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Up up, and almost away
Up up, and almost away
bennettjamie


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Animals In Motion (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II/III USM
Location: Lake Ella, Tallahassee, FL
Date: Apr 23, 2009
Aperture: f5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2009

Used filters, and cloned out dust spots, and increased contrast, reduced saturation.

Statistics
Place: 108 out of 143
Avg (all users): 5.1677
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.1194
Avg (non-participants): 5.2000
Views since voting: 1313
Views during voting: 359
Votes: 167
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)


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05/06/2009 11:21:18 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Sorry this did not score higher for you, I felt it was worthy of a higher score. On the other hand, you have a Posthumous comment and an Undieyatch award, so hopefully those helped offset any disappointment from the score.

I really liked the fact you actually showed some motion in your picture. Too many in this challenge, for me at least, did not really do that, which was disappointing. Converting to black and white was a good choice in my opinion. I only wonder if perhaps it could have had a little bit less contrast as some of the details are lost due to the very dark shadows. I do like the vignette, that worked very well.

Overall, I thought this was well composed, a good subject that definitely met the challenge. The only reason I didn't score it higher, was I felt it could have had a little bit less contrast.

Well done and again, sorry it didn't score higher.
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05/04/2009 07:29:32 PM
I missed commenting on this but it was a 9 from me. Wild and wonderful.
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05/03/2009 08:55:18 PM
It's nice to see your photos in the challenges again. It took me a minute to figure out the plants and reflections in the BG because of the brightness of the water surface. It looks as if they are in mid air at first impression.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/28/2009 09:14:21 AM
Although I am not a black and white picture fan, this is very well done.
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04/27/2009 08:03:08 PM
Dreamy! I love it!!
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04/27/2009 06:13:51 PM
Not quite to the same level of expertise as some of the other avian images in this challenge, the image is flawed due to a difficult lighting situation leading to rather flat and dull conversion and soft focus. The blank background also enhances this problem. A good effort that might have been improved with a little more patience waiting for a different angle and lighting.
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