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Challenge: Birds III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
Location: Upper Beaver Meadows, Rocky Mountain National Park
Date: Jun 16, 2012
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/3200s
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jun 18, 2012

 Western Bluebird, male, Sialia mexicana, delivers insect to hungry chicks in Aspen tree cavity nest.

Not a clue as to why this finished so mediocre. No one left a critical comment.

This challenge will be the very last I ever try to offer a large number of constructive critiques. I think people retaliated because they didn't like my comments. Or, those that didn't receive comments retaliated. So sad!

Statistics
Place: 49 out of 110
Avg (all users): 5.9487
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.8163
Avg (non-participants): 6.0441
Views since voting: 502
Views during voting: 245
Votes: 117
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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 06/29/2012 08:58:39 PM
Great capture in the poisition of the bird to show it's activity and coloring. As another commenter mentioned, it does appear to be a bit overexposed, probably shot around midday. My monitor tends to show "flaws" in the shadows well, and the shadow between the foot and tailfeather is quite pixelated. Depending on monitors, that may be apparent to some. As you well know, a cloudy day would have given you more rich color and perhaps finer detail, but we work with what we have!

As for commenting the whole challenge, I truly commend you for that. I have been enjoying your insights on the photographs of others as I review them (I did not have time to see the challenge before voting closed) so your effort is very much appreciated!
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 06/29/2012 12:59:24 PM
I liked the shot from an interaction perspective. I new it was a bluebird but not which one.
I thought the image was overexposed and the noise in the tail feathers in shade led me to believe this.
good catchlight, a bug in mouth, at the nest; all good social components of a wildlife shot. I felt the light was very harsh and the shadows had to be recovered causing the appearance of editing "noise".
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/28/2012 10:45:24 PM
Nice detail.
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 06/22/2012 12:58:49 PM
Yummy; bugs! Beautiful bluebird.
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 06/22/2012 10:17:11 AM
Truly awesome capture! What a wonderful find! Is this a mountain bluebird? -9-
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