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It's Gonna Rain Out Here -- Mind if I come In?
It's Gonna Rain Out Here -- Mind if I come In?
SandyP


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Challenge: Outside Looking In (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Texas Wildlife Ranch
Date: May 8, 2005
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: May 8, 2005

 I took this at the Texas Wildlife Ranch near my house. It's a great place to take wildllife pictures because all the animals roam around free. You don't get the sense that they feel the least bit captive. I just loved the personality of this guy. But I am such an animal freak. I wished I could have taken them all home with me :)

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 165
Avg (all users): 5.9945
Avg (commenters): 7.4444
Avg (participants): 5.9630
Avg (non-participants): 6.0198
Views since voting: 1077
Views during voting: 269
Votes: 182
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 02/18/2013 08:12:12 AM
With a look like that on his face how could you leasve him behind... :)
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 02/28/2007 12:54:43 PM
This is sweet. Did you know that they have no teeth. They will take your fingers in their mouth if you hold your hand out flat to them. They do not bite hard at all. They are very curious, and will taste and feel things with their beak and tongue. There used to be an ostrich farm nearby, and this is how I found out about that. They love alfalfa to eat. It's the big legs and feet that are so dangerous. They can also run forever, like over 50 miles non stop, which is, I guess, why they don't need wings. Amazing creatures, with big brown eyes and long cute lashes.
The tame ones will stick their beak right on your lens if you hold your camera up to them. It makes a killer fisheye shot.

Message edited by author 2007-02-28 12:57:27.
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 02/28/2007 08:57:59 AM
Great shot i like the clouds in the background
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 02/28/2007 08:16:06 AM
OMG OMG ....... another amazing shot with such character ... that bird looks like some old guy without teeth!!!!!!!! and those teeth really contrast heaps with those incredible eyes ...
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 05/17/2005 04:18:52 PM
Now I know that getting out of the car is not an option here! Love that Face!
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 05/17/2005 08:28:29 AM
Sandy, I should have known this was yours. Execellent capture. This little guy made me smile when I first saw him. You keep on producing very nice work! Keep it up!!!
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 05/16/2005 06:04:35 AM
Good finish, didn't vote for all submissions, having server problems.
This is a nice one on one, almost says can I have a print.Really like the texture in the feathers.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/12/2005 11:53:58 PM
omg you gotta love this image!! 10
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 05/12/2005 01:21:34 AM
Very funny...excellent framing with the car door. 7
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 05/10/2005 01:44:01 PM
Very humorous. Nice job.
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 05/09/2005 10:56:08 PM
Makes one wonder who really is in charge. Greta contrast while maintaining detail. The feathers on it's back are so clear. Great work.10
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 05/09/2005 10:45:07 PM
the image seems a little strange to me, particularly due to focus reasons. the back is sharp, but the neck isn't. The head, which is perhaps the same distance more or less from the camera as the neck seems to be hyper sharpened, with tufts of hair both blurred and boosted. In terms of composition, the right bottom corner where the frame of the window cuts in, I feel that this element is a distraction. It's a very nice idea for the challenge, and I'd have rated higher but for the aforementioned focus perceptions I had. 5
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 05/09/2005 05:45:22 PM
shame its not his eyes in focus, but nice shot.
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 05/09/2005 01:46:15 PM
Love the picture and the expression on the ostrich's face! Some would say that it isn't composed correctly, but how could you possibly pose this shot! 8
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 05/09/2005 10:40:28 AM
good capture! Not sure I like the car windows from a photography POV, though I see why necessary from a challenge POV.
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 05/09/2005 07:31:04 AM
hahaha, so cute :) Title goes really well with the expression on ostrich's face. Well done
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 05/09/2005 02:11:28 AM
I love it! - first 10 tonight
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