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Great Moon Heron
Great Moon Heron
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Challenge: Square Crop III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
Date: Jan 21, 2015
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 640
Shutter: 13
Galleries: Rural, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jan 25, 2015

 Existing light and a flashlight, from about 40 yards.
Simple edit & resize with iPhoto.
Here's the camera file resized before editing.


Woo Hoo! a Posthumous Blue Ribbon : )

Five hrs on Fb now, with 74 shares and 7k plus hits with tons of comments.

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 94
Avg (all users): 5.9659
Avg (commenters): 7.2857
Avg (participants): 5.8491
Avg (non-participants): 6.1429
Views since voting: 1098
Views during voting: 166
Votes: 88
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
02/03/2015 09:24:17 AM
Story book cover. Beautiful.
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Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 02/02/2015 12:06:17 AM
My only 10. I thought and think it is fantastic.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/01/2015 10:28:14 PM
I don't think this looks like something I would typically award, but this is the shot that surprised me the most. There's something strange about the flash lighting up a frame around the moon. And the subtle but powerful bird.

I'm giving this my blue ribbon.

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Fujifilm X-T30
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 02/01/2015 06:08:33 PM
has the fiber of a magic illustration
bump
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 02/01/2015 12:24:01 AM
I'm not experienced with night flash, so I am merely asking rather than critiquing, but is the flash too bright for this image? I like the idea and the composition. Just not sure about the flash.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF 23mm f/1.4 R
 01/30/2015 03:22:55 PM
Great lighting on the bird. Interesting scene, the brownish sky is not something I'm used to seeing but is pretty and makes the tree and bird pop.
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Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
 01/29/2015 09:55:27 PM
how fabulous !!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D3200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 01/29/2015 05:09:59 PM
Interesting composition.
The flash looks a bit hard and bright, though.
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Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 01/29/2015 10:28:01 AM
Fine storybook-like illustration. The lighting carries the day, bringing the scene to fruition. Yet also, sorry, the vertical alignment of the heron and moon compel me to see the moon as, umm, a giant....
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