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Eat Like A Bird
Eat Like A Bird
tfaust


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Challenge: New Year's Resolution II (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Peralta Trailhead, Superstition Mountains
Date: Jan 5, 2004
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2004

 A cactus wren at the Peralta Trailhead. I just hope this one places in the top 50%... I do expect to get a few comments that birds eat twice their weight. I don't plan to do that, however the meaning most people are familiar with is my New Year's Intention. :-)

Post-Processing: crop, re-size, adjust levels (0 to 57 and 255 to 217) and USM (150%, radius=1, threshold=4). Handheld at 300mm with Canon 75-300mm USM III lens.

Statistics
Place: 33 out of 169
Avg (all users): 5.8870
Avg (commenters): 7.1500
Avg (participants): 5.6263
Avg (non-participants): 6.0840
Views since voting: 1289
Votes: 230
Comments: 20
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/13/2004 10:31:30 PM
Simple, very silky shot with a well balanced composition, although it might be preferable to have the subject point into the image instead out of it. The focus on the rock also appears slightly crisper than on the bird. The beak, particularly, is quite soft-focused Yet,

a very satisfying image at such proximity. The light is very apt, the depth of field shallow and both colours and textures are rendered strikingly natural. Fit for an illustration, even a pictorial, IMO.

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 01/13/2004 11:54:35 AM
so that consists of worms, insects, and crumbs that people give to you (lol)
nice capture, good technique
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 01/13/2004 07:32:57 AM
Lovely photo...well titled.
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 01/10/2004 06:41:25 PM
Ha Ha Great shot ! Looking to gain weight? That bird is built like me and I'm looking to LOSE some weitht!
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 01/10/2004 11:30:24 AM
Nice but couldn't see what was your New Year Resolution without reading the title.
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 01/10/2004 02:24:21 AM
Nice shot I love it he/she is so cute
Nice and clear
I hope you can eat more than a bird though Good luck with the diet! I need to go on one also
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 01/09/2004 09:21:45 AM
Great Cactus Wren,
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 01/08/2004 04:39:46 PM
Great wren,
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 01/08/2004 01:52:59 PM
Lovely shot. Sad distraction bottom-right of photo, despite blurring-out by shallow dof.
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 01/08/2004 12:22:30 PM
Gorgeous photo, good title.
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 01/08/2004 11:46:04 AM
Very nice colors and nice simple composition. Blurred background adds alot as well. Good job.
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 01/07/2004 08:09:48 PM
What a great shot! the background blur is awesome. Very tight. 10. Jacko.
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 01/07/2004 06:44:54 PM
Looks like a pretty fat bird to me. I like the colors and textures. These little suckers are fast and don't stay still long. Good gatch!
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 01/07/2004 01:34:03 PM
Birds eat their own weight in food each day.
Nice shot.
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 01/07/2004 01:27:53 PM
Beautiful and sharp.
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 01/07/2004 12:56:23 PM
Well... this bird is not very hungry I think.... :D :D
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 01/07/2004 09:15:03 AM
Ha! That is the best diet one yet! Good going and fabulous photo...8
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 01/07/2004 07:29:19 AM
Great clarity in this shot. Good use of DOF.
If you had captured the bird with food in it`s beak that would have been perfection
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 01/07/2004 06:21:56 AM
great dof - must have been a big lens. Slightly soft on the birds head, seems as is you focused on teh rock rather than birds eye.
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 01/07/2004 12:39:15 AM
Really nice colors and lighting. Good job, and good luck in the challenge. Oh and good luck with the diet. :)
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