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Challenge: Free Study 2008-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Gold Coast
Date: Jun 12, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2008

 Taken from a houseboat on the broadwater at the Gold Coast. The seagull is actually a few feet behind the pelican who is watching my brother throw food from the top deck and the gull is coming forward for a bit of the action. Might post more of the sequence later.

Basically just cropped, duotone, dodge & burn, and combined a blown highlight on one wing with another exposure of the same raw file. Sharpened, NI, resize, add border, save for web.

Rest of the sequence and original here

Statistics
Place: 22 out of 473
Avg (all users): 6.7261
Avg (commenters): 7.4667
Avg (participants): 6.6609
Avg (non-participants): 6.9048
Views since voting: 1905
Views during voting: 258
Votes: 157
Comments: 19
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 07/08/2008 10:32:52 PM
Nice timing. Great pic!
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 07/08/2008 06:55:17 AM
I enjoyed this bizarre juxtaposition, gave it an 8.
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 07/07/2008 08:46:47 PM
Great capture, and very fine pp indeed. A picture to look at.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2008 03:45:17 PM
great timing !! , 9
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 07/07/2008 01:14:39 PM
Incredible timing, framing, exposure, focus - an outstanding shot.
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 07/05/2008 09:55:26 PM
Great capture and PP
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 07/05/2008 08:24:28 PM
This image is drawing an unusual response from me: I love it one second, doubt it the next. It is without doubt lovely and luminous, sharp and stunning. And it almost seems too good to be true, as if it is made from a couple of images. Not that that should bother me, but it does. Either way, you did get to me, and made me pay attention here. 9
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 07/05/2008 03:11:19 PM
HAAAAAAAAAAA, oh man. that is great. i love teh Nemo reference, and those two put toegeher, phew, just sold it for me.
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 07/05/2008 02:01:16 PM
I love the look on the pelican... this is a great catch!
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 07/03/2008 05:39:57 PM
nice catch
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 07/02/2008 01:37:14 PM
Hehe, fun picture and a great title! Made me laugh.
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 07/02/2008 09:45:51 AM
Holy wow! This is an awesome shot! The Pelicans eyes almost look like a pixar cartoon! :-) Best of luck to you with this fine work!
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 07/02/2008 06:27:05 AM
Cool shot, I like how you caught the bird landing on the pelicans beak.
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 07/01/2008 06:26:09 PM
Good capture and details. On my screen, it appears greenish, and I don't know if that is what you intended or not.
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 07/01/2008 05:51:14 PM
great capture
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 07/01/2008 07:08:51 AM
gorgeous!!
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 07/01/2008 06:23:31 AM
oh wow! that's great! Love your edit and the light... 8
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 07/01/2008 03:34:12 AM
Very nicely timed...I love the focus on the pelican.
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 06/30/2008 08:43:23 PM
Beautiful and luminous
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