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Challenge: Ducky (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron AF 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical IF Super II for Canon
Location: Living room
Date: Oct 10, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.6 sec
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 10, 2006

 Shot through a puzzle toy shaped like a duck. Handheld the outline piece to frame the duckies on the couch.
Shot RAW, in RSE I lowered exposure compensation, slightly raised shadow and high light contrast, slightly decreased saturation, converted to JPEG.
In Photoshop, adjusted levels, hue and saturation, cropped, USM, color balance, resized, applied USM twice, saved for Web.

Statistics
Place: 40 out of 174
Avg (all users): 5.8193
Avg (commenters): 8.2308
Avg (participants): 5.5802
Avg (non-participants): 5.9427
Views since voting: 1000
Views during voting: 352
Votes: 238
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/15/2006 11:22:29 PM
wow. very nice compared to most.
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 10/14/2006 04:14:20 PM
Cute!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/13/2006 01:04:42 AM
I really enjoy the color also the big ducky shadow.
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 10/12/2006 07:10:14 PM
I love the use of the shadow as the framing for the ducks. Great job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/12/2006 06:06:41 PM
Nice idea, arrangement, lighting, and color. Simple and effective.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/12/2006 09:32:58 AM
Meets Challenge = 2
Technical Stuff = 2
Creativity = 2
Overall Impression = 2
Biased Wow Factor = 2
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/12/2006 04:57:03 AM
very nice effect. too sweet.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/11/2006 11:23:19 PM
really like the idea with the shadow effect.. nice job executing the idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/11/2006 06:58:43 PM
Very nice, great use of shadow (?).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/11/2006 06:33:21 PM
Very yellow - Has a nice feel to it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/11/2006 04:57:23 PM
Very clever shadow play
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 10/11/2006 12:07:50 PM
Clever use of materials here for this cool effect. Simple, yet fun to look at. Good luck in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/11/2006 09:38:01 AM
I love the creativity of the idea here. Great play with shadows and lights.
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 10/10/2006 08:51:23 PM
Superb....

Excellent background effect...
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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