Ueno Zoo 04

Posted by Darren (Tokyo, Japan) on 3 January 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Well the 4th to the series.
I don't know, maybe one more. See how it goes.
As you can probably notice I have played around with these photo's in PS. It's very addictive but when you finish with an image you like it's a great feeling.
Well let me know what you think, I like reading your comments and they keep me motivated to keep the images coming.
Cheers Daz
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Comments (10)

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

Cool shot Darren, the desaturation/saturation is well applied here. really brings out Pingu.

3 Jan 2007 5:45am

@Duncan Galbraith: Thanks Duncs.
It was fun playing around with this character. Pingu, he is a popular character here in Japan hey mate.

badala from Leiria, Portugal

This is absolutely beautiful ... the colors are gorgeous!
Nice game on texture and colors!

3 Jan 2007 8:46am

@badala: Thanks mate.
I did play with the rocks also. Added a blue filter to the desaturation and frosted the ground a bit with texture.

Manuela Photography from Hainburg (near Frankfurt/Main), Germany

Good colours & texture... love it!

3 Jan 2007 10:24am

@Manuela Photography: Thanks mate.

Kheoh Yee Wei from pj, Malaysia

Great shot and it is breathtaking !

3 Jan 2007 11:08am

@Kheoh Yee Wei: He is a little playfull character getting lots of attention trying to fly.

Ryan Yam from Quezon City, Philippines

We don't have penguins here hehe. I think you did a good job in PP.

3 Jan 2007 12:13pm

@Ryan Yam: Thanks Ryan. PS is fun to play around in, gradually getting used to it.

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Cool bird. Cool Shot!

3 Jan 2007 3:52pm

@Craiger: Thanks mate.

Angry Buddha from United States

The desaturation works perfectly with this. Great shot.

3 Jan 2007 5:59pm

@Angry Buddha: Thanks mate. Thought it would bring out the colours of the penguin.

Martin from Krems, Austria

Very good colours, is it trying to fly?

3 Jan 2007 6:32pm

@Martin: Thanks Martin. He's trying but not getting anywhere quickly.

Dolphin from Italy

Funny Darren!

3 Jan 2007 8:28pm

@Dolphin: Funny bird. Crazy me.

Evelyn from New Milford, United States

Great catch!

I agree with others that you did a good job with desaturation...but since the penguins are mostly grey already, I think you might have pulled this photo off without so much work. But I don't really know, not having seen the original...

8 Jan 2007 6:03am

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