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Challenge: Ducky (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron AF 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical IF Super II for Canon
Location: Living room
Date: Oct 10, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.6 sec
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 10, 2006

 Shot through a puzzle toy shaped like a duck. Handheld the outline piece to frame the duckies on the couch.
Shot RAW, in RSE I lowered exposure compensation, slightly raised shadow and high light contrast, slightly decreased saturation, converted to JPEG.
In Photoshop, adjusted levels, hue and saturation, cropped, USM, color balance, resized, applied USM twice, saved for Web.

Statistics
Place: 40 out of 174
Avg (all users): 5.8193
Avg (commenters): 8.2308
Avg (participants): 5.5802
Avg (non-participants): 5.9427
Views since voting: 1103
Views during voting: 352
Votes: 238
Comments: 14
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/16/2006 03:22:29 AM
wow. very nice compared to most.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 10/14/2006 08:14:20 PM
Cute!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot A610
 10/13/2006 05:04:42 AM
I really enjoy the color also the big ducky shadow.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 10/12/2006 11:10:14 PM
I love the use of the shadow as the framing for the ducks. Great job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 10/12/2006 10:06:41 PM
Nice idea, arrangement, lighting, and color. Simple and effective.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/12/2006 01:32:58 PM
Meets Challenge = 2
Technical Stuff = 2
Creativity = 2
Overall Impression = 2
Biased Wow Factor = 2
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/12/2006 08:57:03 AM
very nice effect. too sweet.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-650/T4i Rebel
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
10/12/2006 03:23:19 AM
really like the idea with the shadow effect.. nice job executing the idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic DC-G9
Olympus 12-45mm f/4.0 Pro
 10/11/2006 10:58:43 PM
Very nice, great use of shadow (?).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR
 10/11/2006 10:33:21 PM
Very yellow - Has a nice feel to it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/11/2006 08:57:23 PM
Very clever shadow play
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 10/11/2006 04:07:50 PM
Clever use of materials here for this cool effect. Simple, yet fun to look at. Good luck in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 10/11/2006 01:38:01 PM
I love the creativity of the idea here. Great play with shadows and lights.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 10/11/2006 12:51:23 AM
Superb....

Excellent background effect...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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