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Challenge: Free Study 2011-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Animals
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
Location: Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, USA
Date: Jun 19, 2011
Aperture: 3.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1500s
Galleries: Animals, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jun 26, 2011

 Everyone else was looking at the seal being fed. I got one decent shot of it and then looked skyward at the gulls wheeling overhead.

I really wish I'd gotten the entire bird, but you're seeing most of what I got. I did rotate it a bit to improve the composition, and lost a little of the other wing.

Editing focused on bringing out the detail in the trailing edge feathers while not bringing out noise in the bird's body.

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 312
Avg (all users): 6.3228
Avg (commenters): 8.2500
Avg (participants): 6.2967
Avg (non-participants): 6.3889
Views since voting: 784
Views during voting: 181
Votes: 127
Comments: 6
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Nikon D600
Nikon MF Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI
 07/09/2011 01:32:58 AM
exquisite detail. I think I'd like seeing the whole bird, but the detail, light and color is intoxicating.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 07/08/2011 05:50:49 PM
Great result!
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 07/07/2011 11:47:17 PM
Another GREAT Photo!!!! If this isn't Wendy then you sure did a fine job looking like a Wendy photo, and that is a HIGH Complement in my book!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 07/07/2011 10:26:56 PM
I love the light and the processing. My first impression of the crop was that I don't like it. I'll be curious to see how the voters feel about it (crop).
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Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 07/07/2011 11:18:56 AM
Lots of spread wing bird shots lately!. this one is cropped well, excellently exposed.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/05/2011 11:05:26 PM
Beautiful image! Great detail in the whites and excellent composition! 8
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