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Mr Fluffy
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Mr Fluffy

by Don R. Millbranth

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted December 5, 201247 views5 comments
Taken in July of 2008 with a CANON Rebel XT.
Location: north Alabama.
Don :wavey:

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 5, 2012 at 8:01 PM
Fluffy, for sure - fits the WC theme well.
The whole image is generally out of focus and quite soft, though. I'm afraid you didn't post your techs, so we can't help figure out what went wrong.
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on December 5, 2012 at 9:17 PM
He certainly is a fluffy bird. I'm always amazed how birds can make themselves even more fluffy when they puff up their feathers. As Sandy mentioned, this image does seem soft. I would also crop out the bright out of focus stick on the left. Nice heads-on point of view of this yellow bird. Thanks for posting. Don . . .works well for the theme. :smile:
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Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 5, 2012 at 11:14 PM
Very fluffy bird. I agree with Sandy's assessment of the image.
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Comment posted by Don R. Millbranth on December 5, 2012 at 11:38 PM
Hopefully this version is a better one. Thanks to all for the comments...
Don :wavey:
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 5, 2012 at 11:50 PM
Yes, better! The sharpening helps, but also adds noise to the BG. A round of noise reduction on the BG only would help.
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments