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Uh, You Dropped Something, Sir
Uh, You Dropped Something, Sir
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Challenge: Oops! III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Raptors
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
Location: Conowingo Dam, MD
Date: Nov 30, 2012
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/640
Date Uploaded: Dec 1, 2012

 Would kind of like to be able to crop tighter but this is already a significant crop. Plus, I've gotten fond of this composition after messing around with several variations.

And yes, he's headless. No wonder he dropped his fish.

PP - converted from RAW, straightened, cropped a lot, levels, increased contrast and saturation, shifted golds in water to blue, dodged fish, vignette, resized, sharpened, hand-sharpened fish and tail, added border.

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Place: 8 out of 38
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 12/10/2012 07:37:42 AM
This is pretty much how most of my eagle shots look! Congrats on the top 10!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/03/2012 10:32:26 PM
Doh! Great texture in the water, love the depth the reflection provides. I also hope that my fav animal ever got dinner at some point.
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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 12/03/2012 04:19:03 PM
Interesting choice to have the eagle flying out of the frame. For this it works alright.
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 12/03/2012 09:18:42 AM
needs something, but good effort
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