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A Face only a Mother Could Love Turkey Vulture
A Face only a Mother Could Love Turkey Vulture
ladpupmoe


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: At the Zoo (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Sony DSC-H1
Location: NJ
Date: Jul 12, 2005
Aperture: f4
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2005

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Place: 178 out of 198
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Votes: 221
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 07/24/2005 11:00:48 PM
Nice capture but this appears to be overprocessed/sharpened.
Canon EOS R5 Mark II
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM
07/20/2005 07:57:13 PM
I don't know if even a mother could love this face!

Fit Challenge Criteria: 2/2
Color/Contrast: 1/2
Composition: 1/2
Photo Quality: 0/2
My Subjective Affinity: 0/2

The background lookds really distorted, like a bad filter was applied to make it look sketched, or really posterized or something. The bird (is that what it is?) is not very sharp, especially in the face where you are drawing the attention, and the rooftop is almost completely blown out. The winds and feathers are very nicely exposed and very sharp. Nice work on those!
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
07/19/2005 12:44:35 AM
Contrast is too high as you've lost detail in the black wings and the highlights of the roof shingles are almost blown. This would be a very good shot if you could see more of the wings detail.
 07/18/2005 02:51:13 AM
I'm not taking points off my vote for a title, but I think your title's not as good as it should. Try loosin the explanation in it. A simple "A Face only a Mother Could Love " would do better IMO.
As for the shot - nice. A bit under exposed and not details on the black part, but I like the pose of the bird and the DOF.
over all a very nice take on the challenge.
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