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No. 501 - momentarily separated from the herd
No. 501 - momentarily separated from the herd
saiphfire


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Alone In A Crowd (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: My parents' barn, Georgetown, Kentucky
Date: Nov 24, 2007
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/50 sec.
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 27, 2007

 It was vaccination day on my parents farm. The herd is run one by one through a metal passageway where they can be vaccinated and checked for pregnancy. I'll probably get some DNMC comments because you can't see the other cows, but to me this fit the theme exactly because cows are such herd animals that you generally can't tell them apart and for 60 seconds or so once a year each one becomes an individual in order to get medical care. It's not a great pic, but I was playing with my new camera and haven't submitted in a while so I figured what the heck.

Cropped, resized, increase midtone contrast, levels (don't really know how to use levels, but was trying to tone down white on nose a bit), bumped up saturation slightly, neatimage (was taking at 1600 b/c it was dim and lots of movement - couldn't completely get rid of noise), sharpen. Would have liked to spot edit a bit, but it was a basic challenge so oh well.

Statistics
Place: 72 out of 93
Avg (all users): 4.8390
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.7436
Avg (non-participants): 4.8553
Views since voting: 927
Views during voting: 370
Votes: 267
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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Nikon D300s
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 12/04/2007 05:48:34 PM
a nice idea, I can feel the crowd of cows out of the frame.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Sigma 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DL Aspherical IF Hyperzoom for Canon
 12/04/2007 12:53:10 PM
Nice composition and technique, but doesn't say 'alone in a crowd' to me. So, I'm giving it a 6. If the theme matched, it would get a 9 from me! Amazing pic!
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 12/02/2007 11:37:42 AM
what crowd?

I am not convinced.
Kodak Z612
 12/02/2007 02:08:49 AM
jeez. epic.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 11/29/2007 07:51:06 PM
Ummm.....wouldn't that just make it alone?
 11/29/2007 01:52:20 PM
Nice capture - but by definition this calf cant be 'alone in a crowd' and 'seperated from the herd' . . they are almost opposites.

But hey - as I say , nice capture, good title, well spotted.
Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 11/28/2007 11:12:35 PM
the poor thing. Soon to be separated from it's life! :(
Nikon D70
Sigma 70-200mm EX APO Macro1:2.8 DG HSM
 11/28/2007 09:58:22 PM
Nice sharp photo.. not a great fit for the them tho.
Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/28/2007 03:49:04 PM
"Alone" - maybe but I see no "crowd".
Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 50-200 ED
 11/28/2007 01:22:45 PM
nice photo
Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 11/28/2007 12:52:13 PM
Excellent shot, but not really alone in a crowd -- just alone.
Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/28/2007 10:30:30 AM
How would we (the viewer) know that with out reading the title?
Sony DSLR-A300
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Sony Alpha/Konica Minolta
 11/28/2007 08:21:08 AM
Nice capture. It will be great if you could include the herd into your composition.
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