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Challenge: From Above II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
Location: st augustine beach pier
Date: Jul 7, 2009
Aperture: F/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Sky, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 7, 2009
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*shrug*
title is from the divination rhyme counting crows, most recently (well, within the past 15 years) recited in the counting crows song 'a murder of one'.
fwiw, a 'murder' is a group of crows (like a pack of dogs, a herd of cow, etc). you can read more about a murder of one here.
when you're counting crows, so goes the rhyme, 'one for sorrow'. i'm betting that is going to be a self-fulfilling prophecy with this one ;-) i am so expecting dmnc for not being 'above' enough, but all the same, i figure this is worth the shoehorn...
anyways, the edits were simple: rotated 90ccw, sized to 200, slightly sharpened, adjusted levels, adjusted curves, adjusted hue/sat, adjusted curves again, sized to 640px, saved for web. |
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12/11/2010 11:36:26 AM |
I love the ruggedness of the bird in this. It just looks so perfectly... irregular I suppose.
I also have a bit of a cloud fetish.
I really like this one a lot. |
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07/15/2009 07:16:37 PM |
I liked this shot a lot and I like your explanation just as much.
This could also be called 'a crow left of the murder' Credit Incubus with that one ;) |
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07/15/2009 10:45:16 AM |
| where did you find such a raggedy bird? I gave this an 8, which is as high as I went in this challenge. |
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07/15/2009 03:55:35 AM |
Agree with Tammer - the tattered look of the bird is what appealed to me. I gave it a 7.
Coincidentally, I just saw "A Murder of Crows" (1999 DVD) this past weekend where the title was explained in the movie's dialog.
Very nice work, Skip. "shrug" is about all you can do. ...other than scratch your head. :D |
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07/13/2009 10:12:47 PM |
| Challenge Relevance:5 Impact/Emotion/Mood:7 Technicals:6 Processing:7 Creativity:6 |
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07/13/2009 09:41:33 PM |
| For me, it's the "ratty" quality of the feathers that sets this above the usual DPC bird in the sky shot. That and the tilted sky composition. Well done. Hope this makes the front page! |
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07/13/2009 06:01:54 AM |
| two for joy, three for girls and four for boys... Great song. Really ragged bird which suits the title well. |
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07/10/2009 12:37:05 PM |
| can't quite see the from above in this but danged if I'm scoring it low for that - what an amazing passionate picture |
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07/09/2009 08:05:57 PM |
| Nice sky and an interesting angle. |
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07/08/2009 07:54:53 PM |
| That's the coolest bird profile I've seen! |
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07/08/2009 09:00:49 AM |
| Reminds me of images of the mythical phoenix. Raggedy feathers are kind of poignant. |
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07/08/2009 12:19:06 AM |
| this is excellent. the only problem for me is the oversaturation of the sky. other then that this is ten ten ten!!! |
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