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Birds and Blooms
Birds and Blooms
Marjo


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Challenge: Magazine Cover (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Backyard
Date: Jun 8, 2003
Aperture: F2.4
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jun 8, 2003

Photo taken with my new camera while I was perched on a ladder trying to stay focused on the hummingbird feeder while the dog kept running around in the background and messing with my focus. I haven't figured out the focus lock feature yet. Turned out pretty good, considering.

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 232
Avg (all users): 6.9009
Avg (commenters): 8.2667
Avg (participants): 6.7203
Avg (non-participants): 7.0877
Views since voting: 3774
Votes: 232
Comments: 39
Favorites: 5 (view)


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12/29/2004 05:40:28 PM
wow!! awesom stop motion!!!
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06/30/2004 10:07:50 PM
This shot is fantastic. I know how hard it is to capture hummingbirds, and you have done very well here. The background is great - just enough to tell that this is a nice, green, outdoor setting, but nothing that detracts from the bird. Well done.
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01/01/2004 08:32:14 AM
Marjo, Thanks for your comment on my Starfish Santa photo. I may have done better in that competition than with the one I submitted for the December open challenge... I knew I should have submitted my Hummingbird shot... Your "Magazine Cover" photo is quite good & I like it... I've been trying to get a great shot of a hummingbird for years... It's sure difficult to get everything right because they are so quick. I just recently got a good 'Birdfight' photo(instead of a dog fight)and during that go round I got 3 different shots of the bird coming directly at me... an interesting shot...although not technically perfect. I may put one in my portolio section sometime soon... Tim
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06/18/2003 05:21:13 PM
Awesome picture! Hummingbirds are beautiful!
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06/18/2003 01:41:12 PM
1/500th huh? Niiiice. I would have thought it would have to be something much faster.
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06/18/2003 12:48:50 AM
Being in the top 10 is exciting! Thanks for all the wonderful and helpful comments!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/17/2003 11:46:14 PM
Great capture. And you have cropped it wonderfully.
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06/17/2003 09:51:48 PM
Great picture of a female Ruby Throat. 10
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06/17/2003 02:14:46 PM
Works pretty good for me. I like the wing blur, stopping that blur is very hard with a digicam. The glare on the back is a might harsh, but overall, I like this very much. Too bad she wasn't up to a real flower, but that's just picking nit. I've tried to get into Birds and Blooms, it's very hard...this picture would be close, I think.
9 Rob the Swash
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06/17/2003 12:44:02 PM
Beautiful
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06/17/2003 10:00:04 AM
Such a lovely capture and great DOF. Composition just superb, especially for a magazine cover, with title text. Image itself seems very grainy and I think the lighting on the bird could do with being a little more even. 9
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06/17/2003 05:45:40 AM
A very cool shot. (9)
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06/16/2003 07:09:41 PM
Great capture here - can't help the bit of blur - but what about a NeatImage to clean up the noise behind? 8
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06/15/2003 06:41:06 PM
Wow!!!! The feathers make me think of fish scales. Awesome!
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06/15/2003 07:08:23 AM
One of the best. Nice job with the stop action shot. Good work!
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06/14/2003 09:13:27 PM
I am so jeallous I cant get close enough to my humming birds to get a shot. this is wonderful 10
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06/14/2003 06:24:04 PM
Nice capture!
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06/14/2003 04:10:35 PM
Excellant stop action shot. Soft background ficus highlights the main subject.
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06/14/2003 07:54:41 AM
Great image, suits the theme of this week's challenge very well. 9 Morgan
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06/14/2003 07:03:25 AM
Nice capture of the Hummer but i don't see the Blooms :)
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06/14/2003 04:01:18 AM
Just AWESOME. Colours, subject and dof are just brilliant. Very well done. GL in this weeks challenge.10
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06/13/2003 04:52:29 PM
Good shot. Good cropping. Would like to see it without it's beak in the tube.
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06/13/2003 08:34:01 AM
nice capture
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06/13/2003 12:28:33 AM
Wow. Nice, nice shot - especially impressive that the blurring on those wings is so little, considering how fast they would have been going.
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06/12/2003 03:39:47 PM
I like the colors and the balance
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06/12/2003 10:52:39 AM
Awwwwwww So sweet. You did a good job of capturing this image except around the face could be a little lighter. Aside from the challenge you can use the dodge too. Pretty!
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06/12/2003 06:02:59 AM
Great job getting the down beat you have got the least amount of motion but just enough to allow to realise the bird is in flight (hover).. Very well done!
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06/12/2003 12:14:02 AM
Nice stop action...
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06/11/2003 09:10:36 PM
It's a shame there wasn't a bit more light on the bird's face, but I'm sure that was out of your control. It's a great shot though.
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06/11/2003 06:08:56 PM
WOW! What else can you say but "Wow!" Only improvement I can recommend is reducing the noise with Neat Image. I ran it through and it looked even more impressive. An absolute 10 without a doubt!!!
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06/11/2003 06:01:53 PM
One of the best Hummingbird Captures Ive sseen-- absolute 10!
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06/11/2003 04:23:56 PM
Great capture, framing and composition. I can definitely see this on the cover of a magazine. I would like to see the wings without blurring! Wonderful shot :)
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06/11/2003 03:16:39 PM
Great close up shot. These little guys are hard to catch. I like the action of the wings.
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06/11/2003 12:53:50 PM
wow. :o) very interesting.. =) congrats..
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06/11/2003 12:46:38 PM
WOW! amazing capture. if there would have been more light it would be perfect!
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06/11/2003 10:26:20 AM
Excellent - I can really see this on the cover of the magazine. Nice work! 9
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06/11/2003 02:21:51 AM
Great stop action photo here... I can't imagine what shutterspeed you had to use for this photo! I like this photo a lot, although it looks maybe a tad bit dark. The brightness at the top takes away from the main subject, but I'm not sure how you could have avoided that. How muchdid you crop for this phtoo? it looks maybe a tad bit grainy, but doesn't bother me too much. Nice catch! Good luck.
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06/11/2003 01:59:47 AM
lovely, good line, good use of shallow dof, nice shutter speed to capture the movement in the wings. Perhaps a touch lighter would have been more effective. The light source is from top left but the main action is in the right hand side.
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06/11/2003 01:00:54 AM
Great action photo. Alittle grainey but great job=8
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