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Peek a Boo
Peek a Boo
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Challenge: Double Take II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Location: Endeavour Hills
Date: Aug 31, 2008
Aperture: F8.0
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 30, 2008

 after watching my nephew win his U13's grandfinal i came across a few cockatoos in a tree near my car
after a while two became co-opperative and posed for me

pp
noise reduction
sharpening
a little dodge and burning to the blue sky and the birds faces
resize
add border
save

Statistics
Place: 74 out of 150
Avg (all users): 5.5868
Avg (commenters): 4.5714
Avg (participants): 5.1778
Avg (non-participants): 5.8289
Views since voting: 790
Views during voting: 214
Votes: 121
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 01/04/2009 02:51:13 AM
Toos are the most curious of birds. This looks like a pair of Bare Eyed toos. I think that the spots that people mentioned during the challenge are due to lightening up the underexposed shadows areas of the image. It's still a wonderful take on the personality of the birds, so it is a good shot.
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 09/08/2008 08:31:26 PM
This is cool. I like the tree giving more subtlety to this happening.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2008 04:13:59 PM
oh wow, that is so cool.
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 09/06/2008 09:19:49 PM
Funny!
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 09/05/2008 02:06:47 PM
Are those dots actually on the birds? Nice perspective, though I would like to see a tighter crop to make the shot more about the birds and less about the tree. Good job!
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 09/04/2008 10:51:05 PM
I wish, as do possibly you, wish you'd had a longer lens for these birds - I've never seen anything like them
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 09/04/2008 04:49:40 PM
Nice picture - Nice lighting and sharpness. Just can't help thinking they are a little too small in the frame though.
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 09/04/2008 03:15:47 AM
Amazing what can be found in a piece of dead wood!
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 09/03/2008 05:41:56 PM
Beautiful birds, A tighter crop would've shown them off more.
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 09/03/2008 10:27:17 AM
I'm a little confused by the spotting and outlines on the birds and below them in a few places on the tree. It doesn't match the rest of the image in terms of realism which is disconcerting to me.
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 09/02/2008 04:37:04 PM
Those two birds are lost in the tree. If you were closer or crpped closer this would have been a far better image.
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