Went to the zoo (again) to see if I could get a good lion/tiger/flamingo image for this challenge. WHile I did get some decent shots none really had a postcard feel. Opened up this one and was pleasantly surprised with the composition and the sharpness of detail. Considering this was shot with no flash, through glass and a 1/50 shutter speed I am quite pleased with its technical aspects. The text is simple and the overall layout is simple. I really think that this might actually be the type of image that the zoo would put on a postcard. Does that mean it will do well here? Probably not. But I have nothing better and I want to keep my DPCaholic status along side Bear_Music.
Now - after editing and submitting I went to check out the past challenge - no animals and almost all landscapes. I have no clue how this will do. It is not the stunning landscape that I am sure will win but it sure is a postcard. Lets see how many low votes I get.
PP - RAW conversion with the usual shadow, highlight contrasts, saturation and sharpness. In PS - levels, saturation, selective color to tweak the water color, cloned out a rock ledge on the bottom, light burning and other light cloning to clean up spots in the water, USM, NI, resize, border and text.
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Place: 18 out of 266 Avg (all users): 6.7630 Avg (commenters): 7.3158 Avg (participants): 6.6147 Avg (non-participants): 6.9216 Views since voting: 1914 Views during voting: 349 Votes: 211 Comments: 32 Favorites: 2 (view)
I was just checking this - I haven't really gone through the results of the challenge yet. But, yeah, well done for the high score on a non-landscape shot (that's also stuck on my fridge at the moment ;-P)
Its nice to see how well this did and is defintely should be in the zoo postcard rack. Congrats on having the highest non-landscape/cityscape shot, you did it the best this challenge.
Congrats on your Top 20 finish!!! The clarity and detail are astounding and beautiful against that turquoise background. Right out of "Finding Nemo!" Well done.
This was one of my favorites! I'm so glad it did so well! This is the perfect postcard! Congratulations on a top 20 with a score that would have been in the top 5 most likely in any other challenge!
This is just perfect, and I just can't wait to receive this one in the post..... I loved this one.....
Well done Tim, and what a great score as well mate.....
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