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James Shadle
08-19-2010, 08:13 PM
Congratulations Jackie Schuknecht!

Anhinga

Processed in RAW, took the blacks down to zero, and then in PP used lab (curves, up a point) and that seemed to put the blacks in check.
Also tried to tone down the highlights on the beak using select colour range, dup and using the subtract blending mode. The bill could use more work.
Cropped (about 30 percent) and straightened.
Downsizing and converting really killed the red eye that was quite vibrant.
C & C Appreciated.


Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6L IS USM
Focal length: 400 mm (equiv. 649 mm)
Aperture: F5.6
Exposure time: 1/1600"
ISO speed rating: 519/28°
Program: Aperture-Priority AE (Manual)
Metering Mode: Evaluative
White Balance: Cloudy
Focus Mode: Single-point AF
Noise Reduction: On (Mode 3)
Flash: Flash did not fire

Lance Peters
08-19-2010, 10:21 PM
Big Congrats Jackie - Lovely image :)

Roman Kurywczak
08-19-2010, 10:35 PM
Congrats Jackie!!! Great portrait and very well deserved!

Phil Ertel
08-20-2010, 07:04 AM
Congratulations Jackie on Eager to Learn Spot light Image of the Week. Well deserved!

Deborah Harrison
08-20-2010, 08:31 AM
Great image! - the post-processing created a stunner!

denise ippolito
08-20-2010, 02:04 PM
Jackie, Big congrats on a fine image!

Cheryl Slechta
08-20-2010, 07:46 PM
Jackie, congratulations!

Jackie Schuknecht
08-21-2010, 07:46 AM
Thanks you for your nice comments. Very much appreciated.

Judy Howle
08-21-2010, 10:09 PM
Congratulations Jackie! it's an excellent Anhinga portrait.

Christopher Miller
08-23-2010, 06:10 PM
Big congratulations, Jackie! Very lovely image! :)

Richard Waas
08-24-2010, 01:07 PM
Congrats Jackie on a fine image..... Well deserved!!

Nick Palmieri
08-24-2010, 05:45 PM
Nice one Jackie!

Joel Eade
08-24-2010, 07:22 PM
Awesome, well deserved, congrats!!!

Nate Chappell
09-02-2010, 06:42 PM
Congrats Jackie, great portrait!