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Buzzard's Hidden Beauty
Buzzard's Hidden Beauty
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Challenge: June Free Study (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Olympus E-10
Location: My back yard in Tracy, Ca
Date: Jun 29, 2004
Aperture: f:9
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/4 Second
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2004

 One of the neighborhood Turkey Buzzards lost a wing feather. When I examined it, to my surprise it was wonderfully gracefull and full of detailed beauty. All i did to it was minor post processing. Auto Level adjustment,Added a little contrast, and a bit of cloning to frmove unwanted artifacts, and unsharpen mask to finish it off. I lit it with a single 6500 Kelvin bulb with a black background.

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Place: 117 out of 384
Avg (all users): 5.8244
Avg (commenters): 7.7143
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Views since voting: 1031
Views during voting: 268
Votes: 205
Comments: 8
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/07/2004 10:56:47 PM
A very nice macro with perfect focus. Background handled well. I'd like to see the end of the quill at the left.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 07/07/2004 09:53:40 PM
Very nice. I love the lighting and composition. This really does show a lovely side to a buzzard. :) 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
 07/04/2004 04:04:59 PM
Nice contrast of soft end and harder lines of main feather and quill. Nice composition.
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Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 07/02/2004 10:49:49 AM
Everybodies favorite writing tool
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
 07/01/2004 10:52:21 PM
Gorgeous lighting! Only nitpicky complaint is the color fringing (mostly on the lower right) - 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix 20mm f1.7 ASPH
 07/01/2004 07:06:30 PM
nice photograph.....very appealing to me. I like the different textures, and the way the lighting picks up the different textures
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega O.I.S lens
 07/01/2004 04:27:03 PM
Lovely balance of dark and light. Beautiful composition whti the flowing lines of the feather contrasted by the diagonal line of the quill. Fine work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
 07/01/2004 08:22:20 AM
Great detail, great light. Strong image.
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