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raptor in blue
raptor in blue
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Challenge: Free Study 2009-03 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 300mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: backyard
Date: Mar 4, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250s
Galleries: Birds
Date Uploaded: Mar 31, 2009

 Happened to be at a window when this hawk glided by at eye level through my backyard; I went to the other end of the house and scanned the trees, hoping he hadn't just passed right through and found him just outside - I could not have stepped outside with flushing him out, so I had to take the picture through a window (with no screen). Lots of little branches caused that patterning, even though it looks like I just took the picture through a screen.

A straightforward and potentially boring composition, but with wildlife shots you take what you can get.

Statistics
Place: 363 out of 475
Avg (all users): 5.1429
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1717
Avg (non-participants): 5.0370
Views since voting: 648
Views during voting: 209
Votes: 126
Comments: 3
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 04/10/2009 04:49:18 PM
Nice capture, just love Raptors
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 04/10/2009 10:13:37 AM
I think Andrew summed it up pretty good there. Most of your low scorers have probably not been involved in taking bird shots. I personally think it's hard to get a good photo of them. I think this looks great for having been shot thru a screen! It gave the background a very interesting textured look that I liked a lot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/03/2009 10:26:04 PM
really good effort , looks like it was taken in the wild. Unfortunately difficult shots like these will be underrated to those more technically appealing shots that were taken in the zoo, 6
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