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Foggy Morning Rendezvous
Foggy Morning Rendezvous
Shaman


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2008-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Ottawa
Date: Nov 6, 2008
Aperture: f10
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/100 sec
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 29, 2008

 Taken on a very foggy morning, just outside Ottawa at about 7:30 in the morning. Processing included, after tweaking in DPP, in no particular order, levels, curves, hue/sat, selective colour, noise removal, some light D&B, and then cropped, reduced image size, another light USM pass, and saved for the web.

Edit (after voting):
Thanks everyone for the great score and the very nice comments. to expand on what someone said in a comment, this was a combination of a great long lens, fairly tame deer and a whole lot of luck to be in the right place at the rigth time. Thanks again.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 417
Avg (all users): 6.9053
Avg (commenters): 7.7333
Avg (participants): 6.8947
Avg (non-participants): 6.9273
Views since voting: 2983
Views during voting: 289
Votes: 169
Comments: 24
Favorites: 7 (view)

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 12/14/2008 06:23:46 PM
Lovely capture its like a painting. Congratulations on your HM.
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 12/10/2008 04:02:59 PM
im very impressed:) how close were you?
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 12/09/2008 08:48:40 AM
This is an incredible wild life photo, very nice work!
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 12/09/2008 08:44:40 AM
arghhhhhhh!!!!!!!! sorry Steve, only now I look the results of free study and I see this your fantastic final score and position!!!!!! Super congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!
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 12/08/2008 07:10:51 PM
Lovely. Congrats on top 5.
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 12/08/2008 03:14:12 PM
I love the blended feel of this image. Great capture in many ways
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 12/08/2008 12:09:41 AM
I'm going to own up and let you know that I gave one of the conspicuously low marks. Now I have read your description, I really should justify it and apologise.

When I looked at this image I thought it was a still life - the 'static-ness' and the difference in the foliage colour at what appears to be a fixed point in the middle distance made me think this was a shot of an exhibit at a natural history museum. The background looks like a painting and the foreground looks separated and still. And overall the lighting doesn't look like daylight.

Now I've read your description, I find I have to reconsider my score.

Apologies again, but I thought you deserved an explanation.
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 12/07/2008 08:45:12 PM
lovely work
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 12/07/2008 07:25:54 PM
Congrats on Top 10! Fabulous nature shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2008 02:23:52 PM
Puts the viewer precariously close to the imminent action - excellent!
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 12/06/2008 06:49:49 PM
Oh - very nice capture... beautiful!
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 12/06/2008 01:15:03 PM
I like the way you've used mist to separate foreground and background. Gives the photo nice depth.
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 12/05/2008 10:15:18 AM
I love this image. Great nature drama in a natural setting. Masterful control of exposure and focus, with very effective differential contrast (fog). Top score from me. (10)
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 12/05/2008 08:17:43 AM
Powerful lens or fairly tame deer? Great depth of field and colour.
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 12/05/2008 04:52:18 AM
Ooh, should be in a book! Very soft, great composition.
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 12/05/2008 03:58:27 AM
It looks too perfect to be real. Like a display at the Natural History Museum. Still it looks perfect. 9
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 12/04/2008 07:18:19 AM
Very nice. Reminds me of a painting.
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 12/04/2008 03:15:28 AM
wow, you've either got a great hide or a great zoom lens! Very nice capture, I like the stag further back, really adds something extra to this.
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 12/03/2008 05:13:58 PM
all these foggy deer pictures never get old, only more surreal
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 12/03/2008 01:34:01 PM
Very cool shot with the stag eyeing the doe and looking quite macho.
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 12/03/2008 09:06:01 AM
nice
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 12/02/2008 04:37:41 PM
This looks like a painting... like "no way a person actually got a shot of them so perfectly arranged". *grin* Well done. I hope this does well for you. (not voting yet)
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 12/01/2008 07:43:10 AM
Nice capture & great colours.
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 12/01/2008 04:41:51 AM
So pretty. This has a classic appeal. I love the foggy background. VERY NICE 7
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