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Challenge: Free Study 2007-11 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Location: Clarkston, Michigan
Date: Nov 18, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 18, 2007

 Down the road from my house there is some fenced-in private property on each side of a main road. Every night around 4pm (later in the summer) dozens of deer come out to feed. People line the road, stopping to feed them and take pictures of them. It has become an unofficial tourist attraction.
This was my first shot of the deer that day, I forgot that my camera was set to sepia. Glad that happened!

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Nikon D200
 12/03/2007 02:24:41 PM
This image seems very soft and lacking in contrast. If you have access to Photoshop, try using the unsharp mask feature - or any sharpening feature in the editing tool you are using. When you resize down to 640 pixels JPEGS *always* lose their sharpness (I can tell the original was probably quite sharp). You have to add it back. It also appears that there was maybe a softening filter or some sort of softening effect with this that I'm not sure works in this particular case. I can tell this was a really beautiful, well captured portrait; however, the sepia and softening seem to take away from the image. 6
Nikon D300s
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 12/03/2007 03:08:16 AM
seems a little soft, maybe from a small file size? Your image is only 53 kb but the max allowance is 150 kb. This means that a lot of details are lost due to compression before uploading. Here is a DPC tutorial you can look at if you have photoshop. It will help you get the most out of your image. I feel this would have done much better if you had a larger file size. I do like the duotone you chose to use.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM III
 12/02/2007 02:09:04 PM
Very good capture!
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/02/2007 06:03:58 AM
Looks like a very quiet misty morning - lovely gaze you captured!
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/01/2007 07:38:55 PM
the focus appears a tad soft
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