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Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
MaryO


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2007-05 (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Birds
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Washington, DC
Date: May 5, 2007
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: May 5, 2007

This is a King Vulture at the zoo, who was being remarkably cooperative about posing. Quite the face, eh?

PP - converted from RAW, cropped, dodged eyes, dodged and burnt beak, increased saturation, white balance, added border, resized, sharpened

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Place: 226 out of 617
Avg (all users): 5.8603
Avg (commenters): 6.8462
Avg (participants): 5.8849
Avg (non-participants): 5.7750
Views since voting: 1068
Views during voting: 269
Votes: 179
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)


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06/13/2007 12:14:46 PM
Wow, Mary! This is really good! I'm totally flattered that Yanko thought it was mine! Such wonderful detail in those feathers.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2007 10:52:19 PM
what a crazy 'nose' on that bird! - good job getting both eyes visible.
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06/07/2007 09:47:25 PM
Would have been 10x better were the aperture such that the beak was as well focused as the rest. Otherwise it's quite nice.
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06/07/2007 08:26:23 PM
the elephant bird, cool 8
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06/07/2007 06:08:25 PM
yes... Your right about that good shot though
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06/05/2007 02:38:09 AM
good capture and lighting...
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06/05/2007 12:01:28 AM
Outstanding shot. If I could give it anything higher than a 10 I would.
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06/04/2007 11:01:37 PM
Well beauty wasn't my first thought .. the area above the beak is OOF..but this is a cute fella after my double take. Nice frame.
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06/04/2007 02:19:25 PM
Amazing color and clarity...the viewers eye is really drawn to the birds one eye. Very beautiful bird in its own way, and a beautiful photo as well.
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06/02/2007 07:38:42 PM
nicely shot and processed
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06/02/2007 05:20:25 PM
This feels a bit disconcerting maybe because the focus should be on the beak and not his eye and top of his head
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06/02/2007 12:07:25 PM
I'm sure there's some member of his species who loves him...
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06/01/2007 07:59:56 PM
Fantastic detail and colour. Good work. 8
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06/01/2007 09:17:12 AM
Cool an image which combines YUCK with FANTASTIC...End result something like a cut on the arm which you cant help looking at even though much of you does not want to, superb focus 8
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06/01/2007 12:06:35 AM
Nice close up! Reminds me a little of SandyP stuff.
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