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27-APR-2008 Charlie Beck

Eyes

Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM
1/80s f/5.6 at 183.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time27-Apr-2008 11:00:24
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length183 mm
Exposure Time1/80 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programshutter priority (2)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium original auto
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ctfchallenge05-May-2008 14:25
The detail in this shot is fantastic. I like the symmetry. -Gerald
ctfchallenge05-May-2008 05:32
beeeeeutiful and tack sharp. -Abstract
Charlie Beck04-May-2008 20:07
I have an 11x14 matted and framed and hanging on my LR wall, and I have the original 15mb file as my work computer's wallpaper. In both locations, it looks very much like a drawing. The fact that this effect can come straight out of a camera is what I find most interesting.
ctfchallenge04-May-2008 19:23
It's a very striking image, Charlie, and the colors are wonderful! However, now it looks more like a drawing than a photo, which gets us back to the ongoing question of personal preferences.
--Mary Anne
Rod 04-May-2008 07:37
No worries Charlie, you may now arise. Sir Charlie:-)
ctfchallenge03-May-2008 23:54
oh this does look nice(er)!
Penny Street
Charlie Beck03-May-2008 23:04
You type too fast, Rod, and you beat me to the post by one full minute. How can I type a reply as quickly as you, when I am trying to type from my knees? :)
Charlie Beck03-May-2008 23:01
Thanks for the comments. In particular, thank you Rod for the suggestions, which I have implemented. The revised image is an improvement, I do agree.
Rod 03-May-2008 23:00
No Tommy just resize to 600 on the long side, I think I also used Bicubc sharper in the resize rather than just bicubic. I think Charlie just made the long side too small. It looks like he's resized it up now even though he didn't get down on his knees & thank me:-)
Canon DSLR Challenge03-May-2008 19:22
Outstanding result for straight out-of-camera. I think Rod's result is quite effective. Rod, did you do any other processing besides resizing as you describe? -tv
ctfchallenge03-May-2008 14:30
interesting close up.
Penny Street
ctfchallenge02-May-2008 22:45
I agree wiv Carole but I think you may have overreacted & made the dimensions too small Charlie. I resized the original down to 600 on the long side wiv a Jpeg compression of 4 & it sort of looks OK. The size when uploaded is 140K.

Rod
ctfchallenge02-May-2008 21:30
Wow Charlie - the original size is terrific! The compression really doesn't do this justice. :-( CJ
Charlie Beck02-May-2008 21:27
No filters. Other than a slight touch of USM, along with a slight contrast adjustment, this is nearly "camera original." I do regret that the Challenge's file size limit resulted in a loss of detail. A cleaner version can be seen here: http://www.pbase.com/cbeck/image/96344534/original
ctfchallenge02-May-2008 20:25
Very dramatic Charlie! Did you use some kind of filter on this - it almost looks like an illustration? CJ