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My Good Side
My Good Side
yakatme


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Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
Location: KeyLargo, Florida
Date: Jan 15, 2006
Aperture: f/9
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2006

 I'm told that this is a rare Rutieman's Heron. It must be rare because I can't find any reference to it so that I can't verify the spelling. It looks similiar to a Great Blue Heron, but more colorful and striking. I was surprised at how close I could approach this bird, I didn't have to crop the image at all.

Update: I have finally confirmed that this is a Wurdemann's Heron, essentially a Great Blue Heron except for the white head.

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Place: 350 out of 833
Avg (all users): 5.7960
Avg (commenters): 6.8462
Avg (participants): 5.7088
Avg (non-participants): 6.1829
Views since voting: 944
Views during voting: 550
Votes: 446
Comments: 15
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 11:59:24 PM
Hard to get a close up of blue Herons. Congrats
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 01/28/2006 10:58:52 PM
10 from me...good luck!
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 01/26/2006 10:07:45 PM
Definately his good side. Nice capture.
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 01/26/2006 09:55:11 PM
Nice close-up of this heron, is it a heron? I don't know =). But a nice close up, and good composition.
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 01/26/2006 04:08:17 PM
Nice and close, clear shot of a great bird.
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 01/26/2006 07:42:44 AM
His feathers look good, and he fills the frame well...
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 01/23/2006 11:30:25 AM
Beautiful, a perfect 10.
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 01/22/2006 08:02:35 PM
Excellent shot! Wonderful colors, very crisp. Great job!
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 01/20/2006 08:28:52 PM
Nice sharp focus. I love his stare (or gaze if you will).
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 01/20/2006 05:39:20 PM
A nice shot.. could have used slightly better lighting, and the background is busy.
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 01/18/2006 04:06:46 AM
Excellent details. I like the colors too. Only thing that might improve on this would be less detail in the background - a shallower DOF.
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 01/16/2006 10:52:34 PM
Nice detail that's sharp without looking sharpened. The only thing I see that would improve this IMO is if the background was more out of focus. Really that's not even big a deal. The only area that bothers me a bit is the green leaf at the top that has some detail on it's edges that takes some of the focus away.
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 01/16/2006 04:51:39 PM
Oh yes it is (his good side). And you have captured it with perfection!!!
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 01/16/2006 03:42:31 PM
I think a shallower DoF to blur the background slightly more would put extra emphasis on the bird, as would a slight contrast increase perhaps? I just feel it is missing something at the moment.
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 01/16/2006 12:38:56 PM
Nice colors. A stronger DOF might have helped this photo.
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