Portrait of a Mourning Dove by MaryO - DPChallenge

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Portrait of a Mourning Dove

Portrait of a Mourning Dove

MaryO

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Challenge: Best of 2009 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Birds
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Jan 23, 2009
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Animals, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jan 16, 2010

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Like the light, like the rich colors. Processing may have strayed too much toward a painterly look.

PP - converted from RAW, cropped, white balance, qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor 1.184, detail factor 1), merged with un-tonemapped version at 40% transparency, increased contrast, dodged eye, cloned out one bright spot and some haloing, vignette to blur background more, resized, sharpened, blurred a few background spots.

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Place: 418 out of 445
Avg (all users): 4.7203
Avg (commenters): 5.4118
Avg (participants): 4.7258
Avg (non-participants): 4.7000
Views since voting: 871
Views during voting: 372
Votes: 236
Comments: 18
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Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/29/2010 01:57:41 PM

A 4.7? Really?

Well, I liked it.

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Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED

01/28/2010 10:41:03 PM

seems a bit grainy and oof

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR

01/27/2010 10:06:46 PM

Lacks crispness & clarity , 5

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

01/27/2010 09:41:20 PM

Nice image that I would have liked to have seen just a smidge sharper.....6

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Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko

01/27/2010 12:33:49 PM

Nice composition and I like the way the light hits his face. I'm thinking that the whole picture might be better if it were just a tad brighter.

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Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

01/26/2010 08:58:42 PM

I really like the soft colors in this...just a little soft in the focus but a beautiful picture to be proud of

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Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

01/25/2010 04:10:07 PM

needs to be sharper, great lighting though

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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

01/25/2010 08:48:34 AM

focus isn't quite there

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS

01/24/2010 07:55:19 PM

Lovely quiet, shy portrait.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II

01/24/2010 06:50:36 PM

looks a little dark

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Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro

01/24/2010 01:45:33 PM

Nicely composed but the colours not so great and does not look very sharp. feathers needs to be for me

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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/23/2010 11:16:46 PM

The lighting in this shot is gorgeous. I love the softness.

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01/23/2010 02:50:24 PM

Pretty dove, good composition but very dark and focus doesn't seem to be on the head.

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Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon

01/23/2010 11:31:28 AM

Oh wonderful. I adore the low lighting. Subdued. Just gorgeous!

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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM

01/23/2010 02:54:25 AM

nice shot a bit over sharped

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Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/22/2010 10:05:15 PM

They are so sweet. This is lovely.

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Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G

01/22/2010 09:28:30 PM

Nicely composed but a little soft.

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Sigma 70-200 /2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM II

01/22/2010 05:55:35 AM

a little bit soft was it shot through glass 7

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