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bald eagles in captivity
bald eagles in captivity
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Olympus E-300 EVOLT
Location: Roger Williams Park Zoo
Date: Jun 9, 2005
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/50 sec
Date Uploaded: Jun 11, 2005

 Two bald eagles at Roger Williams Park Zoo...they were injured in the wild and unable to fly distances. Picture was cropped, curves and unsharp mask used. Cloned out a small discolored area to bottom right of eagles and burned background on right of upper eagle.

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Place: 104 out of 289
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Avg (commenters): 7.0000
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Views since voting: 1021
Views during voting: 352
Votes: 266
Comments: 7
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 06/22/2005 03:32:40 PM
From the Critique Club

Stunning image, very well balanced. Nice tones and detail in the birds and textures. I do find the twigs/branches in the upper right corner a bit distracting.

I personally do not like the bamboo/cane/vine splitting the 2 birds. But I could see where others would welcome it.

The background seems a bit muddled but nothing you could have done about it. Overall a powerful image with what has become of our national birds. A closer crop or zoom might have gained it some points.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/19/2005 07:05:13 PM
wow very powerful birds and you have captured them as such....10
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 06/16/2005 07:03:36 PM
I always find it disturbing that the symbol for freedom being kept in captivity. Good shot BTW. /7
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 06/13/2005 10:48:20 PM
Majestic bird photograph..they look so noble, even in captivity...nice indirect lighting and excellent composition.
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 06/13/2005 04:07:57 PM
Very noble looking and well-composed. It's kinda sad seeing them in captivity, but at my zoo, they are eagles that have been hurt and would die on their own in the wild. I hope that's the case with these beautiful creatures too.
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 06/13/2005 02:14:22 PM
lovely shot..
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 06/13/2005 02:16:54 AM
Well captured ... well done and good luck
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