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Eye to eye
Eye to eye
Arancha


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Wildlife II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
Location: Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Date: Jan 20, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 24, 2006

I was undecided as to where submit this picture to. My original idea was to submit it to "Tribute" as a tribute to Frans Lanting, but the later discussions on the forum made me doubt that was a good decision. So here it is ... I hope I don't regret it :-).

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 261
Avg (all users): 7.2340
Avg (commenters): 8.5000
Avg (participants): 6.9412
Avg (non-participants): 7.3792
Views since voting: 4874
Views during voting: 525
Votes: 359
Comments: 36
Favorites: 6 (view)


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02/06/2006 01:20:31 AM
Super cool! Congratulations on your top ten finish.
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02/02/2006 10:45:20 PM
one of the better crane headshots i've seen for a while...love the lighting...contrats on your top 10
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02/01/2006 01:18:33 AM
Felicidades Arancha por haber quedado tan arriba, muy buena e inusual expresion... y que me dices de la texturas!
Por aqui no tuvimos mucha suerte, con -22C no hubo bicho que se atreviera a salir :) si descontamos los locos de las camaras :)

Me alegra mucho que te hayas pasado por aqui otra vez...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 11:20:41 AM
Beautiful eye and beak.
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01/31/2006 06:52:42 AM
GORGEOUS color!!!
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01/31/2006 01:11:47 AM
wow
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01/30/2006 11:01:38 PM
Aw man, you cut off the left side of his 'fro. Beautiful shot otherwise.

Good luck in this challenge!
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01/30/2006 05:35:43 PM
Great feather details, contrasting colors, textures, and lighting. Very nice.
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01/30/2006 02:58:35 PM
great hairstyle!
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01/30/2006 01:26:11 PM
Beautiful colors - what an interesting looking bird.
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01/29/2006 11:04:11 PM
Such a colorful and interesting bird. This should do well. Great DOF, focus and light.
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01/29/2006 08:51:08 PM
Lovely shot
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01/29/2006 06:14:51 PM
Wow... quite the fancy bird.
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01/29/2006 02:18:50 PM
Great photo, the color and clarity is very good.
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01/28/2006 07:15:04 PM
Spectacular. I love the lighting in the crown and the focus on the eye. A 10.
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01/28/2006 11:56:16 AM
Nice!
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01/28/2006 08:03:22 AM
A top image, and it has magic written all over it..... Super shot, and will hopefully gain a ribbon for sure..... I love it....."WOW......This is also in the top three for me.....
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01/28/2006 03:39:50 AM
Stunning image, vibrant, sharp, well done 10
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01/27/2006 06:52:38 PM
Great colors, lighting and composition. Very nice.
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01/26/2006 11:37:50 PM
Funny how often these birds come up in Challenges. They must be a popular zoo bird ;-)
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01/26/2006 03:35:58 PM
Wow! Fantastic picture. Love the details on this one. Love the crisp colors and sharp focus.
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01/26/2006 09:37:33 AM
Stunning a winner for sure.
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01/26/2006 04:48:24 AM
Stunning - lovely detail, good backlighting. No idea whether this is taken au naturel as it were, but I'd be nit-picking to mark it down for that - it is a great wildlife photograph. Good luck
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01/25/2006 11:47:32 PM
Lovely capture!
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01/25/2006 10:44:00 PM
Beautiful
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01/25/2006 09:00:55 PM
beautiful- that's about all I can say!
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01/25/2006 08:05:05 PM
Those cranes were MADE for photographers, I am sure. Lovely detail, texture and colors. 8
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01/25/2006 06:58:41 PM
Wow, vibrant colors. His eye is really impressive. I like this shot.
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01/25/2006 05:46:31 PM
Good contrasting color. Very vibrant!
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01/25/2006 03:15:49 PM
well done
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01/25/2006 01:37:41 PM
Great shot! Nice and sharp and good DOF. Love the colours.
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01/25/2006 01:19:01 PM
wow beautiful bird - nicely exposed with the catch light in the eye
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01/25/2006 09:07:05 AM
Fantastic! What is it? I am giving you the benefit of the doubt and assuming it is wild! - 10
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01/25/2006 07:37:02 AM
I love Crowned Cranes! Lovely lighting really brings out the eye and the crown too. Shallow DOF works well to isolate the bird against the background. Nice detail in the feathers too.
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01/25/2006 05:21:25 AM
wonderful sharpness and dof/bokeh...well done
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01/25/2006 12:59:39 AM
hope this does well... i love the colors and his (hers?) hair-do!
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