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Challenge: Free Study 2007-06 (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Ducks and Geese
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Jun 23, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2007

 I know, it's a duck, and some people hate duck pictures, so I am just asking for a bad score! I happen to like them in general, and this one in particular. This is a juvenile wood duck at the DC zoo, where he is technically just a visitor. This was taken in early morning before all the crowds showed up, and it really was peaceful and IMO beautiful.

My past FS entry was also a bird at the zoo. I sense a pattern here ;-)

PP - converted from RAW, cropped, cloned out leaf and other flotsam and jetsam in the water, tinted reddish bits of background teal, burnt background top and right, dodged/burnt duck bits (mostly his eye), used saturate brush on head and beak and tail, USM, created 2nd layer and reduced noise in water, merged, smudged weird color artifact in bit of water, added border, resized, sharpened, lightly blurred duck edges where he looked oversharpened on head and tail

Statistics
Place: 224 out of 556
Avg (all users): 5.7937
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.7071
Avg (non-participants): 6.1111
Views since voting: 995
Views during voting: 168
Votes: 126
Comments: 8
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 07/08/2007 12:10:46 AM
Oh Mary, this is wonderful! I love the dark feel to it. Like you captured it at night. And what a beautiful reflection.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/07/2007 11:52:10 AM
Nice reflection
Good luck

Kev
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 07/06/2007 11:59:46 AM
just beautiful. I love this phot. Nice reflection. I do think the spots in the lighter colored water could have been removed to improve the photo however. there's a few just above the head and then down below as well.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM
 07/05/2007 06:40:53 PM
WOW. i normally hate duck shots, but the reflection is just aWESOME! very nice
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 07/04/2007 06:14:41 PM
Great job capturing her reflection.
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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 07/03/2007 01:09:09 AM
Very nice reflection! Neat colors and lighting as well. I do like the border too.
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Nikon D7100
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 07/02/2007 05:20:47 PM
Good catch, I love the lighting
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/02/2007 04:20:09 PM
Nice detail in the reflection, and the bird. Good work.
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