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Challenge: Backlighting (Basic Editing I)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Japan
Date: Sep 5, 2004
Date Uploaded: Sep 5, 2004

 The natural brightness of the day seemed perfect to me. A little USM, cropped, resized, and submitted ... Naturally

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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 01/08/2005 12:21:30 PM
DAMN!! this is a stellar shot!
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Canon
 11/20/2004 09:06:17 AM
Very nice Photo, I like the faint colors... very fairytale like.
Heres a couple I took this morning...

ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 5.60
ISOSpeedRatings - 400


ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 5.60
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
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Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 09/20/2004 09:59:31 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I feel like there are only a couple things you could do to make this a stronger image. The first would have been to get the right wing in focus - difficult at best, but clearly would have strengthened the shot. The second is the crop. I think the negative space serves no overwhelming value in the shot and perhaps making the branch from bottom left corner to top right corner would have made the composition a little tighter and stronger.

I love the lighting effect and I think it's one of the better chosen subjects of the challenge. You have just enough in the background for it to not be plain white and boring, but not distracting.

Good work and keep shooting!

Mav
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/14/2004 10:17:14 PM
The backlighting is evedent for sure. Diagonal composition is very nice. Border a bit heavy.
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Fujifilm FinePix S9500
 09/13/2004 12:34:01 AM
seems like skylight, u could make it a bit dark and more highlighting area, especially the wings...
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 09/12/2004 02:08:14 PM
Definitely a good shot. The even lighting really makes this work.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 09/09/2004 11:25:30 PM
Beautiful photograph. I like the coloring of yours much better than the one I entered! Good luck!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 09/09/2004 01:55:39 AM
Very nice. I'd probably crop it in on the left a bit.
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Apple iPhone 4
 09/08/2004 08:20:10 PM
Beautiful picture.
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Nikon D70
 09/08/2004 09:58:51 AM
This is a great composition!
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Kodak DX6490
 09/08/2004 03:24:40 AM
Wow, very creative. Without the title I think it would be hard to 'see' the backlighting. Good choice on the title. It really makes this picture work.
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