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Feeding Time
Feeding Time
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Challenge: Free Study IX (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: Golden Gate Park
Date: Nov 14, 2005
Aperture: F10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/180
Galleries: Animals, Action
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2005

 Horizon level
Cropped
Hue/Saturation
Levels
Burn arm to bring back some details
Sharpen
Duplicate
Layer style to add inner frame
Canvas size to make frame

One handed photography with AF360FGZ External Flash.

Statistics
Place: 57 out of 519
Avg (all users): 6.3630
Avg (commenters): 7.1538
Avg (participants): 6.2986
Avg (non-participants): 6.5634
Views since voting: 2183
Views during voting: 476
Votes: 292
Comments: 37
Favorites: 7 (view)

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 04/10/2009 09:07:37 AM
wayyyyy cool shot
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 04/09/2009 08:28:18 AM
That's an amazing moment to capture! The wings really emphasize the freedom the bird has and makes the fact that he chose to take food from a hand that much more special. Phenomenal focus on the bird; I'd be really proud of this one!
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 04/08/2009 10:26:36 PM
First I have seen this. Nice feather flare and just amazing to have a wild bird take food from your hand. Great capture.
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 04/07/2009 10:44:00 PM
I always thought this one was cool.
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 09/18/2006 11:15:05 AM
amazing shot!
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 12/22/2005 03:41:16 PM
Just simply amazing.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2005 11:58:38 PM
I love this capture of this bird in mid-flight. Great composition and shutter control. 10
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 12/07/2005 11:47:52 PM
what a timing!! amazing shot 9
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 12/07/2005 07:37:19 PM
A shot worth waiting for
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 12/07/2005 06:17:10 PM
Poop...here's one I have to rate higher than mine!
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 12/06/2005 05:01:57 PM
Great stop motion shot!
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 12/06/2005 09:10:43 AM
cool shot. Certainly different!good luck!
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 12/06/2005 03:24:53 AM
Great capture. Stunning view of the wing feathers.
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 12/06/2005 02:16:38 AM
wowsers! Incredible capture! Great job on speed. I really like how the wings have some slight motion blur and his head and body are frozen and sharp. I'm interested in knowing how you shot this. Did you use a tripod and timer? Hand held? Is that your hand AND you took the shot? or an assistants hand? My guess would be a helpers hand while you took the shot. Anyways, nice job, great shot!
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 12/05/2005 02:45:30 PM
That is just too sweet. The birds Wing Span is so sweet to look at.
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 12/05/2005 12:32:15 PM
Good luck on this hands down feeder.
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 12/05/2005 11:44:24 AM
Nice motion capture on a difficult subject.
Well done
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 12/05/2005 11:29:04 AM
Very neat and unique capture. Why such a thick, dark boarder with such a delicate and colorful picture? BOL 6
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 12/04/2005 05:08:06 PM
Nice capture. - One hand shot ?
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 12/04/2005 10:00:06 AM
Hate the frame. Love the pic. Good Job
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 12/03/2005 08:31:03 PM
Fabulous capture. I'd get rid of some of the arm and that black border.
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 12/03/2005 10:11:25 AM
great shot
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 12/02/2005 03:46:49 PM
Thats a great capture, well done. You've managed to hold the camera with one hand ( I think ), while feeding the bird with the other, and still have sharp focus and perfect timing. If only this had a narrow depth of field, so that the background was less busy, it would have been sensational. Also, I wonder if you can darken your arm with a selection in photoshop, so that the attention is more focused on the bird. Still, a very good entry indeed. 8.
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 12/02/2005 03:38:59 PM
Great stop motion. Not sure about the frame, though.
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 12/02/2005 03:24:41 PM
Awesome!!!! -10
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 12/02/2005 06:08:47 AM
7 - Excellent capture and if you did this one handed - amazing. Criticism; frame detracts, maybe a thin one, and likely different color may have worked but this one doesn't enhance your shot in my opinion, also depending what you had to work with, but if the quality was good enough, then just a larger size/crop/zoom. The forearm is dominating too much here, so perhaps, with advanced editing, some selective 'adjustment' there, as leaving the length of it in, adds a context that enhances this shot in my opinion. Although I think the (seemingly) 'front yard' feel here adds a good aspect, perhaps, again with adv. editing, trying to get it more subtle and perhaps slightly darker, enabling the bird and it's colors and wing span/movement to really 'pop more', would have likely made this even better in my opinion. Good unique shot.
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 12/02/2005 04:24:23 AM
Oh my goodness! What a shot.
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 12/01/2005 10:59:21 PM
Wow...what more can I say? Just wow. First 10 I've seen yet. This has it all - good composition, really neat subject matter, strong colors, good focus. Hell of a shot, man!
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 12/01/2005 03:00:46 PM
A ten.
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 12/01/2005 02:09:28 PM
This is abolutely magnificient! You deserve a good 6
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 12/01/2005 01:11:14 PM
This is Just Great !!!!!!
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 12/01/2005 12:23:14 PM
nice stop motion, great capture
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 12/01/2005 11:20:24 AM
What an incredible moment.... those wings are awesome
(but I am having to force myself not to deduct points for that CHUNKY border).
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 12/01/2005 09:54:51 AM
interesting shot
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 12/01/2005 02:56:03 AM
great dof
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 12/01/2005 02:44:45 AM
Perhaps less arm and frame. The bird is an excellent catch, perfect focus.
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 12/01/2005 02:09:35 AM
great capture and great timing. the fame is too heavy
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