DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Pee wee at her Mud nest
Pee wee at her Mud nest
Node


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fauna II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6D IF
Location: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Date: Oct 4, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 3, 2007

 Nesting on a Wattle branch overhanging our dam.

Editing very little really
Raw in CS2
Duplicate image to work on.
Smart Sharpen
Layer Hue/Saturation reduce sat -100
Layer Photo Filter (Underwater) 100%
Crop & rotate crop.
Convert to profile, 8 bit, resize, Save for web.

Oh yeah I know the branches are distracting but its kinda hard to find a better view and not disturb her unless i get wet! No it ain't gonna happen.

I was asked to put in an colour version, here it is but the crop is slightly different.

Statistics
Place: 131 out of 230
Avg (all users): 5.5784
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3692
Avg (non-participants): 5.6763
Views since voting: 856
Views during voting: 260
Votes: 204
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon PowerShot A530
 10/16/2007 11:40:38 PM
Bird is very sharp and clear. Nice composition. I hope you'll post the color version as well :).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D50
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
 10/16/2007 09:45:25 AM
Not enough contrast. Try it in color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
 10/15/2007 07:32:16 PM
Is this for real or a model in a museum? Good capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 10/14/2007 10:14:30 PM
Beautiful shot...too bad you couldn't have moved the intruding branches, however.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/14/2007 01:38:58 AM
the foreground branches are a distraction, tones are a little bit flat, the focus on the bird is very good
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 10/13/2007 11:17:55 PM
I like that there are OOF elements intersecting the subject. A unique and interesting resuly that I'm sure will polarize the dpc voters a bit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 10/12/2007 11:11:27 PM
Not a Pewee, maybe an oriole
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Theme: Classic / Light / Dark
Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2026 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 10/13/2026 10:59:04 PM EDT.