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Violet-green Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bokeh VII (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR
Location: My porch
Date: Apr 22, 2011
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/640sec
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2011

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Photoshop CS5
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Topaz DeNoise
Slight Topaz Adjust
Dodged his chin and under his eye
Cloned a tiny bit in front of his eye. It looked gross. I wanted to do more, but from what I can tell it's fairly normal. Gotta keep it real 'n shit.
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Masked out the bit in front of his eye
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Statistics
Place: 40 out of 167
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Avg (commenters): 7.5000
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Views since voting: 866
Views during voting: 261
Votes: 136
Comments: 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
05/01/2011 11:04:30 PM
king of the roost, even if he is tiny.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/28/2011 10:53:04 AM
What a cool looking bird. I've never seen one up close. Excellent colours.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 04/27/2011 12:52:26 AM
omg this bird is so cute!!!! love the pic! great job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 04/26/2011 10:25:18 PM
Love the detail on the Swallow; they are lovely birds. Background is softly complementary.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D3s
 04/25/2011 10:57:36 PM
What a beauty! I love bird shots.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony SLT-A33
Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED
 04/25/2011 09:45:36 PM
Very nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 04/25/2011 08:46:55 AM
Beautifully lit. What a sweet little guy. Love your background. In a perfect world, we'd be able to see the entire bird, but I know how hard that is.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X100T
Pentax DA 70mm f/2.4 Limited
 04/25/2011 12:39:05 AM
Nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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