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Mid-Morning Nap
Mid-Morning Nap
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Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date: Sep 30, 2006
Aperture: f/3.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/500 sec
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2006

 After a month of very few and fairly crappy pictures, the wife and I decided to go to the zoo! This was the last shot I took on our way out, and it's a good thing we stopped at the flamingo exhibit one more time.

Shot in RAW

Used Photomatix Pro to create a tone-mapped HDR image from the single RAW file.

In PS:
Crop
NI (masked off the flamingoes to retain the feather detail)
Selective Color
Curves
Brightness/Contrast
Hue/Sat
A little cloning and blurring on the background
A little blurring on the far flamingo's bright areas
Resize
Sharpen
Border
Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 148 out of 615
Avg (all users): 5.9945
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.9787
Avg (non-participants): 6.0476
Views since voting: 996
Views during voting: 266
Votes: 183
Comments: 14
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/06/2006 06:32:50 PM
Wow what a beautiful image. I love the soft coloring.
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 200-400mm f/4.0G IF-ED
 10/05/2006 07:47:38 PM
I really like this composition. Thank you for not exagerating the color of the birds.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Best-Buy Easy Point & Click
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/05/2006 04:37:23 AM
beautiful pastels here, lots of detail...well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Vivitar ViviCam 5385
 10/04/2006 05:48:49 PM
I like this alot. The softness and composition work well here. Good job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/03/2006 04:07:05 PM
Nicely chosen set of flamingos for this image. The 3 of them do well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/03/2006 12:51:48 PM
Beautiful colors, great postioning.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 10/03/2006 08:13:12 AM
Great job. I vote a 9.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko
 10/03/2006 03:09:15 AM
Well seen and most unusual with the reflections in the background.
Not over-saturated too, with is so often the case (guilty here).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 10/02/2006 06:51:22 PM
This is really nice..like the pick/gray color combo -6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/02/2006 12:03:51 PM
Beautiful composition, lovely colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 10/01/2006 01:10:49 PM
This is very good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/01/2006 11:49:22 AM
Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
 10/01/2006 10:10:39 AM
Perfect for a 3 challenge! Such a fun image, thanks for sharing!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/01/2006 07:52:20 AM
Love flimingos.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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