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Challenge: Window View II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Lens: Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L USM
Location: Livingston, Louisiana
Date: Oct 10, 2009
Aperture: F/5.6
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/200 sec
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Oct 11, 2009

 raw tools:
hue-sat, shadow, highlights, sharpen, temperature, fill light, blacks, brightness, contrast, clarity, vibrance, saturation

Viveza on reflection in glass, Color Efex Pro-Tonal Contrast rotate, crop, Sharpener-Pro, auto-color, auto-contrast, auto-tone, scale to 720px, save for web


[Oct. 18th, 2009 06:39:36 PM]

Thanks for all the great comments and of course the great scores. Now the bad news... the photo was staged. It is a real hawk. To make things worse I bought that window at an antique store the same day.

The setup was outdoors on a picnic table. My mom held the frame with her hand. My sister held a monolight on the left side, creating the reflection on the glass. That seemed to give it a nice afternoon look.

I noticed the reflection of a white fence and a white pole in the window, but I felt it could be something inside of the house so I left it alone.

I felt bad so many people seemed attracted to the photo because they thought a wild hawk just landed on my window. Sorry for the deception guys.

Scarlet, the Red-tailed Hawk, is missing part of her left wing. Here is another photo of her.



She is taken care of at Wings of Hope and used for education. Wings of Hope is a nonprofit animal rehabilitation organization. They take in injured or orphaned animals from the area and try to nurse them back to health. Those that can be released are set free. Those that can't be released are taken care of.

My family has been volunteering with Wings of Hope for almost a year, and I've taken photos of the animals and updated their website to support them as well.

Please take the time to read a little more about Wings of Hope, and if you feel you can, make a small donation or purchase something from their store. The profits go to support Wings of Hope.

Here is another resident of Wings of Hope


Statistics
Place: 4 out of 82
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 10/19/2009 12:29:36 PM
Great photo and loved your story to go with it! Congratulations Brian!
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Pentax K-R
Pentax DA L 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL
 10/19/2009 06:10:38 AM
No apology necessary. "Staged" is part of artistic expression, IMO. Nice work.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 10/19/2009 02:44:59 AM
Congrats on your HM, well done!
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 10/19/2009 12:27:29 AM
Beautiful image, terrific finish! Nice and 'grats on your top 4....8>)

ETA: Just read the description.....you sneaky devil, you!.....8>)

Nice work!

Message edited by author 2009-10-19 00:29:07.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 10/19/2009 12:12:53 AM
I don't feel at all deceived. CONGRATS! Well done!
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/19/2009 12:05:58 AM
I was hoping to see this on the front page..Well done, congrats on 4th!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 10/18/2009 10:38:02 PM
First of all, spectacular catch! I would have cropped off the left side since the reflection so bright and also cropped a chunk off the top since it draws the eye. (ok, so 2/3 of the way into the left panes and down 2/3 of the top panes.) It would move him a little off center and bring out the nice glowing colors since it's not up against the overblown highlights.

feel free to disagree--it was just such a great shot, I had to put my two cents in :D 8
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 10/18/2009 10:20:27 PM
imo I wish you had a little more at the bottom.......great shot
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 10/18/2009 07:07:48 PM
cool - looks a bit staged - or really lucky ;)
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 10/18/2009 06:50:03 PM
I am going to bump this up...I hope it ribbons 9
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 10/18/2009 02:13:47 PM
depth of field is good, i hope that is a real bird, because this is an awesome photo. nice use of the frame as well.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 10/18/2009 09:55:06 AM
What a fortunate capture. With the lighting and the way it is just sitting there, it's almost like you've trained the hawk to do this lol. Beautiful shot.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 10/17/2009 11:48:01 PM
Great timing for this challenge. Nicely done!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/15/2009 12:11:30 PM
nice.......9
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/14/2009 07:18:49 PM
WOW, I guess so, I've only seen one time a hawk by my window, this is fab, I love it, 10.
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 10/14/2009 05:09:58 PM
This was a lucky shot.....He is centered pretty good in the window
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 10/14/2009 06:20:25 AM
lucky capture or trained hawk? very good shot, though i had preferred the lower window bar to be included
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 10/14/2009 02:29:23 AM
How cool is that? Lovely shot.
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Nikon D500
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 10/13/2009 08:21:25 PM
A blessed picture! Rare find and I feel a certain melancholy here. Lovely shot
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/12/2009 05:59:04 PM
Wow
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 500mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 10/12/2009 10:47:41 AM
Great timing, can make such a nice image. I don't even mind seeing you in the image as well. Like a reflected reflections
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 10/12/2009 09:37:22 AM
! AMAZING!
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/12/2009 08:48:50 AM
Hell of an afternoon visitor! Great catch and amazing clarity through the glass.
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 10/12/2009 07:01:19 AM
Luck *IS* what it's all about some days! Compliments on your extremely good fortune! Lovely old window as well........9
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 10/12/2009 12:31:02 AM
wow
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