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Spring!! Finally!!!
Spring!! Finally!!!
Shaman


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Centered Composition III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
Location: Ottawa
Date: Apr 6, 2008
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 6, 2008

 Tweaked in DPP, then in CS2, I used shadow/highlight to bring out the birds red breast, then used brightness / contrast, then did two medium USM passes, a NI pass, then cropped, adjusted image size, another USM pass, and saved for the web.

Statistics
Place: 74 out of 380
Avg (all users): 5.9242
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.7708
Avg (non-participants): 6.0522
Views since voting: 924
Views during voting: 285
Votes: 211
Comments: 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 04/15/2008 01:31:54 PM
Spring? Why is he sitting on snow? lol.

Great capture.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/12/2008 09:40:56 PM
Surprised to see the robin out when there is still so much snow... nice detail.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 17.5-45mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/11/2008 06:16:42 PM
I know that look!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/11/2008 11:34:50 AM
Nice and crisp.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/11/2008 06:07:40 AM
For some reason, he doesn't look like he's buying the whole "spring" thing. Nice shot for the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D50
Sigma 17-35mm f/2.8-4.0 EX DG Aspherical HSM for Nikon
 04/10/2008 08:05:08 PM
Very nice clean and crisp photo. Taking abit more of that background out may help the image pop out a bit more. Nicely done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/10/2008 10:06:26 AM
Good detail in the foreground.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 04/09/2008 12:14:52 AM
Yay! These guys have good character. great focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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