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The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bokeh (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Raleigh, NC
Date: Jan 4, 2005
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 6, 2005

 He looks sad doesn't he?
I took this on a freakishly warm day in January. There was a lady passing out bread crumbs so the birds didn't go far when I tried to sneak up on them.
As far as editing, I just played around with contrast and cropping.

Statistics
Place: 148 out of 241
Avg (all users): 5.2000
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1000
Avg (non-participants): 5.3091
Views since voting: 897
Views during voting: 348
Votes: 230
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/15/2005 02:21:05 AM
Awww...he's not ugly, he's just aesthetically challenged ;-)
 01/12/2005 07:59:45 AM
Ehemm.... I am pretty sure that is a goose, not a duck but what the hell do I know, not a birdlover :o).

Anyway just an average shot, not bad but not good either, I like the placement of the goose in the frame but also I would have liked to see a wider shot with more to the right of him/her.
 01/11/2005 08:19:32 PM
nice angle well shot
 01/11/2005 06:39:35 PM
I like it except for the square crop.
 01/10/2005 10:51:34 AM
Technically fantastic shot!
Sharpness is fantastic, colors are great, the composition is very good also.
Its missing SOMETHING that keeps me from giving it a 9, i think that the shot is not wide enough, chopping off the birds on the right hand side.....8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/10/2005 07:38:02 AM
The short definition of Bokeh from KenRockwell.com, which I am using for voting on this challenge: "Bokeh describes the rendition of out-of-focus points of light." We do see that here, though its much more just out of focus background. Is the subject enhanced by the bokeh of the background? Yes. Even still, I don't find that this shot grabs or inspires me.


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