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Challenge: Macro Without Bugs or Flowers IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Domestic Birds
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Jul 16, 2011
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Macro, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jul 16, 2011
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Shaka, my Congo African Grey Parrot. Her pupils are black holes!
Had the 36mm extension tube on. It's very, very hard to take a macro sort of shot of a bird in perpetual motion!!
PP - rotated, cropped, levels, white balance, increased contrast, sharpened, touched up a couple of spots on her pupils, dodged/burnt a little on her face, colored a too-orange spot to match the surrounding area, resized, sharpened with noise reduction, added border. |
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07/26/2011 12:16:47 PM |
| Just shot one of these this weekend! With a camera. Just to clarify :-) Gorgeous birds. Mine recited Shakespeare. |
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07/25/2011 10:33:45 AM |
| This shoulda been top 5. I like your stuff and I don't even know it's yours!!!! |
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07/24/2011 11:54:33 AM |
| Astonishing macro detail and creative pov. Excellently executed. |
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07/19/2011 08:12:52 PM |
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07/18/2011 10:43:22 AM |
| Very cool. I like that I have to study it. African gray? Perfect focus. I love the texture of the feathers. |
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07/18/2011 08:41:56 AM |
| Nice angle. Has this been post processed much? Those colours look like they could be so much more vibrant. |
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07/18/2011 12:55:19 AM |
| beautiful shot with nice patterns. I like the shift from the soft feathers on the left to the more textural ones on the right. Birds eyes always remind me of elderly people. This feels wrong vertical. |
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