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Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Canon
Location: County Line Beach, Ventura, CA
Date: Jun 9, 2005
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 125
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Jun 9, 2005

 If I had a word to discribe what I see,
in the light, on the sand, from the sky.
If I had a word to show you what I see,
from my right, along the waves, soon takes flight.
And if I found that word to show you what I've seen, flare so bright, strutting tall, searching for it's course.
A bird is what I would say.



Long lens around 100mm/100 iso/ 5.6f

this pix was severly washed out, so I did the following to improve it.

PS= Levels, Sharpen, Layers, over the top Shadows BG, 80 Cooling Filter 10% BG, 85 Warming Filter @ 25% subject, some healing, some cloneing.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/19/2005 10:45:35 PM
This image is so over processed that it almost looks like the bird was pasted in from another image.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D
 06/18/2005 12:28:25 PM
my attention seems to be drawn to the ground below the bird not the bird itself.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 06/16/2005 01:48:38 PM
i really like the texture in the sand, maybe a little less background though. Unfortunately the he processing has left the bird looking like it was cut and pasted into the scene.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Helios 40-1 85mm f/1.5
 06/15/2005 03:05:38 PM
Whoa, got some weird haloing going on. Selective desat gone awry?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/14/2005 03:20:20 PM
There seems to be too much brightness in the flection off the ground to make this a pleasing picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
 06/14/2005 08:35:16 AM
Sorry, itches my "overprossessed" itchy thing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 06/13/2005 11:16:36 AM
Sandpipers are so delicate on their skinny legs. I like how you did the contrast.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 06/13/2005 09:36:47 AM
Oh this is neat. I love the color tones and dof. Nice job.
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 06/13/2005 12:45:59 AM
Bird seems WAY oversharpened, or the selection job could have been better. The clear black lining between the body and the background is jarring. 4
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