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Make that Four for Dinner
Make that Four for Dinner
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Challenge: Shallow DOF IV (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Date: Sep 9, 2008
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Candid, Birds
Date Uploaded: Sep 9, 2008

Humming Birds are migrating through Missouri, on their way to central america. Normally they are very territorial, but this time of year they will tolerate others at the feeders.

Statistics
Place: 253 out of 324
Avg (all users): 4.8771
Avg (commenters): 5.2222
Avg (participants): 4.6951
Avg (non-participants): 5.0309
Views since voting: 798
Views during voting: 288
Votes: 179
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/13/2008 11:01:11 AM
would have scored a lot higher if had a bit more focus 5
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09/11/2008 05:58:40 PM
Kudos for the in flight capture. It looks like the ISO may be quite high causing some strong grain (I suppose to allow you shutter headroom to stop the wings). I'd like to get a feeder like this for my backyard.
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09/11/2008 01:29:12 AM
Superb composition. Brilliant capture of the flying bird as well/
The only problms are the image is a bitgrainy and the colours could be brightened a little.
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09/11/2008 12:41:05 AM
Not hugely keen on the crop but the picture is great.
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09/11/2008 12:33:07 AM
The birds almost blend into the background. Probably may have been better off getting in closer to really isolate at least one of the birds.
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09/10/2008 10:22:31 PM
Its amazing that you actually caught all those hummingbirds at the feeder like that! Extra Kudos for that, but the lighting could have been better. The birds tend to blend in with the green in the backround, and they dont pop like they should. The only thing that is real noticable in this picture is the feeder. But like I said the shot is amazing of so many hummingbirds in one setting especailly the flying one.
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09/10/2008 09:47:17 PM
The base of the bird feeder is in focus. To me, the focus should be on the hummingbird on the left, or at least have all of the birds be as much in focus as the feeder.
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09/10/2008 08:00:43 PM
Four?! No wonder I see so few of them; you're hogging all the hummingbirds!! Amazing. Image might benefit from a bit of a contrast boost as it's a little washed out.
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09/10/2008 03:39:00 PM
Would have been a real killer with a stronger contrast in lighting between background and foreground! (darker background, brighter hummingbird)
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