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Blue Jay Up Close and Personal
Blue Jay Up Close and Personal
Martyk22


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Blue III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 500mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: Home
Date: Nov 7, 2008
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Birds
Date Uploaded: Nov 10, 2008

 Just got my dream lens, the Canon 500mm f/4 IS and took this shot off my deck. This lens is a whole lot of fun!

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Noise Ninja
Sharpened

Thanks for all the nice comments!

Statistics
Place: 32 out of 186
Avg (all users): 5.9955
Avg (commenters): 7.2143
Avg (participants): 5.7119
Avg (non-participants): 6.0988
Views since voting: 1430
Views during voting: 334
Votes: 221
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/18/2008 11:54:17 PM
Top 25 for the "white challenge", but won't cut it for the blue. 6.
 11/18/2008 03:15:49 PM
Nice composition and focus.
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 11/16/2008 11:26:50 PM
10. Incredible shot.
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 11/15/2008 09:59:56 PM
NICE closeup!!!
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 11/15/2008 08:09:21 PM
Blue Jays can be pretty entertaining. This guy looks like he's trying to peer around a corner without loosening his grip. Terrific detail on the head and eye.
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 11/15/2008 04:10:17 PM
Very close! And very nice.
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 11/14/2008 04:31:22 PM
Very nice! I wish we had pretty birds like that in AZ! Would be interesting to saturate the blues a little more.
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 11/13/2008 09:05:22 PM
blue jays can be mean... I hope you had a UV filter on the lens... little bastards
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 11/13/2008 07:18:37 PM
wow, beautiful use of dof, and nice composition too.
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 11/13/2008 08:55:26 AM
Great pose. Only complaint is the tip of the beak isn't in focus, but still great.
 11/13/2008 01:03:30 AM
Wonderful!
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 11/12/2008 11:42:33 PM
Lovely shot. Great focus and dof.
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 11/12/2008 02:28:23 PM
good catch (but I don't find it very original)
 11/12/2008 10:43:11 AM
Nice shot of a bird, great focus.
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 11/12/2008 12:55:18 AM
He's so handsome! Or she is... GREAT capture!
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