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Don't be afraid ...
Don't be afraid ...
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Challenge: Fear (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus C-3020Z
Location: Back Yard
Date: Jul 5, 2002
Aperture: F4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Jul 6, 2002

I persevered to get a shot of more than one bird leaving a spot at the same time to show their reaction to fear of sudden noises. I have found that a cough is enough to get them to fly away. The delay in my digital camera causes me to miss most of the departures!

Statistics
Place: 76 out of 110
Avg (all users): 4.2202
Avg (commenters): 4.5000
Avg (participants): 3.9570
Avg (non-participants): 4.3533
Views since voting: 1002
Votes: 277
Comments: 22
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/14/2002 05:27:00 PM
This would have been a great shot, if only the main subject was sharp and focused.
07/13/2002 03:14:00 PM
Would this be a shot of first flight?
07/13/2002 10:23:00 AM
Too bad it's not more clear.
07/13/2002 05:37:00 AM
Shame the birds are ot of focus, otherwise this would have been great.
07/12/2002 08:39:00 AM
good catch! Did they really sit on the stick?
07/10/2002 10:06:00 PM
I see some motion blur in both of the birds, if stop motion was your objective and you are using your camera's shortest shutter speed then you need to go to an electronic flash. The more powerfull ones will stop motion in open shade and even daylight. BTW I am having trouble making the connection to whis weeks challenge, sorry.
07/10/2002 04:17:00 PM
beautifl picture but i dont see fear, maybe if the challengewas in motion i'd give it a 10. but i'll still give it a 7
07/10/2002 01:25:00 PM
Good capture, but shame on you for scaring the poor birds trying to eat! :-) I like the way everything is in focus except the birds -- it gives a sense of motion. My only critical comment would be that it needs some "color" in the picture. The greens are nice, but it is all kinda camo-ed. Too bad you didn't have a male cardinal taking off. karmat
07/09/2002 08:49:00 PM
nice catch. 2 at once! there's something thought that doesnt really hold my attentnion here. maybe its because im not really sure why the birds are scared.
07/09/2002 02:26:00 PM
i think this would be a lot better if the focus was on the birds and not the trees in the background. i like the motion blur on the left bird. i know the focus is tough to achieve with moving subjects like that. manually focusing (if your camera allows that) is one option, or focusing on something that is the appropriate distance away and pressing the shutterbutton half way down to lock focus, then move the camera and take the picture is another option. -- gr8photos (2)
07/09/2002 12:10:00 PM
nice idea of showing an animals natural fear of humans (or other animals).
i don't know but maybe decided to leave the focus on the background so that the motion of the bird "fleeing" is captured. but actually i think the other way around would have looked better. the bid in focus and the background blurred. the bird is your primary object so it should be in focus.
also the lawn is much brighter than the bird which distracts from the bird, too.
the other bird in the background is distracting but that's how wildlife shots are. you can't set them up for posing perfectly ;-)
07/09/2002 03:46:00 AM
interesting
07/09/2002 12:11:00 AM
Focus problems here. And I don't quite get the relationship to fear. Is the bird afraid? If so I don't see it here.
07/08/2002 07:11:00 PM
set shutter speed would hav been a nice picture
07/08/2002 07:03:00 PM
Background well focused. Bird fear, it will be "reaching" for most viewers. Try switching to manual focus, if your cam supports it (and doesn't error like mine). I wish I could give you a better score.......4 Swash
07/08/2002 05:21:00 PM
The blur on the birds doesn't really work on this shot. I'm drawn more to the pole and the background than the birds. I'm also having a hard time trying to figure out where the fear is.
07/08/2002 04:43:00 PM
This is a cool shot.. .did u scare the birds? lol... This is a particularly difficult shot to pull off. The bird in the foreground would be my choice of sharp focus in this photo. I'm sure this photo happened rather quickly however. In order to correct this, you would need manual focus capability to preset the focus before the shot, or you would need depth of field settings deep enough to focus everything in the frame... = 6 - jmsetzler
07/08/2002 02:49:00 PM
would have liked the subject to be in focus...4
07/08/2002 01:37:00 PM
This would be cool if the birds were a little more in focus
07/08/2002 11:59:00 AM
cool! : ) shame it's oout of focus...
07/08/2002 06:48:00 AM
if the bird wsa in focus it would be an amazing photo.
07/08/2002 02:02:00 AM
A little over exposed. I don't see fear.


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