Shot at 280mm using 1.4x tele on an overcast day with sky blue-gray to white. Overexposed by .7.
RSE to covert from RAW – set white balance on sky, exp +.50, fill +5, shadow contrast +5, highlight contrast + 20, saturation -80
DIP10 to crop, boost contrast, USM
PSE3 to resize and save for web
Statistics
Place: 61 out of 277 Avg (all users): 5.5631 Avg (commenters): 6.4000 Avg (participants): 5.5000 Avg (non-participants): 5.6034 Views since voting: 992 Views during voting: 382 Votes: 293 Comments: 8 Favorites: 0
Let me start by saying WOW..what a great picture. I am really shocked that this did not finish in the top 25! I think its an awesome picture! And it does meet the challenge.
The focus is great, and I don't see any blown out spots. Great job on that! The detail in the birds is just awesome!
The only problem I can see ( IMO ) is the birds are a little small. I'm thinking of the voters here. I think the closer it is, the more detail you can see in the birds...
Overall: Its a great photo, should have finished better than it did. Keep up the great work.
Thanks to all for the comments, all are constructive. I guess I should have left a little more color in the shot and kept the contrast up. But then again I kinda of liked the cool feel to this.
I didn't leave a comment before, but I rated this one of the highest in the challenge. This was very nicely done. The white of the birds was nicely shot without being too hot and blown out. In fact that is why I feel it is such a nice job. While the top 25% is a great result, personally I feel you deserved to fall in the top 10% with this shot. Well done.
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