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Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Canon
Location: palo alto ca
Date: Jun 11, 2005
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Nature, Action
Date Uploaded: Jun 11, 2005

 Shadows/Highlights, USM. Pretty much right out of the camera this time.
These birds are in the Palo Alto Baylands Preserve in two palm trees where they nest each year. I visited twice and shot about 300 images. When I tried for this one, it was obvious; if it came out, it would be my DPC entry. It came out.

Thanks to all those who suggested a different crop. I tried a closer crop but it seemed to make these birds feel closed in, so I went with the full frame to give them room to have their little altercation.

Statistics
Place: 88 out of 289
Avg (all users): 5.8195
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.7250
Avg (non-participants): 5.9623
Views since voting: 1092
Views during voting: 349
Votes: 266
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 07/16/2014 07:17:01 PM
Looks like a husband and wife.
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 03/07/2007 08:12:24 AM
this is a great photograph ... i find that when i look at those birds its like they've been shrunk down coz those leaf/fronds look too big in relation ... love the postures and the colours ..
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/19/2005 05:53:38 AM
en garde!
nice control on the highlights..a fine living capture
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 06/18/2005 06:27:13 AM
excellent timing! The space in the right is empty - I would have cropped there to pull the image off center - its kind of wasted space. This would have given more room to the birds so we could see the detail. Shadowing/lighting pretty good. Birds are great to photograph because the make you work! I would have added a little saturation to the green - it would provide a little more eye catchiness (is that really a word?) Excellent stop motion. 7 - good luck in the challenge!
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 06/18/2005 04:13:39 AM
good action shot.
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 06/16/2005 09:24:27 PM
Great action shot! Could be a little more in focus on the left guy's face.
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 06/14/2005 04:48:37 PM
nice action capture. a couple of steps to the left if possible to separate them (the beak from the wing) a bit might have helped. i like how the pattern of the palm trees match their feathers, but in this case i would have rather been closer to their faces-5
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 06/13/2005 05:16:58 PM
Nice shot, I would've cropped the right hand side off a bit to balance it better.
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 06/13/2005 02:38:44 PM
well exposed....
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 06/13/2005 09:20:58 AM
great shot in all ways
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 06/13/2005 07:07:39 AM
Nice egret shot! The detail is a joy to look at. I wonder why you didn't crop the right side...it pulls the eye away to ill effect. Color on the palms is a bit strange, green is so hard to do well. . . . . .
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 06/13/2005 06:03:06 AM
well caught good action shot as well 8
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