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blue water cormorant
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Challenge: Blue III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Kodak C875
Location: Newport, OR
Date: Nov 10, 2008
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: DPChallenge GTGs, Birds
Date Uploaded: Nov 11, 2008

 Overcast day; auto setting; snap shot as bird suddenly swam out from under pier.

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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 11/18/2008 07:44:16 PM
I'm afraid this does not come off to me well. The composition seems awkward, with my eye led to the very upper edge, where the duck's face is hidden in shadow.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 11/14/2008 04:07:34 PM
It's too bad the sun was directly in front of duck, but the flash did a decent job filling in the rest.
Apple iPhone 6
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 11/12/2008 09:21:25 AM
Oof, not very blue.
Nikon D300s
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 11/12/2008 03:53:50 AM
If you have photoshop you should use the Save for Web feature, it will get your photo close to the maximum allowable size 150 kb and 640 pixels which will show the most details. Your image is only 600 pixels wide. Here is a DPC tutorial to help you.
I am not sure how close you cropped, but it may have worked a little better if the bird was in the bottom right corner and moving into the photo rather swimming out of the image. Just my opinion.
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