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Challenge: Missed Focus (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Critters
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm F/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Lorton, VA
Date: Sep 20, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 20, 2009
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A very curious doe who apparently felt safe behind the fence, as she approached me and my 100-pound puppy repeatedly and made lots of eye contact. The light was dappled so the camera did hunt for focus some of the time, but I intentionally focussed on the fence here because it told a story of sorts. I rather like the way it came out.
PP - converted from RAW, rotated slightly (fence was nowhere near level so I went for an angle where the deer was relatively straight), cropped, white balance, levels, cloned/colored tree trunk which was right behind deer's head, colored deer browner, reduced noise, cloned/colored a few spots right around deer's head, increased contrast, resized, sharpened, hand-blurred background and deer some more to get rid of sharpening noise. |
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09/27/2009 08:41:14 PM |
| This works extremely well. (And so much more delightful than most of my in focus deer shots!) |
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09/22/2009 04:05:13 PM |
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09/22/2009 03:32:13 PM |
| I think this works for the challenge. I can't really say I'm really interested beyond that (not very compelling). I wish there had been a slight curves adjustment to balance the lights and darks a little better. 6 |
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09/22/2009 10:47:28 AM |
| I am so glad you were safely behind the fence! |
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09/22/2009 07:13:21 AM |
| I was truly surprised to see that deer. Well done. |
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09/22/2009 12:46:46 AM |
| Oh let him out....he didn't do it...honest! |
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09/21/2009 11:23:10 PM |
| Gorgeous use of OOF - the fence creates the gridded overlay; the light is wonderful behind the creature, and you can still see the eyes. Very lovely! |
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09/21/2009 04:45:08 AM |
| Beautiful greens. I had to look at it a minute to see the deer. GOOD GOING. |
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09/21/2009 02:44:37 AM |
| Nice surprising excellent shot. |
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09/20/2009 08:59:48 PM |
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