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Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon
Location: VT - usa
Date: Aug 16, 2005
Aperture: f:4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/4000th
Galleries: Animals, Action
Date Uploaded: Jan 14, 2006

EDIT - sorry taken August 2005

Statistics
Place: 115 out of 833
Avg (all users): 6.4157
Avg (commenters): 7.5161
Avg (participants): 6.3613
Avg (non-participants): 6.6711
Views since voting: 1482
Views during voting: 555
Votes: 433
Comments: 35
Favorites: 4 (view)


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03/21/2006 01:56:24 PM
This is incredible! How can this only have a score of 6.416?!? Maybe it looks too perfect and people wondered if it was somehow faked??? I don't know, but this is a pretty amazing photo.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 11:55:14 PM
Hard picture to get. Congrats
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01/31/2006 07:05:40 PM
Thats impressive
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01/31/2006 04:21:08 PM
Zone Defense!
Almost a 10, except for the near camo-effect of background. However, stopping not one but two humming birds mid-flight is a feat in itself. Not much time to think about background.
To that I say, "Great photographic prowess!" Stan
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01/29/2006 09:52:54 PM
Fantastic capture, absolutely love the stop action, nice details, wonderful DOF, great job-good luck
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01/29/2006 08:16:58 PM
Your DOF is so tight this looks almost 3D. The birds seem to leap of the screen. Very nice.
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01/29/2006 04:49:58 PM
Wow great capture
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01/29/2006 03:58:30 PM
Wow! Nice capture, must have been hard to get them in focus :) Got an 8 from me, good luck in the challenge.
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01/28/2006 07:19:47 PM
how did you get that in focus? nice work!
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01/28/2006 04:37:01 AM
Wow... Those are hummingbirds right? You caught two of them? And forse their wings? I'm definately impressed. What was your shutter speed at?
TC
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01/28/2006 12:35:37 AM
I wish I could give this an eleven I'm so impressed. The birds look like they are about to fly off the picture and into the house. I almost didn't see them until I scrolled down.
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01/26/2006 07:05:57 AM
Perfect timing.....
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01/24/2006 03:12:46 PM
I'd love to see the hummingbirds closer, right now there is a lot of nothing in the photo
01/22/2006 07:11:48 AM
you've captured a great moment over here. though I'm not into the nature-photography, this is awesome.
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01/21/2006 01:04:54 PM
Great capture! I hear these little guys are very hard to photograph-you've done an excellent job catching them mid-flight in perfect focus.
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01/20/2006 10:39:26 PM
great shot. i love how you captured the birds so clearly
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01/20/2006 08:33:23 PM
Wow! How you managed to capture this is beyond me. What was your ISO and speed?
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01/19/2006 09:34:47 PM
great catch
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01/19/2006 09:11:06 PM
nice frozen action, cool framing. 7
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01/19/2006 06:23:23 PM
The timing of this photograph is just amazing as is the DOF
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01/19/2006 09:59:22 AM
Great hummingbird capture! Good luck! 9
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01/19/2006 06:24:48 AM
I like this - they look as if they're dancing
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01/19/2006 01:18:03 AM
Great capture here. You should be proud.
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01/18/2006 11:45:09 PM
10 from me...good luck! great shot!
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01/18/2006 08:52:47 PM
Nice job isolating the hummingbirds. It *looks* like it was done artifically, but if not, cool beans.
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01/18/2006 08:28:08 PM
Amazing capture! 10
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01/18/2006 06:56:44 PM
spectacularly well captured
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01/18/2006 09:36:51 AM
Wow! An amazing capture! Nice, sharp, and great composition. All that and how quick you must've been to react to this moment.
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01/17/2006 04:00:29 PM
Absolutely stunning shot. Unbelieveable focus at this shallow a DOF. Brilliant.
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01/16/2006 11:41:31 PM
This reminds me of that movie (well, maybe several movies) where they do all that flying around in the air martial arts stuff. I know, that's not really a very helpful comment hey? Oh well, cool shot.
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01/16/2006 08:32:46 PM
GREAT shot. Wonder if you had the pixels to crop out more of the top and zero in on those incredibly sharp birds. Good one in any case.
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01/16/2006 07:03:30 PM
Unbelievable clarity on these little beauties! Now THAT's some stop action! WOW... Wonderful crop & composition too.
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01/16/2006 03:55:44 PM
Wow what a great capture. The timing is excellent, amazing work.
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01/16/2006 03:44:48 PM
Excellent. Very crisp pic.
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01/16/2006 01:47:13 PM
Awesome capture! Great detail on not one, but two, very hard to photograph little birds. The purple flowers are a little distracting to me, but that is just my opinion.
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