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Winter Survivor
Winter Survivor
jbsmithana


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Challenge: Free Study 2007-01 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
Location: Backyard
Date: Jan 10, 2007
Aperture: f/4.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2500
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 28, 2007

 Shot with Nikon 70-200 2.8 VR using a Nikon 1.7x TC and fill flash from SB-800 flash.

I had three winter holdover Anna's Hummingbirds living in my yard. Only two survived an extreme cold snap and snow we had, one male and one female. Here is the male.

Converted in RSP.
Selective clean in Noise Ninja
Cropped, resized and spot sharpened in PSE4.
Saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 292 out of 559
Avg (all users): 5.5694
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.5752
Avg (non-participants): 5.5484
Views since voting: 895
Views during voting: 190
Votes: 144
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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Nikon D90
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 09/04/2008 03:59:54 AM
Great picture. I cant believe there were 291 pictures above this one in this challenge:-)
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Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 02/08/2007 12:35:24 AM
Your Anna's should have scored much higher. Your hummer is great. Van
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/07/2007 11:23:25 PM
great colors! strong composition. I think this wins the birdie subchallenge. 7
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/07/2007 06:21:23 PM
What an intersting bird! Great capture!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 02/06/2007 10:08:30 PM
what a cute bird! I love crimson & gold together and I like how the yellow of the bird is echoed in the twig.
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 02/05/2007 05:50:32 PM
Absolutely lushious colors and textures. . . great compostition and sharp image too. Imponderable expression of the bird!
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Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/03/2007 09:31:01 AM
This doesn't look like a real hummingbird to me, maybe because the yellows look too saturated.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/02/2007 08:33:42 PM
good colors
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega O.I.S lens
 02/02/2007 05:47:15 PM
Lovely.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 02/01/2007 08:07:04 PM
What a great shot, love the colors and the simpleness of the bird. Beautiful colors on the bird, and great DOF. Nice work.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/01/2007 12:51:11 PM
cute little bird I like that the yellow on his chest matches the yellow on the branch
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