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Posted by Terence P. Brashear on Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:41 pm

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A very common bird with uncommon feather beauty and detail. A mallard from one of the local nature
centers. I was trying to capture as much detail as possible.

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by Dan Wolin on Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:43 pm
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Pretty cool close up. I think you achieved your goal
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by Vince Thomas on Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:03 pm
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Admire your creativity here Terry... Sorry to say it just doesn't work for me. Personal opinion, others may like it alot! :)
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by Mike Danzenbaker on Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:05 pm
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Terry,

These types of shots aren't tried often enough. Someone should suggest this as a motif to Mr. Murphy.

I can't tell just from looking, but is the Green channel clipped in some areas? I'm getting the impression of either the contrast being a little too high or perhaps of oversharpening; not sure.
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by Terence P. Brashear on Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:25 pm
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Mike

I think it might have been the light due to the time of day - about noon. I barely hit it with any USM - 2 passes - 100, .8,2 & 100, .2,2 like someone I know recommended ;-)

I don't recall messing with the saturation level in Photoshop, but might have the saturation set too high in BB. I did not add any contrast.

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by Steve Cirone on Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:14 pm
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Nice composition, depth of field, and sharpness. It works for me.
 
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by Chris Kayler on Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:08 pm
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I like the idea but the image seems very pasty to me?
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by Terence P. Brashear on Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:20 pm
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Chris Kayler wrote:I like the idea but the image seems very pasty to me?
New monitor Kayler, new monitor ;-)
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by Terence P. Brashear on Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:40 pm
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Here is a question. Can you see the pupil in the eye of the duck? On my monitor here at home I can. At work I can't. I can see mulitple water drops at home too, at work not the case.

I have a CRT Viewsonic 21" ultrabrite A91f+ that is calibrated with Spyder2 Pro calibration. I hate to go to all the work of showing great detail if it is lost due to monitor difference.

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by Mike Wilson on Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:42 pm
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Very interesting. Looks sharp but could be sharper I think. I can see the pupil fine. I love to try these kinds of shots. Not easy to do.
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