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HDR Cow

HI
Nice nose ;)
HDR Cow by Paul Stevenson.
Taken in Malham, Yorkshire.

The sky's a bit bleached out, but I left it that way, as otherwise the cow kind of blended into the clouds and didn't stand out so much, maybe should have used a different DOF to blur the background? 
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Rundstedt B. Rovillos  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called * Free N A T U R E *, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

excellent shot! nice composition too! ;-)
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Miyspirit ~ Maddy Lane  Pro User  says:

Super...very effective, a super perspective capture! Sensational HDR treatment, excellent work!

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Beefus  Pro User  says:

Great looking bovine! The HDR processing works very well here!

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GonçaloSilvestre  Pro User  says:

Looks beautiful!!Congrats

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borealnz  Pro User  says:

She's so beautiful and the HDR has really enhanced her beauty:-)
Fabulous image Paul and thanks for sharing it with us!!

Congratulations Mad Paul !
YOUR FANTASTIC PHOTO has been selected as ICON OF THE DAY and BLOGGED!

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Bill Swindaman  Pro User  says:

Mooognificant.
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Ran_d  Pro User  says:

This is fantastic !!

Congratulations on Icon of the Day :)

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cureanything  Pro User  says:

He looks a little surly! Great image. Congrats on being picked as Icon of the Day! :)

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Tiffibunny  Pro User  says:

Fantastic composition, beautiful colors and tones. Congrats on being chosen Icon of the Day!

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ieatSTARS  Pro User  says:

Adorable :D
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David Paul Ohmer  Pro User  says:

Love the texture on this one.

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s0ulsurfing  Pro User  says:

what a beauty, congrats on being the daily icon

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Alёna Romanenko says:

Oh, that's a lovely cow-portrait!
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tricky ™  Pro User  says:

Yay for cows - welcome to the club ;-)
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angie_dj  Pro User  says:

I love the cows! This portrait is great!!

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nualabugeye is lacking inspiration big style  Pro User  says:

moo-sic to my ears, eyes, oh whatever!!
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jonathanHodd  Pro User  says:

"maybe should have used a different DOF to blur the background?"

not convinced it'd have made _that_ much difference, just seems that you'd have trouble because of their similar tones

I think it looks fine with the 'blown' sky anyway - the sky is the least important part of the pic for me :)

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*Micky  Pro User  says:

What a handsome fella, and this makes a great daily icon...
CONGRATS!
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plecojan  Pro User  says:

I'm glad you didn't blur the background - I love the sharp textures and the perspective is great!!! Congrats on being chosen as Icon of the Day!

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langkawi  Pro User  says:

Wow, a 3D cow! Great job!
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blmurch  Pro User  says:

Amazing work. Congrats on having this photo chosen as icon of the day.

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♥babybee  Pro User  says:

Fantastic HDR work. Congratulations on being chosen as Icon of the Day!

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buikschuivers  Pro User  says:

Awesome capture and treatment! Bravo!
Congrats on being the daily icon...
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Dew Drop says:

Very well done!
Congrats on being chosen our icon of the day!

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sallylondon  Pro User  says:

Superb textures! What great HDR work. Congratulations on being chosen as Icon of the Day at
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thorvald  Pro User  says:

Magnifico(w)
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d.photogal  Pro User  says:

that is one furry cow!!
great shot!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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Braintrove.com says:

Very well done. Love the detail.
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xamad  Pro User  says:

great work!! :)
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tedreese  Pro User  says:

great picture and it made it on a blog that hit the top page on Digg.com:
digg.com/design/These_20_HDR_Pictures_Will_Bl ow_Your_Mind...
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orbitalpunk says:

look at all the Poo
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showna says:

this is great
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Marc Castejón  Pro User  says:

WOW!!!
I really like this pic, great and effective process!!!
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kscherer11  Pro User  says:

Well done, fame and fortune on digg ;-}
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Fake Plastic Gun says:

I love it
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djali84 says:

i really like the tones and details of this one.
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Eric Rousset  Pro User  says:

Good job, nice details , well framed !!
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T1ger  Pro User  says:

Awesome details :)

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Photo by Nikki  Pro User  says:

Any tips on how you got the sharpening to look so amazing?
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~~ Brady ~~ says:

Nailed it!

Perfect.

Instant Fave.
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Tjarko Evenboer says:

Beautiful!
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donnat333  Pro User  says:

fantastic - love the treatment
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LukeMasonPhoto says:

Your photo was used in a wired news article... congrats!
blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/08/google-ea rth-re.html
very nice image by the way.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Topato  Pro User  says:

Since your photo was used in the Wired article, can you tell us which direction the cow was facing when photographed? : -)
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Ninja Plan says:

I like your photo too, amigo. I used it on my blog:
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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Alex Linebrink says:

Thanks for the awesome HDR. It rocks.

I've featured you in my latest post @ www.thatindiedude.com . You can find it here: www.thatindiedude.com/2008/10/inspired-3-hdr- photos-flickr/ Feel free to share the link to help you and some other awesome photographers get some more exposure :)

Keep up the AWESOME work!
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ferradij  Pro User  says:

Bonjour, je suis l'administrateur du groupe Vaches, et nous aimerions beaucoup que vous ajoutiez ceci à notre groupe !
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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aleman says:

Fantastic shot! One question for you: how do you get the cow to remain so sharp and still get the HDR effect? Did you only use one (best exposed) frame for the cow, or did you composite multiple?
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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iaken says:

Have you sold any copies of this image? I've seen it in a blog. :)
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ramelton  Pro User  says:

This is one great image well done.
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Joshbarsky says:

Excellent shot!
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juic3boy says:

HDR cows are great...check mine out:

yorkshire cow by juic3boy

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