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Challenge: Free Study 2008-10 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR
Location: Samish River Flats, Washington State
Date: Oct 14, 2008
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/3000
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Oct 25, 2008

 Taking a chance entering a very similar shot to what I entered in Wildlife but I did not get out to shoot much this month and this series was the best I captured for the month.

Converted in Capture NX
Camera Adjustments: Picture Control Vivid, Adjust -1, Auto Sharpen, Contrast -1, Brightness 0, Saturation 0, Hue 0
RAW Adjustments: No changes from recorded
Color Booster: Protect Skin Tones, Auto adj
Photo Effects: Brightness 2, Enhance Dark Tones, +3 Yellow-Blue
Noise Reduction: Intensity 20%, Sharpness 5

Cleaned in Noise Ninja with touchup of eagle to retain detail

PSE6
Square Crop, clone out fuzz on beak & claw, levels layer set at 0 1.00 250 and erase effect on white, contrast layer set at 20 and erase effect on white, saturation layer set at +10 for blue and yellow and erase effect on white, resize, USM run twice at 200 .3 3 and then 120, .2 3, add border, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 46 out of 394
Avg (all users): 6.3212
Avg (commenters): 7.1429
Avg (participants): 6.2813
Avg (non-participants): 6.4146
Views since voting: 1362
Views during voting: 242
Votes: 137
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
 11/08/2008 12:57:12 PM
Thanks Sandy and all the rest of the commenters. I was lucky to get a few usable shots of this eagle as it flew off a telephone pole. Most came out with wires and the pole in them. I entered a very similar one in the wildlife challenge and it scored 6.8 so I suspect people knocked this one down due to lack of originality.

maxxumg - this was in the wild as I live in an area that has quite a few eagles. I was able to stop, get out of my car and walk pretty close to the pole he was on. The problem is gettng them with a good background and keeping signs of man out. This was in a river delta made up of many farms. I go there often as it is full of raptors.

Message edited by author 2008-11-08 15:29:30.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 11/08/2008 11:39:20 AM
Ohmy! These voters must be just so de-sensitized to majestic photography. This is a National Geographic magazine feature photo. I'd think I'd died and gone to heaven to see an eagle out and about in the wild like this -- but then to capture such detail in a photograph. 6.3 is quite an understatement of this photo!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 11/07/2008 06:30:39 PM
Great flight shot :-) Lost some detail on the closer wing but that Eagle eye and talons are scary-sharp.
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Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
 11/06/2008 01:51:00 PM
Great capture! These are not easy - particularly since the light seldom hits areas below
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 11/04/2008 11:18:11 PM
Great shot.
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Olympus PEN E-P1
Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 M.Zuiko Digital
11/02/2008 01:02:29 PM
nice eagle, though I doubt it is in the wild. Not big fan of the crop
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 11/02/2008 12:16:09 AM
Nice capture
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Canon EOS-7D
Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
 11/01/2008 06:44:12 PM
very well done!
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Nikon D80
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Nikon
 11/01/2008 09:12:14 AM
another great jbsmithana ?
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Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 11/01/2008 04:54:04 AM
Terrific action shot!
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