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Ain't Spring Grand?
Ain't Spring Grand?
MaryO


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2011-04 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Ducks and Geese
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Alexandria, VA
Date: Apr 28, 2011
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 220
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Animals, Birds
Date Uploaded: Apr 29, 2011

 Found a family of goslings at a local garden park. They may be a pain when they grow up, but they sure are cute now! Spent about an hour watching and photographing them. Not a bad thing to do on a gorgeous spring day ;-)

PP - croppped, tonemapped in qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor 1.029, detail factor 1), merged with original in luminousity mode at 20% transparency, dodged smiling gosling, color balance shift toward yellow, increased saturation and contrast, resized, sharpened, blurred background a bit more, added border.

Statistics
Place: 136 out of 301
Avg (all users): 5.8243
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.8190
Avg (non-participants): 5.8372
Views since voting: 725
Views during voting: 230
Votes: 148
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Sony SLT-A33
Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED
 05/08/2011 11:33:28 AM
I really like the detail and color and the oof gosling in the background. Nicely done.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
05/07/2011 11:34:48 PM
sweet!
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 05/07/2011 07:37:18 PM
This is so cute!!!!
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 05/06/2011 08:56:55 PM
LOVE THE COLORS!
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 05/06/2011 08:17:14 PM
Oh, that's sweet.
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Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 05/06/2011 07:00:03 PM
Before I read the title I said, "Now that's Spring". Love the DOF and bokeh, and the adorable subject. I think it is slightly over sharpened.
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Canon EOS-50D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 05/03/2011 11:51:52 PM
cute
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
 05/02/2011 07:54:42 PM
This picture is overall too bright and greenish for me. Very cute subject and strong composition though. 6
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 05/01/2011 01:36:44 PM
Beautiful colors and good dof.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 05/01/2011 11:56:54 AM
Love the colors. I might have just zoomed in on the little guy to the left. What a cutie. :)
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Sigma DP1x
05/01/2011 10:01:49 AM
Nice high key treatment, wonderfully crisp color. A bokeh outtake perhaps?
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