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Challenge: Free Study 2008-10 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 APO DG Macro HSM for Canon
Location: Lone Pine, Brisbane
Date: Oct 30, 2008
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400s
Galleries: Birds
Date Uploaded: Oct 30, 2008

 Yep, 2 days before rollover, and it was time for a trip to the local wildlife park. My wife bought a family season pass recently, so you might see more wildlife photos from me. :)

Of 226 photos, this was the final shot of the day.

Hopefully it is not too over-edited for people's taste. After several hours work, it looks surprisingly close to the original. :( Lots of D&B, and lots of sharpening, masked off to certain areas. After my usual sharpening, I added an extra layer of insanely strong sharpening (as far as the slider would go) around the eyes and beak. I'm surprised that it still didn't create any really noticeable sharpening artifacts.

I'm sure some people will comment about the sharpening artifacts on the head feathers, but this is actually the small side-branches of the feathers, which you can see if you look closely.

I hope the vignette is not too strong. Some of it was a natural light patch in the background, but I did enhance it a little.


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Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 11/07/2008 09:30:49 AM
Beautiful, lovely details, 7
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 11/06/2008 09:22:23 AM
Nice focus on the bird. The drab background color detracts a bit from the overall feel of the shot. Nicely seen.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 11/04/2008 08:43:17 PM
Lovely shot. Beautiful colour and texture and he stands out so well against the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus PEN E-P1
Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 M.Zuiko Digital
11/02/2008 12:26:12 PM
the eye makes this look dead
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 11/02/2008 10:07:34 AM
Composition is lovely; color and detail are superb. The light reflection in the eye is really bothering me, though. It looks really odd. Personally, I would burn the cloudy area so it looked like a normal dark eye with a normal catchlight.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 11/01/2008 08:49:57 AM
Incredible details and colour. Excellent
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 11/01/2008 07:07:42 AM
wow this is so striking, wonderful
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