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 01/23/2008 05:59:15 AM · #26
Originally posted by Tom:
GRRRRR!

I went out to photograph birds for this challenge, and not 5 minutes into it, an owl poops on my head.
So much for that shoot...


Thats good luck,,,,, you might get lucky soon :-]
 01/23/2008 06:00:45 AM · #27
Originally posted by cloudsme:
First Rivers and Streams and now Birds II. I don't mean to be a northern hemisphere chauvenist, but come on. Don't you guys know it's the coldest week of the year?




Message edited by author 2008-01-23 06:03:14.
 01/23/2008 07:36:19 AM · #28
Originally posted by cloudsme:
First Rivers and Streams and now Birds II. I don't mean to be a northern hemisphere chauvenist, but come on. Don't you guys know it's the coldest week of the year?


And very wet in South africa and queensland!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 01/23/2008 07:44:27 AM · #29
Originally posted by Tom:
GRRRRR!

I went out to photograph birds for this challenge, and not 5 minutes into it, an owl poops on my head.
So much for that shoot...


Sounds like a very accurate shoot/shot to me!! :)
 01/24/2008 02:55:27 PM · #30
oh, dear. I've put in a ridiculously kooky picture that'll have 80% of the voters trying to burn my village and I'm crossing my fingers it won't be mentioned in any threads.. but good news for the 80% I stand a good chance of being DQed anyway..
 01/24/2008 03:23:18 PM · #31
Originally posted by UrfaTheGreat:
oh, dear. I've put in a ridiculously kooky picture that'll have 80% of the voters trying to burn my village and I'm crossing my fingers it won't be mentioned in any threads.. but good news for the 80% I stand a good chance of being DQed anyway..


Even if it is on the grill, it will be in good taste to me.
 01/24/2008 04:15:42 PM · #32
Ok.. I'm brand new to the site, and am afraid - after reading this thread, that my poor seagull image entered into the "bird" catagory will be shot down in flames! Are seagulls not good things to enter? Was hoping to get an osprey feeding, or even a decent pelican shot, but the only things flying were seagulls.. Of course, the one I entered has to fly.. It has no legs to stand on.
 01/24/2008 04:20:59 PM · #33
It has more to do with how well photographed the subject is, more than what the specific object is.

Here's an example of a good seagull shot by MAK


Originally posted by diginut:
Ok.. I'm brand new to the site, and am afraid - after reading this thread, that my poor seagull image entered into the "bird" catagory will be shot down in flames! Are seagulls not good things to enter? Was hoping to get an osprey feeding, or even a decent pelican shot, but the only things flying were seagulls.. Of course, the one I entered has to fly.. It has no legs to stand on.
01/24/2008 04:22:58 PM · #34
Yup - plenty of good seagull shots out there. This is one of Aimees'
01/24/2008 04:48:39 PM · #35
Lets northerners band together for another ICE or SNOW challenge :D
01/24/2008 05:01:40 PM · #36
Originally posted by dknourek:
Lets northerners band together for another ICE or SNOW challenge :D


Oh yes!!! I second that!!!! Went out to find a bird...any bird... and ended up with a bunch of Ice shots. If I took any Snow shots I would probably get sick. After shoveling for 2 hours, I don't ever want to see it again...especially through my lens!!


01/24/2008 05:19:28 PM · #37
Ok, thanks, I appreciate the feedback!
Chris
 01/24/2008 05:23:11 PM · #38
Originally posted by dknourek:
Lets northerners band together for another ICE or SNOW challenge :D


Not all of us northerners have snow :P
 01/24/2008 06:32:32 PM · #39
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Originally posted by dknourek:
Lets northerners band together for another ICE or SNOW challenge :D


Not all of us northerners have snow :P


Vancouver and Victoria are beautiful in snow. ;oP

Message edited by author 2008-01-24 18:33:08.
 01/24/2008 06:48:50 PM · #40
Originally posted by bs-photos:
Just for reference, here's the first BIRD challenge: Birds


That was in JUNE. Wait, what am I complaining about? I am in Sandy Eggo, where -2 is perhaps like 2 below 74 degrees. But it is raining and all the birds are wet and grumpy. Birds here don't deal well with weather changes of any kind.
 01/24/2008 10:30:37 PM · #41
In Arizona they go on strike as soon as the weather changes!
 01/25/2008 05:03:40 PM · #42
Sounds like y'all have some persnickety local birds. I'm glad my neighborhood birds are the cooperative sort. I took my shot in the backyard. It may not win anything, but it was a really convenient location :-)
 01/25/2008 05:21:47 PM · #43
Originally posted by cloudsme:
First Rivers and Streams and now Birds II. I don't mean to be a northern hemisphere chauvenist, but come on. Don't you guys know it's the coldest week of the year?


So all the ribbons and high scores you guys collect on a regular basis from those cool looking icy landscapes not comforting? :P
 01/25/2008 06:59:50 PM · #44
I was stuck in traffic yesterday behind this,

but I didn't enter it. I was afraid the bird would bomb...
:-))
 01/25/2008 07:01:16 PM · #45
Originally posted by sfalice:
I was afraid the bird would bomb...
:-))

ROFL!
 01/25/2008 07:52:13 PM · #46
I was out this morning at 9 a.m. in -4 weather, knee deep in snow, it was well worth it, seeing mutiples of about 5 different types of birds, within 20 ft. Now I have to decide.......
 01/25/2008 11:46:09 PM · #47
Originally posted by vtruan:
It was -5 here this morning, looking forward to the challenge. This and all times are great for bird shooting. In our are we have approx. 20 species of waterfowl, 8 species of gulls, 8 species of woodpeckers, and many other species that can be found this time of year. So, get dressed for the cold and get out and do some shooting. You can always go to a zoo, or nature center and shoot at their feeders. Should be a great challenge. Van


Cheers!! I'm with ya on this..
 01/25/2008 11:49:05 PM · #48
Originally posted by Brad:
Originally posted by sfalice:
I was afraid the bird would bomb...
:-))

ROFL!


Humm correction not the bird that's going to bomb...
01/26/2008 02:09:36 AM · #49
Originally posted by cloudsme:
First Rivers and Streams and now Birds II. I don't mean to be a northern hemisphere chauvenist, but come on. Don't you guys know it's the coldest week of the year?

What about penguins?

01/26/2008 09:45:10 PM · #50
Got mine out my front window. It was around 21 outside, so it wasn't horribly cold. Nice and convenient, but without the backdrop of snow like last week, the birds lack that nice plain white background that everybody loves to vote high on around here. Oh well, the shot is at least creative.
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