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Challenge: Wings (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
Date: Aug 19, 2007
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 19, 2007

 Hummingbird taken against a cloudy sky, the lighting was to low to get a stop action shot but the white sky made for an interesting background. I did very little editing to this image, I cropped it, adjusted the contrast and levels and did a slight sharpen, resized and entered it. Not expecting a lot, really wish I could have gotten more wing for this challenge.

This little guy only stayed around long enough for this one shot and one parting shot of part of his tail, these buggers are fast. I stayed around a while hoping to get him to come back but as soon as he would see me he would leave so I gave up...lol

Statistics
Place: 116 out of 174
Avg (all users): 5.3243
Avg (commenters): 6.5556
Avg (participants): 4.9861
Avg (non-participants): 5.5398
Views since voting: 784
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 185
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/25/2007 01:06:26 AM
Nice capture. Just a flurry of wings.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/24/2007 09:39:34 AM
These little gems certainly fit this challenge ! Ten
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/24/2007 06:39:05 AM
A really well caught shot but I would guess you have changed the background which makes the bird almost seem like a cardboard cutout. There's a kind of purple edge all the way round the bird. I would also like to have seen more colour saturation on his feathers.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2007 11:56:17 PM
I would have liked any thing but a white back ground here, the bird is captured beautifully but it does not stand out enough. Sorry.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/21/2007 07:04:47 PM
Nice hummingbird capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/21/2007 06:52:16 AM
great shot, is the 'pastel' effect intentional? I would of used more contrast to make the bird really POP. try using the droplet tools in photoshop's 'curves'. still a very good shot and gets an 8 from me well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/21/2007 05:43:48 AM
The most interesting of the Hummingbird shots...8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2007 04:02:54 PM
Nice detail on that little guy!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2007 01:04:22 PM
Wow!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2007 12:24:15 PM
Don't really like the amputation of the subject.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2007 03:17:13 AM
The white background is better in this one but I still don't like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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