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JawnyRico


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Challenge: Free Study 2007-09 (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: 2007 Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Date: Sep 22, 2007
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Sky, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2007

 Well while I was on vacation, I woke up one morning/afternoon, and went out on my hotel deck. It was the 5th floor I believe. Well someone must have been feeding the Seagulls from this high up, because as soon as I went out on the deck I had about 5 of em flying around my head, then landing on the ground and looking up. Then they would fly up and around again. So I ran in and grabbed my camera and started shooting. I caught this and was pretty stoked because it was just with my Tamron 28-75mm lens. Not a monster zoom lens. Once I put the shot on my computer I was really happy with how sharp and close it actually was. I am sure it won't do that well in free study, but I thought it was my best of the month and for sure my luckiest shot of the month. Hope everyone enjoys.

Adjustments:
Shot in Raw
Sharpened, Saturated, Curves
In Jpeg
USM, Hue & Saturation, Selective Color
Added a slight Gothic Glow, Used Heal on small area to left of wing that looked like sensor dust.
Crop, Resize, Brightness & Contrast, Add Border, Resize again, Sharpend, and Save for Web

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Place: 149 out of 503
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Avg (commenters): 7.0000
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Views during voting: 171
Votes: 126
Comments: 9
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 10/07/2007 08:52:23 PM
This is cool. I love how it looks like it is coming right at you.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/05/2007 01:52:09 PM
nicely done - 8
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 10/05/2007 11:59:40 AM
Wow, this is so pretty. Was this a stuffed bird in the museum? Either way, very pretty.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/04/2007 07:05:43 PM
well shot, nice focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/02/2007 08:32:15 PM
Beautiful capture. I think the difficulty of a capture like this is sometimes under-appreciated. Excllent DOF
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM III
 10/02/2007 12:30:23 PM
Nice and soft and sharp where it matters... wish the wing wasn't cropped.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 10/02/2007 10:50:00 AM
Great diagonal line. Love the square crop too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/02/2007 03:04:20 AM
Very nice sense of freedom - I like the softness and the motion in the wings.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/01/2007 02:20:55 PM
Great in-flight capture! One of the instances where the cut-off wing doesn't distract IMO.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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