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Challenge: Free Study 2013-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Places
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
Location: Wilmington, NC
Date: Aug 24, 2013
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Aug 26, 2013

 A young gator lurking in a lake. Some people were feeding him crackers (they were off to the left of the scene), which I gathered wasn't unusual, since he proceeded to lurk in front of each group of people along the shoreline in hopes of more food. Someday that will end badly for someone ... at the very least the poor alligator.

PP - converted from RAW, straightened, cropped, levels, color correction, increased saturation, CEP (tonal contrast, Midnight filter brightened), cloned/Viveza to remove a bright branch and its reflection, dodged/burnt gator a bit, resized, Nik Sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 67 out of 168
Avg (all users): 5.9767
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.9153
Avg (non-participants): 6.1111
Views since voting: 437
Views during voting: 150
Votes: 86
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 09/06/2013 11:23:30 PM
I'm afraid.
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 09/05/2013 02:22:23 PM
How many voters have breezed through with a 5, not looking and enjoying?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D500
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 09/05/2013 06:46:57 AM
A tranquil place on earth.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z6II
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S
 09/03/2013 04:31:28 PM
Lovely image of that wood and croc. I think I would have cropped it a bit more (get lost of the left tree and part of the river), giving more focus on the croc. But I still like it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 09/01/2013 01:56:25 AM
OOOOOOooooooooooooooooo Awesome!! Awesome capture and PP~~
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/01/2013 12:25:35 AM
Dark and mysterious... and scary with the large reptile in the water...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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