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Grackle By The Sea
Grackle By The Sea
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Mills Pond, Austin, TX
Date: Jun 10, 2005
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Abstract, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 11, 2005

 Actually it's by the pond in my neighborhood park. I went there to shoot swarms of cute, fuzzy baby ducks, but couldn't resist this dark bird with the sun on the water behind it.

Cropped
Adjusted Brightness curve to make the bird completely black.
Adjusted Lab curve to give the water a turquoise tint.
Cloned out a white speck on the bird.
USM
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USM

Statistics
Place: 227 out of 289
Avg (all users): 4.9358
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8375
Avg (non-participants): 5.0857
Views since voting: 743
Views during voting: 338
Votes: 265
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/16/2005 05:32:01 PM
Very nice contrast.
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 06/16/2005 04:38:36 PM
Great silhouette - I like the simplicity of the black against the blue/green
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 06/14/2005 09:45:32 PM
i like the blue toning. i like the little motion in the leg. i wish the shot wasn't so tight, as the textures of the land and water are very interesting and hard to enjoy with the bird taking up so much of the frame-5
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 06/14/2005 04:42:21 AM
Looks "overprossessed"
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 06/13/2005 10:15:21 AM
perhaps id prefer a little more detail to be seen....but well done for the shot
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 06/13/2005 04:03:49 AM
I need a yellow eye here.
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