A pigeon truckin' across the pavement as we walked by - I shot him while moving. Yes, I know his feet are red. I just liked his attitude. :-)
Post processing - lots of adventures in cropping to see which I liked best. Dodged the bird, burned a few sections of brick, dodged a few sections of brick (not that I think it made any difference, I just felt obligated), USM, resize, levels, sharpen.
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Neat capture; title says all. :) There were other examples in the challenge that fit a bit more, I think. Whereas the composition has interest, I think the subject is a bit less interesting, particularly for those of us who've lived in big cities for many years. The lines made by the paver stones detract slightly for me as well.
Trading Post - Should have gone with the cat. You did get yourslef a pic of a black and white subject (the color didnt bother me any - in fact I liked the pics that had color in them), but it just feels like a snapshot of a pigeon. Wow factor was a bit low on this one. Now on my way to comment on the cat.
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Well, you should have went with the cat...LOL. It's actually a good photo, but I think subconsciously people hate pigeons. I'm surprised to see you with a sub 5 score though.
Congratulations to the photo above mine. I really like the image. His right foot is a tad out of focus... since he was moving but it is the only thing that detracts from a very nice image. Good luck on future challenges.
I believe the intention of the challenge was to take a b&w photo in color mode. This is why desaturation was discouraged. To make it more challenging. I don't think the challenge was to shoot a color photo with b&W in it. It may be a suttle difference in interpretation.
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