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Challenge: Free Study 2010-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Raptors
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Aug 25, 2010
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Aug 25, 2010

 A Redtailed Hawk (I think) cruising past on a late summer day. Loved how the light struck him and he most certainly looked like he owned that patch of sky.

PP - tonemapped in qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor 1.029, detail factor 1), increased saturation on original layer, dodged hawk on tonemapped layer and merged with original in luminosity mode at 40% transparency, cropped, dodged hawk some more, shifted greens yellower, increased contrast, increased saturation on orange-red, resized, sharpened, cloned out sharpening haloes, added border.

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Canon EOS-5DS R
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 09/06/2010 05:03:36 AM
Is it a he? nice capture though
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 09/03/2010 02:27:22 PM
Incredible detail. How fortunate that the light was coming from under him than over. I'd want to crop it just a little tighter to give this gorgeous bird a little more prominence in the sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 09/03/2010 02:56:15 AM
Great capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 09/01/2010 09:16:03 AM
Well done. I love your use of negative space.
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