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12/21/2009 02:23:35 PM · #1 |
| Best challenge idea for ages - I just hope everyone plays fair and sticks to the rules. I will be voting on this 100% and will take each shot at face value. This is gonna be great! |
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12/21/2009 02:50:21 PM · #2 |
| I haven't been around for a couple of months, but I'm in for this one! |
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12/21/2009 05:01:50 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Simms:
I just hope everyone plays fair and sticks to the rules |
The rules or the guidelines? ;) |
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12/21/2009 05:24:13 PM · #4 |
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12/21/2009 05:24:48 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Simms:
Best challenge idea for ages - I just hope everyone plays fair and sticks to the rules. I will be voting on this 100% and will take each shot at face value. This is gonna be great! |
I sure you've known some wild birds in your time Simms ; - )
Any photos ? |
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12/21/2009 05:28:24 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Jedusi:
Originally posted by Simms:
Best challenge idea for ages - I just hope everyone plays fair and sticks to the rules. I will be voting on this 100% and will take each shot at face value. This is gonna be great! |
I sure you've known some wild birds in your time Simms ; - )
Any photos ? |
Pffffft - a looooooong time ago.
I am expecting good things from you on this one my man. |
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12/21/2009 05:29:49 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by SEG:
Wendy will win this one. |
Wendy who? |
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12/21/2009 05:34:19 PM · #8 |
Wendy White Background. Yes that's her full name. eheh :)
I like her birdy shots. I'm going to try using her technique next summer when THE BIRDS COME BACK.
I don't think anyone wants to see an image of some stupid sparrow that didn't evolve the instinct to migrate south. lol
Simms, how will you tell if the image is authentic?
Message edited by author 2009-12-22 08:37:07. |
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12/21/2009 05:57:51 PM · #9 |
| Some examples and discussion in the suggestion thread also...if anyone's interested. :-) |
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12/21/2009 06:06:00 PM · #10 |
| The best wild bird we have is a pigeon... |
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12/21/2009 07:37:38 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by hojop25:
The best wild bird we have is a pigeon... |
Ah, but can you photograph it in its natural habitat?
Joking of course. That bird's habitat is the world!
Oh, this is a fun Challenge. I'm sure going to try to find a photogenic bird.
(And I was along the Pacific migration route just a few short weeks ago!)
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12/21/2009 07:41:47 PM · #12 |
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12/21/2009 07:46:22 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by hojop25:
The best wild bird we have is a pigeon... |
Don`t forget the pheasent, partridge, grouse, kingfisher, ring-necked parakeets (in surrey), kestrel, goshawk (my personal fave!), sparrow hawk, red kite etc.
:) |
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12/21/2009 07:47:22 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Some examples and discussion in the suggestion thread also...if anyone's interested. :-) |
Maybe someone is listening.. people power eh? |
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12/21/2009 07:51:00 PM · #15 |
| I'm the second one in! Being in this early is never good... but I really like my shot. Maybe I really like it because my bird made me chase him through wetlands in my tennis shoes and I'm just thankful to have gotten anything to show for the effort... We'll see! |
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12/21/2009 07:56:47 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Simms:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Some examples and discussion in the suggestion thread also...if anyone's interested. :-) |
Maybe someone is listening.. people power eh? |
That's not exactly a new phenomenon ...
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Of the twenty most recently-completed challenges, plus those currently in the voting or submission phase, at least these ten are taken from user suggestions posted within the past six weeks:
Challenge (date suggestion posted)
Urban Decay (11/7)
Rural Decay (11/30)
Puzzle Macro III (12/1)
Powerlines (11/22)
Tilt-Shift (11/15)
Polka Dots (11/19)
Spirit of a Country (11/11)
Enthused (12/1) (plus Bored is the obviously-inferred companion challenge)
Painted Face (10/27)
Macro Without Bugs ... (12/1)
It seems to me that Countre-Jour, 47 Steps, 3-Techniques, and Animal-People Interactions were also recent suggestions, but I couldn't find the exact dates right now. |
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12/21/2009 08:04:10 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by Simms:
Originally posted by hojop25:
The best wild bird we have is a pigeon... |
Don`t forget the pheasent, partridge, grouse, kingfisher, ring-necked parakeets (in surrey), kestrel, goshawk (my personal fave!), sparrow hawk, red kite etc.
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Oh, that's a nice lineup, indeed. I almost said, "I'll be right over."
But what you don't have is a nice little hummingbird.
( I was astonished when an English ornithologist friend told me of your lack.)
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12/21/2009 08:08:34 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by sfalice:
But what you don't have is a nice little hummingbird.
( I was astonished when an English ornithologist friend told me of your lack.) |
But who could possibly photograph a hummer without a feeder to bait her? I mean, I'm sure it's been done, but gawd, what a task that would be...
R. |
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12/21/2009 08:11:37 PM · #19 |
I'm totally stoked for this challenge, simply because, I have never set out to photograph birds and I just got my 200-400mm tamron. So... I'm going to head out tomorrow morning, and even later in the week and see what I can come up with.
As far as voting goes, I'm normally not a big DNMC guy, but if the photo of the bird is obviously not in the wild, I will vote down on it... Although, I don't understand why bird feeders are out, because you are just feeding a bird in the wild. Well either way, I'm going to be alittle stricter about the DNMC in this challenge because I'm making the effort to get a wild bird photo, and I'm sure most others are too, so if the bird has a leash, or is obviously in a zoo, or because the challenge dictates, a birdfeeder is present, I will vote it down...
That brings me to my next question, is a bird on a white background DNMC??? I mean, the bird could have been shot in the wild, but how would you know if the background is white??? Just curious how you guys will be voting on this one... |
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12/21/2009 08:18:55 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by Simms:
Originally posted by hojop25:
The best wild bird we have is a pigeon... |
Don`t forget the pheasent, partridge, grouse, kingfisher, ring-necked parakeets (in surrey), kestrel, goshawk (my personal fave!), sparrow hawk, red kite etc.
:) |
ooh kites and kestrel's forgot about them
Message edited by author 2009-12-21 20:20:25. |
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12/21/2009 08:25:59 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by hojop25:
Originally posted by Simms:
Originally posted by hojop25:
The best wild bird we have is a pigeon... |
Don`t forget the pheasent, partridge, grouse, kingfisher, ring-necked parakeets (in surrey), kestrel, goshawk (my personal fave!), sparrow hawk, red kite etc.
:) |
ooh kites and kestrel's forgot about them |
You get a half decent shot of a Red Kite I`'ll give you a ten ;) quick little buggers! |
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12/21/2009 08:33:35 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by sfalice:
But what you don't have is a nice little hummingbird.
( I was astonished when an English ornithologist friend told me of your lack.) |
But who could possibly photograph a hummer without a feeder to bait her? I mean, I'm sure it's been done, but gawd, what a task that would be...
R. |
Easy... Wear a bright red hat... Not a feeder, although the poor dumb birdie doesn't know it isn't... :) |
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12/21/2009 08:40:08 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by Simms:
You get a half decent shot of a Red Kite I`'ll give you a ten ;) quick little buggers! |
Just saw some nice video of Red Kites in this episode of "Nature" about Ravens ... but don't think those "British Army Privates" (ravens) stationed in the Tower of London would qualify for this challenge though ... ;-) |
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12/21/2009 08:53:18 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by sfalice:
But what you don't have is a nice little hummingbird.
( I was astonished when an English ornithologist friend told me of your lack.) |
But who could possibly photograph a hummer without a feeder to bait her? I mean, I'm sure it's been done, but gawd, what a task that would be...
R. |
HA - Got ya, Bear. I won't say it was easy. It wasn't. I didn't and don't own a feeder.
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12/21/2009 09:00:45 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by sfalice:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
But who could possibly photograph a hummer without a feeder to bait her? I mean, I'm sure it's been done, but gawd, what a task that would be...
R. |
HA - Got ya, Bear. I won't say it was easy. It wasn't. I didn't and don't own a feeder.
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I just browsed through the site's photos of hummingbirds and there were also quite a few others with no feeder in sight ... unfortunately I couldn't find the one I was really looking for. :-( |
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