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Judith Polakoff


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Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tamron AF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD for Nikon
Location: Upstate New York, U.S.
Date: Jun 6, 2005
Aperture: F/5.3
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Candid, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 12, 2005

 Adjustments: Crop, altered the green background hue, and applied a curves adjust. Ran through Neat Image, resized and applied lots of selective USM to the bird only.

This is a gray catbird.

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Place: 64 out of 289
Avg (all users): 6.0187
Avg (commenters): 7.0714
Avg (participants): 5.9416
Avg (non-participants): 6.1239
Views since voting: 1382
Views during voting: 344
Votes: 267
Comments: 15
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/18/2005 07:08:45 PM
really nice shallow DOF with sharp focus on the eye - nice!
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Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 06/17/2005 05:01:46 AM
the diagonal works well and the bird is well posed 8
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 06/16/2005 06:53:13 PM
Very nice focus. I think there's a green color cast, at least on my monitor.. shifting the color balance just a tad should fix that. Very nice composition, and good timing!
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
 06/16/2005 12:30:28 PM
Lovely clarity, nice simple composition, lovely shallow DOF on both the rope and to blur out background, which is lovely too and contrasts well with the bird. Nice light in his eye too. Very nice. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 06/16/2005 10:40:46 AM
absolutly beautiful well focused nicly exposed and composed shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
 06/14/2005 09:35:16 AM
Sharp, good use of shallow DOF. Bird contrasts nicely with background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon
 06/13/2005 08:22:31 PM
Very nice. I like the power line, too. And nice blurred background.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 06/13/2005 04:31:01 PM
Beautiful! I love how that wire gives you the perspective of just how tiny and graceful this little fellow is.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 02:19:57 PM
great shot, nice details and the bokeh is superb
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Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D
Konica Minolta AF 70-210mm f/4.5-5.6 II
 06/13/2005 01:46:35 PM
very well taken....detail makes it
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 06/13/2005 01:08:42 PM
I think this would have done great with a "portrait" cropping instead of landscape.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Canon EF 600mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 06/13/2005 10:32:49 AM
nice capture, great caption, I like the shallow DOF for thtis one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 06/13/2005 10:03:06 AM
Very nice. The contrast of the gray on the green is very effective. Good lighting. 9!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 06/13/2005 09:23:22 AM
cool catbird
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 06/13/2005 06:58:20 AM
Nice capture. I would have cropped it tighter..Well done and Good luck
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