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The Wait
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Challenge: Birds II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon MF Reflex-Nikkor 1000mm f/11.0
Location: ottawa
Date: Jan 24, 2008
Aperture: f11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 24, 2008

 real bird - real cold -20C ..
cloned out some crap
shadow/hilite adjust
sharpen
hand held from 100meters+ (100yards)
out of 6 images this was sharpest - still sucked ..
few mins later the lens got cold & couldn't focus (greese freezes up ..)

and no... i did not retouch the eyes ...

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/01/2008 06:50:22 PM
Nice composition and I like how the bird and the branches are the same colour. Good camouflage on the birds part.
 02/01/2008 06:19:59 PM
7 - Nice image. Wonder about a variation in composition/crop - perhaps cropping to the tip of that far right branch and centering the bird, or else more off center 'somehow', but your call, of course.
 02/01/2008 03:54:05 PM
what an amazing bird and those eyes are pretty scary-great picture 8
 01/30/2008 06:01:58 PM
very soft focus, too small in the frame.
 01/30/2008 06:51:09 AM
A very good example of how well birds can blend in with their surroundings - his colors match perfectly with the tree and the sky!
 01/29/2008 12:59:11 PM
I love the way that the hawk blends in his/her environment. Nice eye!
 01/28/2008 10:28:28 PM
redtailed hawk's are so beutiful 10
 01/28/2008 02:49:47 PM
amazing how he has blended into the branch, good shot, love the eyes
 01/28/2008 07:50:47 AM
Nice sharpness on the eye and interesting framing with the branch. Sky is a little flat but I doubt the bird was willing to hang around til some nice cloud formations drifted by. Bird blends a little into the tree, especially on the left. Good for reality, not so dramatic for a picture. Maybe some selective dodging/burning might make him stand out more.
 01/28/2008 02:24:02 AM
Soft processing, but effective.
 01/28/2008 12:40:26 AM
I don't think most people understand how hard this shot is. 6


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