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Challenge: Bokeh II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Shoreline Park, Mt View, CA
Date: Jun 18, 2006
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 18, 2006

 In this particular case, I find the bokeh a little distracting, as this is Basic Editing and I cannot clone out a few imperfections. However, the shadow from the flowers framing the birds eye was just too cool not to enter. I'm sure there will be a number of comments about the branches in the upper left or lower right being distracting - but when you are shooting hummingbirds in the park, you can't always choreograph their movements. :-)

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 432
Avg (all users): 6.6135
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.5282
Avg (non-participants): 6.7000
Views since voting: 1420
Views during voting: 419
Votes: 282
Comments: 29
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 06/28/2006 11:41:12 AM
very good capture and great colors
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 06/28/2006 05:56:45 AM
beautiful shot. only the 4th one from the top that really has a hint of bokeh (circles of light).
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 06/28/2006 12:41:04 AM
12th place dude! Way to go with this fluttering beauty ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/27/2006 11:25:58 PM
Great capture here. The hummingbird is tack sharp! Sweet!
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 06/26/2006 10:05:44 PM
Wow! Fantastic catch.
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 06/26/2006 11:50:27 AM
Beautiful capture and background is nicely blurred though I think some of the intruding elements (top left and bottom right) do weaken the impact a touch. Without those I think the composition would be spot on, though even less detail in the backgrounf greens would work better for me.
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 06/25/2006 05:00:36 PM
and the flower is not the main object! v. nice
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 06/24/2006 07:50:21 PM
Much much better than mine; for now, nice shoot high score from me
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 06/24/2006 06:39:45 PM
Gorgeous. Good luck
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 06/24/2006 03:49:55 PM
I wish the wing were not cut off
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 06/24/2006 06:01:05 AM
Now this is something very cool. Very nice shot 9
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 06/24/2006 05:29:30 AM
Whoa...now that is a good capture.
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 06/23/2006 09:17:50 AM
Great catch! Sharp, well focused image of this hummingbird. Some decent bokeh working in the background. Should do ok with this. Good luck.
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 06/22/2006 07:18:00 PM
I think the border is a little destracting to the piece, especially how the white of the flowers in the top right seem to bleed into the border sort of eliminating the clean line the border should have.

Great composition and awesome capture. I can't wait to see what settings you used to capture this image.
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 06/22/2006 04:10:48 PM
I don't think any camera could have caught the wings in focus if they tried!! ha - beautiful shot, I wonder what that silver thing is behind him - is it a power line or metal something? I might like better without that, but still LOVE this shot you got!
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 06/22/2006 09:07:09 AM
I already voted, now back for comments. I gave you a 10 on this shot. Lovely colors, crisp detail, excellent subject and bokeh.
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 06/22/2006 01:06:05 AM
nice capture
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 06/21/2006 11:42:27 PM
Beautiful subject and background too. the branch on the top left corner bothers me a bit.
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 06/21/2006 09:51:35 PM
Damn tack sharp! I love this and it's so cute. Great catch! In my favorites for this challenge.
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 06/21/2006 06:17:52 PM
I am so impressed that this was done in basic editing! It is a great capture . 10
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 06/21/2006 05:28:56 PM
Really great capture. Beautiful image.
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 06/21/2006 11:23:55 AM
That shadow is pretty amazing. Beautiful focus & bokeh. Lovely natural color tones too. Well done!
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 06/21/2006 10:29:06 AM
great capture!
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 06/21/2006 08:59:09 AM
Beautiful capture
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 06/21/2006 08:18:46 AM
That's certainly bokeh. Great stop action as well. Nicely done.
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 06/21/2006 05:54:55 AM
Awesome capture ... I love the flapping of the wings!!!
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 06/21/2006 05:30:00 AM
that's brilliant...nice focus and bokeh
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 06/21/2006 03:41:27 AM
I wish i could capture stuff like this
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 06/21/2006 02:37:13 AM
A stunner in my book, well done.....
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