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Black-Crowned Night Heron
Black-Crowned Night Heron
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Challenge: Portrait Of A Wild Bird (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Dec 25, 2009
Aperture: 5.60
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/807
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Dec 25, 2009

-Handheld, manual mode
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Create oval selection
-RGB Curve through selection to create slight vignette
-Resize
-USM at 8%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (applied twice)
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 224KB

File: Heron_IMG_8062-DPC9.jpg

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 138
Avg (all users): 6.4213
Avg (commenters): 8.0714
Avg (participants): 6.5652
Avg (non-participants): 6.3438
Views since voting: 2361
Views during voting: 370
Votes: 197
Comments: 24
Favorites: 2 (view)


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02/23/2012 06:04:26 PM
wow, great capture. I can almost reach out and feel his fluffy feathers.
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01/04/2010 04:14:28 PM
I really loved this one...a 7 from me! His eye and the detail of his beak in the beautiful lighting are quite breath-taking. He's a beauty! Congrats on a New PB!!! Woo Hoo!

Edit: added more compliments. ;-)

Message edited by author 2010-01-04 16:15:17.
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01/04/2010 03:00:03 PM
congrats on the new PB, it's a great shot.
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01/04/2010 09:56:10 AM
Awesome shot Paul! Congrats on the PB!
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01/04/2010 09:48:32 AM
Great shot Paul! Well done!
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01/04/2010 09:26:24 AM
Well...was this #700? :-)

Congrats on the new PB Paul!
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01/04/2010 03:10:20 AM
splendid shot, congrats on the new pb!
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01/04/2010 12:28:28 AM
:-O It's been a long time coming!
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01/04/2010 12:23:07 AM
Congrats on the new personal best!
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01/04/2010 12:12:22 AM
Whoa! Top 30, Personal best score... WTG Paul!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/03/2010 10:30:09 PM
such a detailed shot..well done...and not easy I might add
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01/03/2010 06:25:32 PM
Great close up.
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01/01/2010 02:39:10 AM
I like the detail, too much flash, but good detail
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12/31/2009 07:17:16 PM
Gorgeous detail, right down to the shadow of his eyelid and one brilliant catchlight. Nicely done!
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12/31/2009 12:46:49 PM
great capture!9
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12/30/2009 04:38:17 PM
Beautiful. Nice sharpness.
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12/30/2009 01:57:55 PM
Nice lighting focus and comp, 9.
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12/30/2009 12:14:09 PM
Love the early light and that beautiful red eye. Great detail. Excellent portrait.
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12/29/2009 11:51:18 PM
good luck 10
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12/29/2009 08:43:44 PM
Very nice 'head and shoulders' portrait. It looks like this was taken from a close distance or else there was some serious glass involved here. One of the best of the challenge.
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12/29/2009 01:17:40 PM
Focus is right on the money. What a beautiful iris color.
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12/28/2009 10:44:58 PM
Definitely a head shot here! Nice eye on this one.

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12/28/2009 02:49:49 PM
Just excellent. WOW and more WOW!!
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12/28/2009 10:12:58 AM
Fantastic detai. I love the catch light in the eye.
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