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Challenge: Free Study 2010-03 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: San Diego, California
Date: Mar 20, 2010
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Black and White, Birds
Date Uploaded: Mar 20, 2010

 Cropped; rotated; desaturated; adjusted levels; resized; sharpened subject layer; added vignette; blurred background layer; cloned-out imperfections on beak and feathers; added border.

This is a personal favourite of mine. Usually I can predict my vote pretty well, but I thought this would get at least a 6. I guess I still have a lot to learn.

Statistics
Place: 252 out of 350
Avg (all users): 5.2733
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
Avg (participants): 5.1667
Avg (non-participants): 5.5000
Views since voting: 683
Views during voting: 231
Votes: 150
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 04/07/2010 09:54:19 AM
I like the B&W conversion. Comp is fine. May have lost some detail in the wingtips...overall a pleasing image. Good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/06/2010 05:10:01 PM
beautiful pose
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 04/04/2010 11:17:12 AM
Nice tight crop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic DMC-FZ8
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 04/04/2010 02:40:55 AM
Great! Light+idea+execution!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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