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Photographer's Comments |
Challenge: Best of 2009 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Birds
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Jan 23, 2009
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Animals, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jan 16, 2010
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Like the light, like the rich colors. Processing may have strayed too much toward a painterly look.
PP - converted from RAW, cropped, white balance, qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor 1.184, detail factor 1), merged with un-tonemapped version at 40% transparency, increased contrast, dodged eye, cloned out one bright spot and some haloing, vignette to blur background more, resized, sharpened, blurred a few background spots. |
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01/29/2010 01:57:41 PM |
A 4.7? Really?
Well, I liked it. |
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01/28/2010 10:41:03 PM |
| seems a bit grainy and oof |
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01/27/2010 10:06:46 PM |
| Lacks crispness & clarity , 5 |
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01/27/2010 09:41:20 PM |
| Nice image that I would have liked to have seen just a smidge sharper.....6 |
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01/27/2010 12:33:49 PM |
| Nice composition and I like the way the light hits his face. I'm thinking that the whole picture might be better if it were just a tad brighter. |
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01/26/2010 08:58:42 PM |
| I really like the soft colors in this...just a little soft in the focus but a beautiful picture to be proud of |
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01/25/2010 04:10:07 PM |
| needs to be sharper, great lighting though |
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01/25/2010 08:48:34 AM |
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01/24/2010 07:55:19 PM |
| Lovely quiet, shy portrait. |
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01/24/2010 06:50:36 PM |
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01/24/2010 01:45:33 PM |
| Nicely composed but the colours not so great and does not look very sharp. feathers needs to be for me |
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01/23/2010 11:16:46 PM |
| The lighting in this shot is gorgeous. I love the softness. |
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01/23/2010 02:50:24 PM |
| Pretty dove, good composition but very dark and focus doesn't seem to be on the head. |
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01/23/2010 11:31:28 AM |
| Oh wonderful. I adore the low lighting. Subdued. Just gorgeous! |
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01/23/2010 02:54:25 AM |
| nice shot a bit over sharped |
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01/22/2010 10:05:15 PM |
| They are so sweet. This is lovely. |
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01/22/2010 09:28:30 PM |
| Nicely composed but a little soft. |
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01/22/2010 05:55:35 AM |
| a little bit soft was it shot through glass 7 |
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