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Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Canon
Location: Tracy, CA
Date: Jun 6, 2005
Aperture: f:8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 7, 2005

 This young dove had been hanging around for several days. It was just old enough to make short flights. I am so afraid one of the neighborhood cats will have him for dinner, but so far so good. Taken at 200MM with a sigma 70-200 f:2.8 lens in RAW mode. I made a daylight white balance adjustment, increased the sharpness and a small amount of contrast. This result is about one third of the original frame, with a slight Gamma adjustment as JPEG and finished up with USM after resizing to DPC guidelines.

Statistics
Place: 48 out of 289
Avg (all users): 6.1610
Avg (commenters): 8.0769
Avg (participants): 5.9359
Avg (non-participants): 6.4775
Views since voting: 2655
Views during voting: 351
Votes: 267
Comments: 14
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/19/2005 06:08:27 PM
I love the similarity of coloring between background and the bird. Very nice tone. Great detail. I hope you do well.
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 06/19/2005 05:22:30 PM
Very nice capture. I love that the color of the bird and the background are monotone but that the bird does not blend into the background. Very sharp - great lighting. 10
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 06/19/2005 10:28:29 AM
stunning detail and nice colours 10
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 06/17/2005 12:32:45 PM
Great capture of a juvenile turtle dove? such a sweet little bird,I love the feather detail you have caught.
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 06/16/2005 05:26:23 PM
Wow...very sharp. Nice shot.
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 06/16/2005 02:31:58 PM
That looks just like what he's saying :) I like the way the background is almost the same color as the bird, it's kind of soothing. Good job
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 06/16/2005 06:25:52 AM
Nice crisp image. Not sure if I like the crop???
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 06/15/2005 02:34:42 PM
ha..great..."I'm Loving It"
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 06/13/2005 07:32:36 PM
very sharp, but i think the dof is to little, the feathers close by should be in focus IMHO
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 06/13/2005 12:43:36 PM
VERY cool picture!
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 06/13/2005 05:55:16 AM
Sweet dove. Love the color.
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 06/13/2005 05:31:05 AM
Very nice, like your toning. 9
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 06/13/2005 03:51:06 AM
wonderful dove.
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 06/13/2005 01:53:39 AM
Nicely captured .... nice color...well done and good luck
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