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Bald is Beautiful
Bald is Beautiful
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Challenge: Centered Composition II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: VINS Quechee, VT
Date: Dec 28, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 31, 2006

 My 8 year old son's bald eagle (not really his eagle, but he sponsors it at the Vermont Institute for Natural Sciences) was being frisky and decided to put on a show for the people that were visiting. He was doing this bounce and weave thing and then just started staring at me and my camera. I didn't have the best light in the world, but I did the best I could and at least got his beak illuminated from the fading sun.

1. Converted from Raw to JPEG
2. Adjust levels, Brightness/ Contrast, Hue/Sat
3. Clone/Dodge/ Blur brightened bokeh spot next to eagle's head
3. Spot Blur around head of eagle
4. Adjust size to 640
5. USM and Reduce Noise
6. sharpened around eyes using USM and a little dodging in the eyes
7. Blur and reduce noise
8. Save for web

Statistics
Place: 144 out of 415
Avg (all users): 5.6119
Avg (commenters): 5.4167
Avg (participants): 5.3889
Avg (non-participants): 5.7928
Views since voting: 797
Views during voting: 288
Votes: 201
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/09/2007 05:04:03 PM
I can see the sharpening to compensate for the narrow DOF but otherwise this is pretty good. Works well centered.
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 01/08/2007 12:14:37 AM
The focus on the eyes is too soft.
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 01/07/2007 12:37:46 PM
In my opinion, a higher viewpoint would have made for a stronger image.
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 01/07/2007 03:11:19 AM
Would have more impact if his eyes were in focus (imho). Good bokeh in the background.
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 01/06/2007 03:57:49 PM
too bad the eyes aren't sharper.
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 01/06/2007 04:24:41 AM
Stunning ... 9
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 01/04/2007 01:52:48 PM
6
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 01/03/2007 05:36:03 PM
Needed more depth of field to get the eyes in focus also.
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 01/03/2007 04:49:17 PM
While there is a slight halo around the bird and a bit of noise, you still pulled this off nicely.
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 01/03/2007 07:55:01 AM
great title! :o)
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 01/03/2007 04:47:54 AM
a bit too noisy (colour artefacts in the white) but good focus
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 01/02/2007 10:33:16 PM
the color is very cool from the beak to the background
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