I went down to the beach in town to take some pictures of children's beach toys in the fog, but on the way I saw these cool guys sitting in a little pond. The water wasn't completely still, but I really wanted to enter something.
Very DPC like - I have seen many images like this on the site, so I decided to put my own take on it - not a great image - not as clear as I would have liked but there ya go...the colors are pretty warm and the composition isn't horrible, so I figure high 5s or low 6s. It just depends on if the voters pound me for DNMC type stuff...
Shot in RAW
Opened in CS2 - adjusted exposure, levels, curves
Save as Jpeg
Opened in Elements 3
Flipped image 180 degrees
Cropped to size
Adjusted levels, hue/saturation - boosted green and yellow, decreased cyan
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Opened and adjusted hue saturation to boost green
USM at large radius
USM at small radius
Added border
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it's too bad this is an upside down challenge because i think i would have liked this shot a lot more if it was right side up. i like the rich lush green in contrast to the crisp white birds.
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