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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Urban Nature (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Canon
Location: Lake Merrit, Oakland, CA
Date: Mar 13, 2011
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Black and White, Birds
Date Uploaded: Mar 13, 2011

 Rotated and cropped;Desaturated in channels, darked blues; duplicated layers and multiplied with mask to vingette and get some details in shadow; flattened and cloned out some leaves and some junk on the egret's bill; Local contrast USM, then USM, saved for web and added border.
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thanks for the Votes comments and the Posthumous honorable mention
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color version
Outtake

Statistics
Place: 4 out of 105
Avg (all users): 6.8013
Avg (commenters): 8.2308
Avg (participants): 6.6949
Avg (non-participants): 6.8660
Views since voting: 2336
Views during voting: 330
Votes: 156
Comments: 20
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 03/21/2011 02:49:40 AM
love the moodiness of this -- congrats on the HM!!
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 03/20/2011 09:24:28 PM
Great image and finish.
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 03/20/2011 08:49:42 PM
Beautifully processed. 'Grats on the HM!
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 03/20/2011 08:22:13 PM
Stunning conversion. Congrats on the HM.
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 03/20/2011 08:12:43 PM
congrats on 4th place! GREAT SHOT
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/20/2011 06:00:18 PM
Excellent B&W conversion.
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 03/20/2011 05:00:41 PM
Glorious light. This is the most 3-dimensional image in the challenge. Outstanding drama.

Posthumous Art Gallery

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 03/19/2011 02:07:25 PM
Oh. Wow. I fully expect to see this on the front page. The detail in the speaker and the bird are wonderful, as is the expert rendering in B&W. 8 from me.
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 03/18/2011 03:03:33 PM
Great processing
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 03/17/2011 11:29:04 AM
Love it! excellent shot! 10
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 03/17/2011 07:01:24 AM
Dramatic light! Very nice find for this challenge.
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 03/17/2011 06:49:50 AM
Sentry! Counting on it. 8
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 03/15/2011 07:02:22 PM
One of the best images in this challenge. Great catch.
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 03/15/2011 12:24:26 PM
bumping to 7... love the tones
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 03/15/2011 08:49:52 AM
One of my favorites!
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 03/15/2011 08:34:59 AM
What a great mono.
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 03/14/2011 05:41:07 PM
Fantastic BW. Herons are great for that :) 9
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 03/14/2011 04:54:54 PM
Beautiful image. The bird is nice and sharp as is the speaker. It has urban... and Nature... so it works well for this challenge. It seems a little dark on my monitor, but I am on my laptop so I'm not saying that's true or deducting points because of it. Still a great shot. 7
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 03/14/2011 03:25:28 AM
absolutely superb! great shot and processing. amazing tones.
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 03/13/2011 09:36:38 PM
Awesome. Love the negative space.
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