Vulture Attack [Contest Finalists January 2008]
Uploaded: January 06, 2008 19:07:56
aperture f8, shutter 1/250, lens 300mm, location - San Diego Wild Life Park, Southern California
Filters and Lighting effects done in PhotoShop CS2
Isabel C. Rodriguez January 06, 2008
Amazing capture, great timing, well framed! Lighting and color are striking! #823574Gunther Allen January 06, 2008
Thank you Isabel - It was an amazing bird with such vivid colors! #5302310Linda Proctor January 06, 2008
Wow, Gunther, Incredible color and light!! #5302319Gunther Allen January 06, 2008
Thank you - I actually rendered the lighting effect in Photoshop to accent the vulture and darken the background. #5302322Tarun Bose January 06, 2008
Excellent capture with beautiful lighting. Lovely colours. Well done Gunther. #5302364Gunther Allen January 06, 2008
Thank you Tarun and Happy New Year to you! #5302370BILLY R. PARKER January 06, 2008
BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURED GUNTHER !! I LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IMAGE !! BILLY #5302393Brian Smyer January 06, 2008
Well done. Beautiful image. Great colors and clarity. #5302491Gunther Allen January 06, 2008
Thank you so much Brian and Billy! #5302593Tiia Vissak January 07, 2008
Great light, colors, pose & clarity! #5302944Gunther Allen January 07, 2008
Thank you, judges! This is the first time I've received such a nice comment from you and I have to say that it made my day! The original photo, although good in composition, lacked the background dynamics that I wanted. I spent hours messing around with the filters, which taught me a lot about what I will do the next time. I've taken years of Photoshop classes, but rarely do I apply the things that I've learned. It seems that you get into a comfort zone with your work and then get caught doing the things that are most familiar. I thing that I've learned a lesson on getting out of that comfort zone a little to at least experiment more. Again, thank you so much for your comment!Linda D. Lester February 22, 2008
Gunther this is a beauty!!! I do wish you posted your work at PSD just so we could see it! Congratulations on this beauty!!!!! #5533532Carla Metzler February 22, 2008
Congratulations, Gunther! Great capture! #5533881Gunther Allen February 22, 2008
Thanks so much Carla and Linda -- Once I get the time to place an album of my work at PSD I will also include a short bio like I do in the featured artist area. I would like to enter photos just for comments and feedback! #5534993Tiia Vissak February 23, 2008
Congratulations! #5537838Marcel J. Fernandez February 23, 2008
Splendid capture Gunther! A big congratulations to you and continued success. #5538906Patrick Rouzes February 23, 2008
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations on this incredible finalist, Gunther!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #5538916Gunther Allen February 23, 2008
An honor to be chosen and thank you so much Tiia and Marcel! #5538920Gunther Allen February 23, 2008
I must have been tying at the same time... Thank you Patrick! LOL #5538927JO ANN CLEVELAND February 24, 2008
Congratulations Gunther! Who would ever thought that a vulture would be beautiful!jo ann c. #5542964
Chris Budny February 24, 2008
Beautiful work, Gunther! Congratulations! #5545535Gunther Allen February 24, 2008
Thank you Christopher and Jo Ann! #5545638Judy V. Kennamer March 12, 2008
WOW! Gorgeous Gunther!!! Congrats on your Finalist!#5632040
Mary Timman March 12, 2008
Fantastic capture! Such beautiful colors and wonderful detail. Very well made! #5632181Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 12, 2008
Hi Gunther, I saw this in the Digital Darkroom newsletter and stopped by to congratulate you!! A really great image, super colors and details. Excellent work and a great finalist. I've been to the Wild Animal Park several times and never saw this vulture, thanks for sharing!Donna #5632702
Colleen Farrell March 12, 2008
Me too--I saw it in the DD newsletter. This is spectacular! Fabulous work! #5632754Sherry Karr Adkins March 12, 2008
Gunther, congrats on your DD feature and finalist. This is a super image! #5633596Gunther Allen March 12, 2008
Thanks so much for you comments Sherry, Colleen, Donna, Mary, and Judy! Your input means a lot to me!!! #5634526Lisa J. Boulden March 14, 2008
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