Post Challenge - Did this entry starting at 10 minutes before turnover. Crop, Levels, Desat, USM, Brightness and Contrast, Resize, USM, SFW. Finished 5 minutes before turnover and submitted. This was taken during the Shreveport GTG that was a total of Bergiekat and myself. I think we got some good pics.
Thanks for all the great comments and all the faves. I am honored by all, thank you.
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Place: 22 out of 251 Avg (all users): 6.7260 Avg (commenters): 8.2857 Avg (participants): 6.4082 Avg (non-participants): 7.0091 Views since voting: 2844 Views during voting: 398 Votes: 208 Comments: 55 Favorites: 20 (view)
Deserved being on the frontpage for taking the chance and doing something other than the standard closeup of a bird, I guess its not popcorn enough for DPC.
I have left DPC for a few months, but have popped back purely to see where this image finished, 22nd is disgraceful.. Would make a wonderful print, would make you a bit of $$$ as well..
amazing shot, poor placing, glad it was a new PB for you though.
WOW. Definitely going in my faves folder. Congrats on the new personal best, the faves, and the comments. And look at that commenter average! This shot just resonates with me, much more than my entry (forget the difference in score - this is so much better).
My only suggestion would be to try darkening the blacks a bit. But I'm not sure that would improve it.
Let me add my voice to the people who love this shot - it obviously stands out in the challenge, probably the only image from this challenge that I will remember a month from now. But also it is a great image in its own right, regardless of challenge descriptions and so on. The composition is beautiful, with the lines leading me through the image and making me read it in its entirety before finally resting on the lake and trees. The tones and muted contrast is just fantastic, and the grain contributes to the image as well. Congratulations on a very good shot.
Huge congrats on this - and will you look at that distribution and the favs! This one definitely spoke to a lot of people - me included. Excellent shot and I LOVE that it's basic editing.
This has a lovely, quiet atmosphere. Nicely composed, and good sense of depth conveyed, with the zigzags of birds, and the barely perceptible landform in the background. One of my 10s for the challenge.
Now this is nice. I love the shot, the processing, the simpleness, "the complete photograph". One of my favorites in this challenge. Great job and I wish you well in placement. Bump
8 - Wow. What a scene. Grain works well, but wonder about 'smooth', if you had it, but that's a personal preference. The tone/b&w definitely works well.
Beautiful. Perfect. The natural landscape, the line of birds fading into the distance, the square crop, and the excellent b&w conversion all work together perfectly. 10.
My favorite...I don't think it is DPC friendly, (whatever that is) and you have some stiff competition in this challenge. The grain, the patterns, the flooded trees = great image!
I love this shot.. I hope no one marks you down for the graininess, to me its juts perfect and adds oodles of atmosphere to the whole image. If there is any justice we will be seeing this on the frontpage. 10
Great example of the 'bird in context' type shot in this challange. The black and white treatment adds to the cold and misty look. Definitly needs that number of birds to make the birds the main focal point of the image so kudos for waiting :-)
I didn't see your title until after I gazed at the picture for a few minutes. Exactly what I was thinking! You've made this a very interesting shot. Nice desaturation and focus. 10
Well regardless of all the incredible close ups of birds in the challenge this shot has to be one of my favourites. Fantastic capture and I love that you have both caught so many bird in the shot and the way that they form a what looks like a lazy scrawll acros the sky but which simultaeneously has a pattern and form to it
Great B&W coversion as well, the noise and softness adds wonderfully to the ambience of the picture
Lovely scene. What really grabs me about this is that starting at the top the line of migrating birds leads your eyes right down into the rest of the scene. 9
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