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Beauty is Only Skin Deep
Beauty is Only Skin Deep
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Challenge: Clichés and Sayings (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM
Location: Houston, TX
Date: Apr 30, 2006
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2006

Interesting looking duck at a local park. I thought he looked rather proud of himself while posing in a classic profile position. I zoomed all the way in with the 100-300 (420mm equiv on 35mm) I was worried about hand holding the lens at this focal length, but it worked out OK.

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Place: 74 out of 288
Avg (all users): 5.9183
Avg (commenters): 6.4167
Avg (participants): 5.6707
Avg (non-participants): 6.0343
Views since voting: 1308
Views during voting: 338
Votes: 257
Comments: 14
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05/11/2006 01:31:44 PM
Originally posted by yourbuddyjhawk:

whats wrong with it


Nothing, there were several ducks that looked just like this one. I think it is a breed trait.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/09/2006 02:09:20 PM
What an unusual bird. Like the dark background. Good luck.
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05/09/2006 09:42:23 AM
Nicely captioned photo. Does the job.
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05/09/2006 07:45:12 AM
Lighting looks a bit harsh, image appears to be oversharpened.
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05/07/2006 07:39:21 AM
The highlights in the beak seem a little blown out here. But, otherwise a very good image.
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05/07/2006 12:56:49 AM
This is one ugly duck- but the photo itself is nice in clarity and composition.
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05/06/2006 10:08:09 PM
At least he is a duck and has no idea he looks like that or would even care if he did know...good shot
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05/06/2006 08:34:03 PM
Would have used beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and a second bird :-)
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05/05/2006 10:10:50 AM
As is ugly, I hope (the bird not the image).
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05/04/2006 08:16:58 PM
what was wrong with the duck?
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05/03/2006 01:02:07 PM
sorry have never found this creature beautiful but I do think your photo is, well done!
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05/03/2006 10:53:25 AM
ewwwwwwwwww I hate vultures and I am thinking that is what this is... no hair on their head so they can rummage around inside of dead things.. having said that , thisis a fantastic photo - great bg, well lit - crisp focussed... just creeps me out :)
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05/03/2006 07:55:16 AM
whats wrong with it
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05/03/2006 03:23:21 AM
Awesome and intimate with the subject.
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