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Playful Bird
Playful Bird
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Challenge: Free Study XIV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Oka Provincial Park, Quebec
Date: Oct 16, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000s
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 30, 2006

 I was lucky enough to catch this bird in flight playing with some rock. He was flying high, releasing the rock to finally dive to catch it and start again.

Taken at 200mm

Statistics
Place: 391 out of 625
Avg (all users): 5.3179
Avg (commenters): 5.5833
Avg (participants): 5.3312
Avg (non-participants): 5.2632
Views since voting: 895
Views during voting: 248
Votes: 195
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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Nikon D50
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
 11/06/2006 08:20:38 PM
Great action... wonder what he's catching? Was this set up where you were feeding the birds, or was this pure luck. Either way, well done!
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Nikon D80
Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Nikon
 11/06/2006 04:08:28 PM
nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A700
Sony 50mm f/1.4
 11/05/2006 05:54:10 PM
Good job with the stop motion on this shot! I think perhaps as closer view would have more impact for the viewer.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 8mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED Fisheye PRO Lens
 11/04/2006 05:14:56 PM
Looks great. If only it could be displayed bigger!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM
 11/04/2006 03:11:51 PM
Perfect moment
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 11/04/2006 05:39:24 AM
good use of negative space. and good work to catch a shot of a bird doing that action.
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Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter
11/04/2006 02:59:53 AM
Wow...is he dropping something, about to catch something or is it something in the distance? Whatever...great capture!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/04/2006 12:30:45 AM
Great stop action. 7
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/03/2006 05:02:34 AM
What a clever bird, and also clever timing to get this shot...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 11/02/2006 06:29:09 PM
Good catch ;) Too bad the focus is so soft on the bird.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 11/01/2006 11:46:54 PM
amazing capture
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 11/01/2006 09:29:06 PM
Nice catch! A bit low on details/sharpening, but its not easy to achieve that in an action shot
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Nikon D200
Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS
 11/01/2006 03:42:52 PM
I love the action in this photo. It makes it atypical from other bird shots. However, I think there is a bit too much dead space to truly bring out what a wonderful capture this is. An above average vote from me.
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