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16-APR-2006	ArminB

Canon EOS 350D
1/250s f/7.1 at 110.0mm iso400 hide exif

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arminb		24-Apr-2006 19:51
Pffff..... :-P isn't this a painters challenge? :)

Rod		24-Apr-2006 07:36
Had a look at the original Armin & I still can't work it out. So Caroles motion blur is the best theory yet. I also like the look of this but as a painting, as a photo it sucks:-)

ctfchallenge		23-Apr-2006 20:50
I love your ducks Armin and where are the ones in your Pbase gallery? I looked but didn't know which gallery to look in! I'll remove this picture from my gallery now. :-) CJ

arminb		23-Apr-2006 20:39
Oh, and thanks Rich, I like your title :o)))

arminb		23-Apr-2006 20:38
Thanks Britt :o) Rod, maybe you de-noised your glasses to much? :o) I guess, the main problem was: no perfect lit, and an orgastic chaos (= very fast movements, so CJ is right, shutter speed should have been faster to completely freeze the action. Thanks all, but I kind of like it :oP

Britt		23-Apr-2006 20:02
I don't know what all the hoopla is about, but I think they look real. The upper right duck is a bit motion blurred, but I suppose that's to be expected.

arminb		23-Apr-2006 11:25
just a 2nd, I will place it into pernding...nothing done except resizing...

Rod		23-Apr-2006 05:00
The ducks still have a big problem even with the silly black border & white surround you put on it Carole:-) This looks like it’s either a small crop from a larger shot or it's been through a de-noise program or the Jpegging has ruined it. Can you post the original shot Armin as it came from the camera? just re-size only.

Guest		22-Apr-2006 22:31
I think its great, you could have called it "the coffee clutch" :-)

ctfchallenge		22-Apr-2006 20:51
Armin, I tried a few things on it and put it in my Waterfowl gallery which I'll delete after you view it. Any better in your eyes? CJ http://www.pbase.com/cj_in_ca/image/59022878

ctfchallenge		22-Apr-2006 20:38
I'm not sure what the problem is Armin. There isn't much halo around the center duck but maybe taking the sharpening down a little might help, but I'm thinking it might need more processing rather than less as the colors look a little dull. Maybe a little more contrast might help and a little clonning too. The spots of water show up a lot on these ducks and I know I always have to clone out a lot of those. The other thing I was thinking is that 1/250s might not be fast enough for handheld on moving ducks and there might be a little camera shake which is interferring with a good clean look. If you can reshoot this, try a faster shutter and see if this helps. Love your ducks though! :-) CJ

arminb		22-Apr-2006 18:53
Hm, what is the problem here? Too much processed? I just resized it, made it a bit lighter, slight sharpening, that's all... Armin

ctfchallenge		22-Apr-2006 17:04
I agree with Rod, Armin. The colors are great, but the image is so processed that the ducks don't look real. --Mary Anne

ctfchallenge		22-Apr-2006 13:13
Hungry ducks just being fed with bred by a nice person (not me, of course :o) ) Armin

Rod		22-Apr-2006 13:03
Are these wooden ducks or wot? You have either over processed it to buggery & they're human ducks or they're not real.:-)

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