The Conductor of Hummer Air Orchestra
by william88

Comment by Chandi:
So sorry for the DQ William. My take on it is that, in an effort to get everyone to play nice, DPC sets some rules that will sometimes burn people with good intentions too. We just have to accept that DPC has it's limitations and continue to enjoy what we do.

For what it's worth, this picture and the other disqualified hummer pic of yours are what I will compare every other hummer picture to from now on. And I believe setting that kind of a benchmark with your pictures is worth far more than getting a DPC ribbon for them.

The Conductor of Hummer Air Orchestra
by william88

Comment by william88:

Originally posted by Mick: Originally posted by william88: About the wrong DQ: I did not use any editing tool to move the hummer. Why did anyone think I need to do the complicate process when a simple approach can finish? In the proof description, I put "rotate; crop". Why do you guys ignore that? I don't get it. According to the DQ thread your photo was disqualified for "cloning out a major element of the photo (specifically, a prominent bird feeder was cloned out of the original)." Are you saying that you didn't clone out a bird feeder, or...? Anyway, it's a shame because it was a very nice photo.

It was the very beginning, I thought the DQ was caused by hummer which is my major element.

The Conductor of Hummer Air Orchestra
by william88

Comment by Mick:

Originally posted by william88: About the wrong DQ: I did not use any editing tool to move the hummer. Why did anyone think I need to do the complicate process when a simple approach can finish? In the proof description, I put "rotate; crop". Why do you guys ignore that?

I don't get it. According to the DQ thread your photo was disqualified for "cloning out a major element of the photo (specifically, a prominent bird feeder was cloned out of the original)." Are you saying that you didn't clone out a bird feeder, or...?

Anyway, it's a shame because it was a very nice photo.

The Conductor of Hummer Air Orchestra
by william88

Comment by andrewt:
Sorry William !!! No need to take it so hard , I did the same thing with a bird in flight shot a while back & also got DQd in a FS and it did ribbon.
Just live n Learn... FWIW a damn good shot and my benchmark for Hummer shots.

The Conductor of Hummer Air Orchestra
by william88

Comment by Qiki:
About the wrong DQ: I did not use any editing tool to move the hummer. All I have to do is rotate and crop. Why did anyone think I need to do the complicate process when a simple approach can finish?

Really sorry about the DQ, but based on the reason given I suspect you must have done more to the image than just crop and rotate. If that was a DQ'able offence then pretty much every image on here would be DQ'd. Still a great shot.

The Conductor of Hummer Air Orchestra
by william88

Comment by Cory:
Damn. Really sorry William..

The Conductor of Hummer Air Orchestra
by william88

Comment by william88:

Originally posted by hotpasta: wow, you're not having much luck with these birds lately :) Hey man, sorry about the dq...I don't get it

You don't get it, but who get it? A single hummer with a background like this, why does anyone need to duplicate, create or move hummer?

The Conductor of Hummer Air Orchestra
by william88

Comment by hotpasta:
wow, you're not having much luck with these birds lately :) Hey man, sorry about the dq...I don't get it

The Conductor of Hummer Air Orchestra
by william88

Comment by FocusPoint:
Oh boy...

:( Sorry to hear the DQ

The Conductor of Hummer Air Orchestra
by william88

Comment by jomari:
Congratulations. It's a great image. I'm glad to see your hummingbirds are still giving you such great material. I love your little video clip - terrific match up to the music.