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Ugly duckling to Swan
Ugly duckling to Swan
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Challenge: Transitions II (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Date: Jun 7, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Nature, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 12, 2007

 Hope it's not too far from the theme. Not much to say about this shot. Was high key by nature. BW was an experimet I liked. Told my fellow DPL team members I'm done with submitting bird pictures but now it's the only images I have. :-/

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Place: 90 out of 304
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Votes: 147
Comments: 16
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 06/20/2007 11:44:15 AM
Oh wow! I really like this! They posed so perfectly for you. The composition is amazing!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D70
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6D ED
 06/19/2007 10:44:08 PM
a little too bright for my taste but very pretty family portrait :)
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 06/18/2007 09:16:26 PM
nice setup. Too much white blown out though...
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Sony DSC-R1
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 06/18/2007 05:52:18 PM
very hard to focus on the swans with the background being the same colour, pity as it is a good idea, good luck
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 06/18/2007 12:07:04 PM
Pretty. I like the tones of this
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Pentax K100D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 06/17/2007 08:36:10 PM
This could be a really nice shot. It is a shame that the detail is lost on the adult swan.
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Sony Alpha a7R III
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 06/17/2007 01:58:50 PM
Hmm, if I push my monitor right back I can see the detail in the adult swans, but if I leave it so that I can see the full range in the white-greyscale-black rectangle, it appears very over exposed. Nonetheless, beautifully observed.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 06/16/2007 10:44:39 PM
I really like high key images, but I think the swans get a bit lost in the background.
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Nikon D70s
Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Nikon
 06/16/2007 09:52:06 PM
seems a little overexposed ...
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Panasonic DMC-FZ18
 06/15/2007 09:54:55 PM
the contrast should be higher, I would orefer if swans' necks were standing out from the background. Cute, anyway
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 06/15/2007 09:46:41 AM
love the high key look of this
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 06/15/2007 08:53:39 AM
This shows very overexposed on my screen. If it was toned down (ha ha, get it? Down? No, OK, never mind). Anyway, if it was toned down, I think it would be a really nice image.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 06/14/2007 09:19:42 PM
Lovely subject matter. Could have done with being a little darker. Sorry, I love the image but it is a little too bright. 4
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Olympus PEN E-P3
Konica Minolta MF 85mm f/1.7
 06/14/2007 12:31:31 PM
great family portrait!
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Sony DSLR-A100
Konica Minolta AF 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6(D) DT
 06/14/2007 03:34:16 AM
Good image, well composed, but the highlights are way blown out.
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 06/14/2007 02:09:07 AM
Cute shot. psart
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