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A Walk in the Garden
A Walk in the Garden
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Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Mayfield Preserve, Austin, TX
Date: Jun 11, 2005
Aperture: f4.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/180 sec
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 12, 2005

 Naturally, I had all sorts of opportunity to take bird shots the weekend before this challenge, and not much opportunity in the week of the challenge. I liked the muted lighting of this part of the garden. Something about it seemed sort of classic and impressionistic, so I made it my subject, even though the peacock's pose isn't as fine as it might have been. It's very different from the other photos I've submitted, so I'm curious to see how it'll do.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/18/2005 11:26:24 AM
Beautiful setting for this photo. However, overall it is too dark. Too bad the peacock wasn't strutting his stuff so you could have captured his tail.
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 06/16/2005 02:31:10 PM
CRISP, CLEAR, BEAUTIFUL
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 06/15/2005 11:25:18 PM
The uneven, harsh light really hurts an otherwise well composed shot. The same photograph taken closer to dawn / dusk would have yielded a really great image.
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 06/15/2005 06:32:37 PM
Stunning colors...a very magical image.
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 06/14/2005 05:19:36 PM
the building in the background distracts you from the bird.
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 06/14/2005 04:35:47 PM
Nice to show the environment but in this case the bird is not a strong focal point. Firstly because it's in the shadow whereas the brightest area is the grass behind - need more light on it and less elsewhere - and secondly because the image has detail from foreground all the way through to background - shallow DOF and blurred background might help.
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 06/14/2005 02:05:11 PM
Breathtaking scenery. I really like the fact that the peacock really "fits" the background too. It looks to me like the foreground grass is overprocessed or something (not sure whether it's just a different variety of grass either), but it's a little distracting. Also the focus of the peacock is a little soft (but these are minor points IMHO).

Great job! (8)
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 06/13/2005 06:55:22 AM
Nice capture. I would have cropped it tighter..Well done and Good luck
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