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Challenge: Wildlife II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Location: Bird Feeder
Date: Jan 21, 2006
Date Uploaded: Jan 24, 2006

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Statistics
Place: 71 out of 261
Avg (all users): 5.9940
Avg (commenters): 6.4706
Avg (participants): 5.7257
Avg (non-participants): 6.1306
Views since voting: 688
Views during voting: 432
Votes: 335
Comments: 20
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02/02/2006 12:27:03 PM
Such beautiful colors and lighting! Your focus seems to be spot on and the background is nicely blured and not distracting from that glorious bird (with the exception of the bright branch on the right, maybe clone it out or make it not so glaring, it doesnt fit with the darker theme of the rest of the background, it pulls my eye a bit too). Nice crop, the bird seems to be in the perfect position. Just a tad more detail in the bottom breast feathers, the inside line of the beak, and if you can find and bring out a bit of the eye would make this outstanding picture even better. What great colors, the red is incredible!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 11:25:00 AM
I would have liked to see his eye not in shadow
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01/30/2006 02:51:23 PM
i think the bird has the right angle for a photo good work
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01/30/2006 01:17:56 PM
good texture on the birds feathers,the twig in focus which makes everything else really goo artistic and lovely way the bird is positioned
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01/29/2006 06:36:59 PM
The bird is missing its eye. I would go back and lookf for the catch light and try to brighten it up.
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01/29/2006 01:36:13 PM
What a pretty bird. Interesting angle, great dof.
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01/29/2006 11:56:49 AM
nice !
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01/29/2006 02:00:34 AM
beautiful
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01/28/2006 04:21:11 PM
overall photo is well done, only problem IMO is the shadow that goes across the birds head, making the eye almost completely disappear
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01/28/2006 11:55:28 AM
Nice!
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01/28/2006 08:49:16 AM
Clean and crisp - nice contrast against the background.
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01/27/2006 10:11:35 AM
Lovely shot, shadows are not working in your favour but not bad
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01/26/2006 04:22:00 PM
That low light is just perfect for showing the breast and the colours. It even makes the branch look interesting.
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01/26/2006 03:28:47 AM
I can imagine this one sitting in my garden like this (and regret why I didn't try to photograph any bird here, but I didn't think of it back then, so yeah). The hard thing with wildlife is to make a good composition: you have to be fast, otherwise it flies away, and you need to have luck with the background; which you had: your background is grey, which contrasts with the bird, and that makes it all even more beautiful. Well done!
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01/25/2006 06:38:16 PM
Some great bird shots in this challenge, and this is good.....
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01/25/2006 09:38:36 AM
It seems like the focus is on the twig and bottom half of the bird. Therefore some of the detail in the chest feathers is lost. A little more light on the face would also have helped.
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01/25/2006 08:29:19 AM
Nice colors
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01/25/2006 07:42:08 AM
Nice capture and good choice on DOF. Lack of light in the eye lets this down a touch for me.
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01/25/2006 05:27:55 AM
Need to bring that eye out just a little better.
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01/25/2006 04:14:22 AM
One word - Brilliant!
Love the colours and the DOF.
Ah the perks of a DSLR!
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