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Black Swan
Black Swan
burtct


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: At the Zoo (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: Melbourne
Date: Jul 13, 2005
Aperture: f3.2
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 13, 2005

 Noise ninja
crop
burn head
usm eye
USM swan
Saturate beak
Solarise all but the swan
Clone to remove feet & some waves
Levels
shadow/highlight
border

Statistics
Place: 165 out of 198
Avg (all users): 4.9238
Avg (commenters): 4.5294
Avg (participants): 4.8850
Avg (non-participants): 4.9636
Views since voting: 846
Views during voting: 321
Votes: 223
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/24/2005 06:57:56 PM
IMHO this is overprocessed. I never did quite get this kind of processing. Nothing personal, just my taste...
TC
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/24/2005 02:10:16 PM
Black on Black. Very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/22/2005 09:53:25 AM
i love the swan, hate the shadow
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/22/2005 09:52:14 AM
not too hip on your processing. makes it look fake.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/21/2005 05:16:57 PM
The swan is beautiful. The reflection, to this viewer, is a distraction due to its color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/21/2005 04:14:55 PM
Not at all keen on the post processing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/20/2005 07:58:00 AM
The swan is good. the rest is just too artificial.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/19/2005 06:33:24 AM
Wow. His reflection on the water is really neat!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2005 05:18:27 PM
has a fake feel to it
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2005 05:12:57 PM
The post processing here is a little yucky. Sorry, that is the best way I could describe it. It looks too processed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2005 03:07:39 PM
nice picture but seems a little too processed IMHO
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2005 09:40:12 AM
Intriguing shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2005 08:12:48 AM
I'm thinking the editing went too far. The lines outlining the swan and the shadow in the water make the image look unreal. <5>
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2005 06:38:46 AM
IMO this would have been stronger without the processing. Makes it look fake.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2005 05:46:16 AM
I don't care for the cartoon look of the reflection. The swan is lovely and the coloration and detail is great. The black background shows off his red beak and the ilght on his back, but that reflection has me baffled. :~Z
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/17/2005 10:55:29 PM
the reflection looks wrong. like you have burnt the entire background out.
Not sure I like this black on black, but over all the image is nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/17/2005 10:21:40 PM
This is a worthy photo but diminished by the stark and (probably over processed) backgound and by the reflection. Nice commercial art and I can visualize it in an ad, but not here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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