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Challenge: Circle II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
Location: Duddingston Loch, Edinburgh
Date: Mar 7, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/8000
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2007

 Can't wait for the barrage of DNMC comments i'm going to get... I personally see it as a broken circle on a field of glowing circles, but most will probably see it as a totally uncircular load of feathers with a neck.

This wasn't actually shot in a sunrise or sunset, although the sun was pretty low in the sky. The actual shot taken was so colour-neutral that it was completely indistinguishable from a straight desat:


While quite a strong effect in itself, after much deliberation i decided that the voters would probably prefer a more classical sunrise shot. I flat desaturated the image, and converted to duotone (well, quadtone in fact), using a very carefully tinkered arrangement of curves to simulate a sunrise:


The original shot was quite wide, so eventually decided on a square crop with the bird on a third. Convert back to RGB, resize, sharpen and optimise for web. I don't usually bother stripping exif data etc, but i had to compress this a lot more than i'm used to, to get it under the size limit.

Statistics
Place: 118 out of 283
Avg (all users): 5.5755
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.6023
Avg (non-participants): 5.5294
Views since voting: 1005
Views during voting: 203
Votes: 139
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/25/2007 01:50:11 AM
The effect that you achieved with this one is just amazing.....
Love the colors and also the composition as well.
Quite magical bokeh in this one, that makes this image pop.....
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 03/25/2007 12:31:49 AM
wonderful, and a miraculous fulfillment of the challenge.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 03/19/2007 12:43:12 AM
Wow... 119th. I scored one of the 10s and expeted this to win.

It's definitely a circle and a perfect fit for the challenge. Great shot to me.

A bit disapointed to see that these beutiful colors are not "natural" :)

Message edited by author 2007-03-19 00:44:54.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera
 03/18/2007 10:36:50 PM
not really seeing a circle here - terrific photo - just not for this challenge
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Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for Canon
 03/18/2007 10:27:41 PM
Ah! Perfect title..love all that shimmering bokeh and warm color.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 03/18/2007 02:33:18 PM
Wow... great. One of the more original interpretations of the challenge. Have you tried a black border with a thin orange line inside?
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Nikon Z6II
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 03/15/2007 08:23:56 AM
It might be my monitor, but there is a little bit too much light in the top right corner, otherwise a fabulous shot, really beautiful.
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/15/2007 01:16:23 AM
Rising from the ashes...nice. 8
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Konica Minolta A2
 03/14/2007 01:09:31 PM
beautiful brokeh
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 03/13/2007 06:31:45 PM
Great shot!!!! Very creative title.
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Olympus E-510
Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
 03/12/2007 04:41:55 PM
I'm not seeing "circle" here. Nice use of back lighting.
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Panasonic DMC-FZ8
 03/12/2007 01:45:48 PM
Gorgeous!!
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