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Elegant Wildlife
Elegant Wildlife
dmadden


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Challenge: Wildlife III (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Pentax
Location: fishing village
Date: Jan 18, 2007
Aperture: 6.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 18, 2007

 This one flew into a fishing village, perched waiting for the vendors to dump some fish guts.

Thanks all for your kind comments and compliments. This was a tough challenge and I'm honoured to have finished in the top 20.

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 218
Avg (all users): 6.9317
Avg (commenters): 7.7083
Avg (participants): 6.7706
Avg (non-participants): 7.0571
Views since voting: 3117
Views during voting: 438
Votes: 249
Comments: 33
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 01/10/2010 02:22:35 PM
simple elegant and beautiful .. :)
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 01/30/2007 06:57:55 PM
Congratulations on your new PB and a 13th place finish! The lighting is great and the bird pops right off that background.

Message edited by author 2007-01-31 01:58:04.
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 01/29/2007 01:38:05 PM
One of my favorites in the challenge. Beautifully done.
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 01/29/2007 09:16:21 AM
Congrats on the great finish in a tough challenge, and the new top spot on the K100D page!
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 01/29/2007 01:19:10 AM
Congratulations on the excellent placement for this beauty, David! Very nice.
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 01/29/2007 12:52:33 AM
One fantastic shot .. well done on top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/28/2007 10:10:33 PM
Great portrait. Love his intence expression as he takes aim on a fish.
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 01/28/2007 08:44:40 PM
Absolutely beautiful. Simple and elegant. One of my top 5.
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 01/28/2007 03:20:59 AM
I agree. 9
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 01/27/2007 06:55:26 PM
beautiful picture and great bokeh
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 01/27/2007 05:59:41 PM
Love the colors here; crisp, sharp exposure. Nice.
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 01/26/2007 09:16:09 PM
nice sharp head shot. plumage in fine detail. take heed folks and learn something from this shot!!
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 01/26/2007 07:55:22 PM
crisp focus, nice deep background and a nice compsoition overall
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 01/26/2007 01:41:45 PM
I love the color contrast on this.
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 01/25/2007 11:02:45 AM
Beautiful
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 01/24/2007 08:05:55 PM
amazing
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 01/24/2007 04:24:29 PM
Such a delight for the eyes.
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 01/24/2007 11:19:51 AM
Very nice detail and color. Might like a slightly different angle or crop to balance the negative space; it feels like there's too much on top and to the right.
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 01/24/2007 08:54:24 AM
Great color and focus!
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 01/24/2007 05:11:12 AM
Perfect, great background to set off the whiteness.
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 01/24/2007 04:13:02 AM
indeed, very elegant. perfect DOF. nice color contrast. bumping up
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 01/23/2007 05:57:38 PM
The background really sets this image off. Nice capture.
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 01/23/2007 12:50:20 PM
I just love photographing these birds. They are so pretty and photogenic. This is a good one for sure! I love the composition, and the vibrant colors in his beak against that beautiful blue background! Great job!
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 01/23/2007 04:49:55 AM
Very nice job! Love the colors and composition. 9
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 01/22/2007 08:15:19 PM
Nice and crisp - Excellent sharpness.
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 01/22/2007 06:15:52 PM
Clear, clean, sharp and fresh capture. The blue waters enhances the white color as well. The diagonal position of the beak is effective as it gives the viewer the mood that the bird is intently watching the waters for a catch. Great image.
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 01/22/2007 02:42:56 PM
Lovely shot. I like the minimalist touch of this image. A solid 8 for you!
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 01/22/2007 12:41:09 PM
This has to be a ribbon winner. Fantastic composition, color, detail...perfect!
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 01/22/2007 12:28:55 PM
good fokus, nice color contrast
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 01/22/2007 11:52:51 AM
great shot...not sure I totally agree with the framing, but love the colors and job you did not blowing out the whites!
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 01/22/2007 07:38:56 AM
Stunning colors and the DoF is perfect!
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 01/22/2007 07:19:10 AM
Nice contrasts on your egret
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 01/22/2007 05:23:06 AM
beautiful darmatic photograph . great contrasts .. great negative spaces ... fantastic colours ... =8
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