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Challenge: Hidden Gem: Break Time (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Birds
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Jan 16, 2010
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 6400
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Animals, Birds
Date Uploaded: May 9, 2010

 Couldn't resist the title ;-)

PP - tonemapped in qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor 1.107, detail factor 1), erased all but bird and merged at 20% transparency, dodged/burnt/sharpened eye and beak some, vignette, cloned out a bright spot in the background, resized, sharpened with noise reduction, blurred background more and sharpen on beak, cloned out bright bits near bottom border.

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Place: 25 out of 521
Avg (all users): 6.5153
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 6.3950
Avg (non-participants): 6.8409
Views since voting: 1468
Views during voting: 274
Votes: 163
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D70s
Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
 05/18/2010 01:59:00 PM
Clean with vibrant colors - nice! 8
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 05/18/2010 12:55:35 AM
Gorgeous creature. Great shot :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 05/13/2010 08:13:58 PM
Such wonderful colors!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/4.0 L IS USM Lens
 05/13/2010 09:35:41 AM
Nice shot of the bird and good bokeh, but you've wasted way too much of the shot with that border.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM for Nikon
 05/13/2010 08:59:27 AM
wow really nice and colourful, a tighter crop might improve the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S5 IS
 05/12/2010 08:22:30 PM
Nice Colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
 05/12/2010 04:49:59 PM
cool bird,,,, great moment,,,,,,
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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