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Meet Fred. He Is Not A Hummingbird.
Meet Fred. He Is Not A Hummingbird.
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Pet Portrait III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: home
Date: Feb 22, 2008
Aperture: f1/8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/500s
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Feb 22, 2008

okay i really don't know ... maybe it's female fish :-)
processed in lightroom with curves and cropped, in photoshop denoised, bordered and sharpened

i have high hopes for this photo but a hummingbird photo will win ... yea even if it is pet challenge :-) ... or some furry cat looking seriously intelligent LOL

that's it

PS: the name is not Fred, it's Dick but i thought it might be even more provocative considering the hummingbird analogy :-)

Statistics
Place: 90 out of 261
Avg (all users): 5.8883
Avg (commenters): 7.9167
Avg (participants): 5.6789
Avg (non-participants): 6.1237
Views since voting: 1365
Views during voting: 426
Votes: 206
Comments: 17
Favorites: 2 (view)


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03/07/2008 04:31:09 PM
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Cool shot.

Compositionally, I like the location of the fish in the frame and how his "shape and direction" kinda mirrors the stuff in the background as far as direction goes. Technically, the colors and focus in this are great. Enough color without being oversaturated, and they compliment nicely.

I seriously don't know what could improve it. Maybe some of the voters were put off looking at a fish at this angle? It looks unnatural, or something? Not a lot of help, I know, but I seriously don't know what to do differently to make this any better.

karmat
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03/03/2008 03:52:04 PM
Gorgeous photo. I gave it a 7 but I underrated it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/02/2008 09:10:45 PM
This is a great image - the composition takes into account all the elements of the image, which in this case means taking into account the background that falls beyond the DOF. I hope this does well, it's one of my 10s for this challenge.
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03/01/2008 04:23:04 AM
LOL!
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02/28/2008 08:26:35 PM
Nice bokeh.
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02/28/2008 12:47:12 PM
amazing! nice colors an dof...
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02/28/2008 07:58:11 AM
Ha! Looks like Fred is wiggling his tail in the excitement of the meeting.
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02/28/2008 07:17:52 AM
It sure does look like a hummingbird at a quick glance! I can't figure out what kind of fish this is, no matter how long I look. Platy? Goldfish? Very cool angle.... it makes you look.
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02/27/2008 05:27:11 PM
I really like the angle on this. It really does look like he's flying.
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02/27/2008 09:20:52 AM
LMAO, love the title. 9
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02/26/2008 04:11:18 PM
OMG! I nearly sent coke spewing from my nose when I read the title!
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02/26/2008 06:16:10 AM
The best fish I have seen so far
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02/25/2008 02:27:41 PM
now if u had a hummingbird your ribbon was granted.
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02/25/2008 01:55:04 PM
i love this
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02/25/2008 06:38:15 AM
Taking photos of fish behind glass is not so easy. Glad you entered this one.
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02/25/2008 12:26:43 AM
Damn that's good. And I don't even like fish. LOL Terrific contrast and focus. WOW
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02/25/2008 12:06:01 AM
I love this image! Great simplicity...hope it does well for you
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