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Portrait of a swan
Portrait of a swan
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem: Break Time (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Lens: Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 for Minolta
Location: marsworth
Date: Apr 13, 2010
Aperture: f.4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Black and White, Birds
Date Uploaded: May 8, 2010

 pp:
crop
brightness/contrast
exposure
recovery
vignette
clarity
sharpen
B&W
dodge and burn
sharpen
gaussian blur
cloned out sensor dust

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Place: 309 out of 521
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Views since voting: 711
Views during voting: 231
Votes: 161
Comments: 2
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 05/13/2010 12:45:42 AM
i think the choice of b/w might be enhancing the over exposure at the top. perhaps you were going for a more elegant look with the desat...feels forced to me. your focus needs to be tighter on that bill-8
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 05/12/2010 10:10:26 AM
Lovely image. Great use this time of direct top down sunlight through the drops and great neutral BG. I don't care that there's no catch-light in the eye. DPC formulae voters might. 8.
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