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My photo was approved!!!!!!!! · 07:12 AM

I am so pleased. I'm not sure I believe it yet.

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PENTAX Photo Gallery: Artist Bio - Susan Lopez

MJ² · 01-14-2009, 07:34 AM

congrats, great sunlight on the bird.

I think I do notice 2 dust specs in the image that my want to clean up. Nice Work

fula6 · 01-14-2009, 07:36 AM

Well done Susan and congratulations. It is a wonderfully sharp image.

slowpez · 01-14-2009, 08:25 AM

Originally posted by MJ²

congrats, great sunlight on the bird.

I think I do notice 2 dust specs in the image that my want to clean up. Nice Work

I saw the dust specks yesterday - these old eyes let me down. Sure wish I had seen them before submitting the photo.
Thanks for the comments MJ2 and fula6.

mithrandir · 01-14-2009, 08:27 AM

Great lighting and great focus. I was too engrossed enjoying the picture to notice any dust.

abraham_love · 01-14-2009, 08:37 AM

I like that photo alot. :-)
Dust specs...meh. I can only see one - and that's when I went looking!

scott-devon · 01-14-2009, 08:57 AM

Wonderful shot Susan and super light. Congratulations!

juanraortiz · 01-14-2009, 09:43 AM

Congratulations!!!

**Rense** · 01-14-2009, 09:46 AM

Congrats, great shot. I like the framing very much!

Rockdoctor · 01-14-2009, 09:56 AM

Beautiful shot.

squarerigger · 01-14-2009, 10:00 AM

Congratulations and well done Susan.

JMR · 01-14-2009, 10:12 AM

I don't recall seeing that shot, but it is very good. Dynamic and the bird has a wonderful gold cast. The visual crop reminds me of our debate on portrait shots, where some people didn't like parts cut off. This visual crop shows that if the image works, where you crop matters very little. Congratulations.

JMR

Dhruba · 01-14-2009, 10:16 AM

Congratulations!

song_hm · 01-14-2009, 10:38 AM

Congrats.

A tip on removing dust spec. Create a curve layer, drag the lower left handle about 2/3 to the right, all dust spec will show up like hard dots. You may find there are more than two.

daacon · 01-14-2009, 10:40 AM

Well done Susan - great capture of the gull wow.

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01-14-2009, 10:12 AM	#12
JMR Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 3,332	I don't recall seeing that shot, but it is very good. Dynamic and the bird has a wonderful gold cast. The visual crop reminds me of our debate on portrait shots, where some people didn't like parts cut off. This visual crop shows that if the image works, where you crop matters very little. Congratulations. JMR Last edited by JMR; 01-14-2009 at 10:18 AM.

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01-14-2009, 07:34 AM	#2
MJ² Inactive Account Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lockport NY Posts: 54	congrats, great sunlight on the bird. I think I do notice 2 dust specs in the image that my want to clean up. Nice Work

01-14-2009, 07:36 AM	#3
fula6 Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Brisbane, Queensland Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 210	Well done Susan and congratulations. It is a wonderfully sharp image.

01-14-2009, 08:25 AM	#4
slowpez Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Carolina, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 18,461 Original Poster	Originally posted by MJ² congrats, great sunlight on the bird. I think I do notice 2 dust specs in the image that my want to clean up. Nice Work I saw the dust specks yesterday - these old eyes let me down. Sure wish I had seen them before submitting the photo. Thanks for the comments MJ2 and fula6.

01-14-2009, 08:27 AM	#5
mithrandir Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,895	Great lighting and great focus. I was too engrossed enjoying the picture to notice any dust.

01-14-2009, 08:37 AM	#6
abraham_love Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: London Posts: 51	I like that photo alot. :-) Dust specs...meh. I can only see one - and that's when I went looking!

01-14-2009, 08:57 AM	#7
scott-devon Inactive Account Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Alberta Posts: 2,140	Wonderful shot Susan and super light. Congratulations!

01-14-2009, 09:43 AM	#8
juanraortiz Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Spain Photos: Gallery Posts: 574	Congratulations!!!

01-14-2009, 09:46 AM	#9
Rense Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Zetten - The Netherlands Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,050	Congrats, great shot. I like the framing very much!

01-14-2009, 09:56 AM	#10
Rockdoctor Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western Canada Posts: 199	Beautiful shot.

01-14-2009, 10:00 AM	#11
squarerigger Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: James City County, Virginia Photos: Gallery Posts: 322	Congratulations and well done Susan.

01-14-2009, 10:16 AM	#13
Dhruba Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 106	Congratulations!

01-14-2009, 10:38 AM	#14
song_hm Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 797	Congrats. A tip on removing dust spec. Create a curve layer, drag the lower left handle about 2/3 to the right, all dust spec will show up like hard dots. You may find there are more than two.

01-14-2009, 10:40 AM	#15
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	Well done Susan - great capture of the gull wow.

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