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Challenge: Black & White II (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Pentax *ist D
Location: Centennial, CO
Date: Nov 13, 2004
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Nov 13, 2004

 Taken with my 70-300 mm. A Canadian Goose at a local park. A Circular Polarizer was used due to the haze today (snow any minute). Converted to BW via channel mixer with the following settings:

red: +160
green: +190
blue: -200
constant: +4%

I would've loved to have been able to clone out a little dark spot above the bill of the goose, but c'est la vie.

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Nikon D40X
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 11/23/2004 04:08:54 PM
Great portrait. Rarely animals look good in B&W but this duck is made for it :) I wish you left the head only, or showed a little bit more of its neck, but it is a beautiful picture. 9.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/21/2004 06:29:36 PM
returning for comments:
Certainly a cutie and very well exposed with good texture and great b/w study. Bumping yo 6
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/21/2004 07:49:29 AM
Lovely bird macro you've got here, nice composition. Suggestions: little sharper focus, black line on the bottom.
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Canon EOS-30D
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
 11/20/2004 04:18:53 PM
The black line on the bottom is extremely distracting.
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Nikon D70s
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Nikon
 11/20/2004 06:16:11 AM
Great drastic contrast
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/18/2004 08:12:03 PM
What's the black spot on the top center ? Is it my screnn ? let me check.. no its the picture....and no spot editing allowed hmmm trouble :D
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
 11/17/2004 10:01:57 PM
The black line along the bottom? Was it necessary? I find it distracting.
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 11/17/2004 04:58:36 PM
strange frame, good looking bird.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/17/2004 04:04:06 PM
Nice portrait. The natural black and white of the goose gives it an extra boost in contrast.
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Apple iPhone
 11/17/2004 06:07:20 AM
wow
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/17/2004 12:14:30 AM
so much white hurts the eyes. What's that black strip at the bottom? I like the position of the beak.
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