in the pond.
PP:
- little crop
- saturation
- combination of curves/levels/contrast...quite a bit actually...especially on the lower spectrum of the histogram to make water look darker/black. luckily it was a little dark to start with. This in turn, increased the contrast a more than i prefer but i cannot do anything about that in basic editing.
- little blurring for the "soft" feel in feathers
- resize
- usm with small radius to bring out details in neck, beak, and eye.

Post-Challenge:
Looking at the point distribution, looks like many people gave me low-DNMC votes (didn't considered this "from above" shot). This is so unfair. oh well!!!

I took this photo looking down in a pond where the bird was standing. Camera was nearly 90degrees pointing downwards.
The leg that you see on the back is the top of the flamingo's leg that extends horizontally. Second/bottom half of the leg (not in the photo) goes vertically down.
Since the Sun was low, I was lucky to have most light hitting the bird. Hence, I was able to get the black BG.

Thank you all for kind comments and votes. :)

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 141
Avg (all users): 5.9345
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6667
Avg (non-participants): 6.0417
Views since voting: 892
Views during voting: 273
Votes: 168
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 07/15/2009 02:17:03 AM
gave you an 8 for this - I was sure it would finish higher
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 07/15/2009 12:20:44 AM
Splendid shot all around! Eh those DNMC votes. You can easily see the top back of the bird, this was shot really straight down. Don't think I've ever seen a flamingo shot from this angle before. It creates a beautiful curve with its neck.

Message edited by author 2009-07-15 00:21:27.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/13/2009 09:46:32 PM
Challenge Relevance:6 Impact/Emotion/Mood:6 Technicals:7 Processing:7 Creativity:6
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 07/12/2009 02:04:01 AM
Full marks for both you and the bird.
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 07/10/2009 03:32:05 PM
Thank you!!! First one I've looked at yet that actually did something to me : ) This is wonderful....great tones, border isn't distracting and the color is phenomenal!!!! 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/10/2009 02:03:51 PM
this is a great photo. However, I dont see the "from above" aspect.
 07/09/2009 08:52:02 PM
Pretty amazing angle to get this shot from. Really nice image. BTW I do like the border.
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 07/08/2009 01:10:09 PM
I think this needs to be flipped for the "from above" to work...otherwise beautiful photo
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 10:24:00 AM
for my next impression..... the 'Pretzel'!
Great shot - how you got the black BG is beyond me.
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 07/08/2009 07:43:04 AM
Their "rubbery" necks just amazine me. I like how he fills the frame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 01:14:55 AM
lovely S curve. great texture
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