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Pigeon Headed
Pigeon Headed
briantammy


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE E323
Location: San Bernardino
Date: Jan 15, 2006
Aperture: 4.9
ISO: 94
Shutter: unknown
Galleries: Cityscape, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2006

i chased this pigeon for more than 30 minutes back and forth on the roof of my house. He wouldn't fly away or sit still much. Just kept walking away from me. I really needed a telephoto. I managed to get within a foot for this shot.

Statistics
Place: 715 out of 833
Avg (all users): 4.9174
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8489
Avg (non-participants): 5.2639
Views since voting: 1124
Views during voting: 559
Votes: 436
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 07:13:19 AM
there is something really different and amazing about this. I think there is a human quality to the bird that makes him/her more emotional or something. The crop is perfect and the pole in the dstance --- just very unique and well done. The title doesn't matter but I would call it something more dramatic. I'd be curious to know where / how this was taken. PS: I hope the bird is real :) ... 9
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01/29/2006 03:57:28 PM
This doesn't really do much for me, as the brigtness in the lower left draws the eye away from what might otherwise be an interesting silhouette.
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01/29/2006 02:01:33 AM
Very different and yet odd - maybe I had my fill of the darn pigeons in Europ this fall!
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01/26/2006 11:55:40 AM
A little to dark for me...
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01/25/2006 10:05:53 PM
wow. This is such a beautiful image. Perhaps next time adding some more negative space would have improved this type of photo, but bird don't exactly sit around and model. : ) Nice work.
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01/25/2006 02:22:41 PM
Great silhouette. I like the power lines in the background. On my monitor, at least, there appears to be a little grain in the clouds on the left. I'm not sure that I like that too much, as it seems to jar a little when compared to the cleanliness of the silhouette itself. That said, it's still a very appealing shot and worthy of a good score.
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01/24/2006 03:03:47 AM
nice sillouette for once the power poles enhance the image!
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01/21/2006 05:45:03 PM
interesting silhouette. nice colors in the sky. not sure I like the telephone pole and wires - but dont strongly dislike them either
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01/21/2006 05:44:22 PM
wow, I never noticed that pigeons had such sharp beaks...
nice composition here, good use of shapes and space-
I think if there were still some detail on the bird, this photo would be stronger.
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01/21/2006 09:05:35 AM
i like the fac that the bird's head is a silhouette...9
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01/20/2006 06:00:45 PM
at first i didn't think much of this shot. "On another silhouette shot, what ever". then i looked at it again and i realized it was a close up silhouette of a pigeon head. Damn, you don't see that often. I like the post in back adn the light is good.
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01/20/2006 05:42:30 PM
BEWARE THE EVIL PIGEON SHADOW!
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01/20/2006 10:41:11 AM
nice shot
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01/18/2006 08:44:55 PM
Really nice silhouette with great colours in the background,.
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01/18/2006 01:08:30 AM
8 from me...good luck!
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01/16/2006 09:06:53 PM
seems a bit hot in the left mid area, but nice color eslewhere, keep it up. sharp
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