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Black-crowned Night Herons
Black-crowned Night Herons
eaglebeck


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Wildlife III (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: South Texas
Date: Jan 16, 2007
Aperture: f 8.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Nature, Rural
Date Uploaded: Jan 17, 2007

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The white streaks down their backs is plumage (white feathers) and not a PS processing error. It was a cold and windy day in south Texas when I took this photo.

I added a 1.4 extender to the 100-400 mm lenses

Statistics
Place: 158 out of 218
Avg (all users): 5.4286
Avg (commenters): 5.2941
Avg (participants): 5.3438
Avg (non-participants): 5.4922
Views since voting: 597
Views during voting: 344
Votes: 224
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/28/2007 11:16:57 PM
seems soft to me, neither birds eyes are sharp
01/28/2007 10:59:53 PM
I think this is a great capture and nice movement and composition between the herons. The only problems here are not-quite-sharp focus and colors look a little flat.
01/27/2007 08:47:57 AM
Excellent shot of a really neat bird...and you got the pair! Wonderful composition, background, and feel of the natural environment.
01/27/2007 12:52:19 AM
The focus seems to be a bit more on the background than the birds.
01/25/2007 08:30:53 PM
Nice capture. Wish the focus was a little sharper.
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01/25/2007 02:39:14 PM
Beautiful pose, a lucky capture, love the colors
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01/25/2007 01:38:17 AM
OOF birds. Need to get that right.
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01/24/2007 11:15:30 PM
Great shot, but the focus seems a bit soft.
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01/24/2007 06:54:34 PM
nice capture...
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01/23/2007 05:39:25 PM
Lovely birds, and I like how the one has a foot trailing in the water. A little soft.
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01/23/2007 12:01:52 AM
Nice composition.
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01/22/2007 08:20:27 PM
Great pose - Just lacking that sharpness I think it needs.
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01/22/2007 06:08:45 PM
A bit blurry.
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01/22/2007 03:29:26 PM
Looks as if the point of focus is just behind them...on the first leaves? Maybe this is just soft focus?
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01/22/2007 11:19:24 AM
Nice capture. However, it seems the focus is on the leaves in the background rather than the birds as they seems to be a little fuzzy. The lighting is excellent.
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01/22/2007 08:39:46 AM
really like the composition but the focus seems a bit fuzzy
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01/22/2007 07:46:50 AM
wonderful egrets. colors and setting a really nice. Van
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01/22/2007 05:25:57 AM
far out and wow .... looks just about like they're on a see-saw ..... love the looks on their faces and their postures .... excellent ... =8
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