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The old wise bird
The old wise bird
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Challenge: Something Old IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM
Location: California
Date: Jan 6, 2015
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Jan 7, 2015

 A Scarlet Macaw taken at the zoo. No major post production, just a little saturation, cropping and vignetting in Lightroom.

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 65
Avg (all users): 4.8293
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.7647
Avg (non-participants): 4.8750
Views since voting: 367
Views during voting: 139
Votes: 82
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 01/22/2015 10:57:43 PM
Hello from the critique club....

1st off I need to say that I do disagree with your 1 and only commentor. The DOF is great...... I love how the focus is on the eye. That adds alot to me. It makes the bird look at me and that draws my eye. I absolutely like to see the background and the foreground are out of focus. I think it really works for this shot. Another thing I really like.........the colors.....absolutely brilliant. Overall I think your score was a little bit low......

Unfortunately I cant give you any negative marks on your shot. I always try to give a few negative aspect of a pic to help a photographer to improve....The only prob I really like this pic. Anyway nice shot and keep it up. Happy shooting
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Nikon D3200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 01/16/2015 03:42:35 AM
I don't know the old age marks on these birds but this one sure looks old. :-)
Photographically, this image is a mix of likes and don't likes for me.
- The composition is awesome and so is the posing of the bird.
- The focusing is sharp and dead on the eye. Nice work there
- Shallow DoF, to me, is not enough to separate the subject from the background. It kind of blends in with it.
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