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Challenge: Why (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2007
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 for Minolta
Location: Virginia
Date: Jun 2, 2007
Aperture: F5
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 2, 2007

 RSE 2006
- convert to TIFF

PSP X
- smart photo fix (focus +50)
- histogram (0,1,248)
- crop
- neat image
- resize
- hsl (green -5 sat, -5 lightness)
- smart photo fix (blk pt +5)
- usm (.35,100,10) +luminance
- save as JPG

FWIW - This is a real bird nest, and the odd egg was already there. I think another bird took over this nest (kicked the other bird out). Haven't looked it up yet to see what bird(s) are involved with this.

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 09/04/2007 12:30:48 PM
I agree that this is probably the brown headed cowbird who as Joe says lays its eggs in another bird's nest so that it doesnt have to raise the young. The surrogate parents are then landed with a foreign baby bird that most times is larger than its own offspring so has its work cut out for it. The cowbird will sometimes kick a few of the existing eggs out of the nest to make room for hers.
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 06/14/2007 10:32:21 PM
There's a critter around here called a brown headed cowbird that builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds when they aren't looking. Many birds reject the eggs, but others raise them to adulthood. In some states, forestry officials will destroy the cowbird eggs as they are considered parasitic birds. Perhaps that's where the egg came from?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/12/2007 08:46:43 PM
That's a cowbird egg, isn't it? I have tons of those little boogers at my birdfeeder, and can only assume they played their game in some of the songbird nests around here. Very sneaky birds!
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 06/11/2007 08:02:33 PM
Interesting composition and good detail of the nes. However, the green surrounding leaves are a little too intrusive for me.
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 06/10/2007 09:36:30 PM
that is odd, did you place those in there? I like the green framing but the left side is a little blurry, I wish it matched the focus of the leaves on the top and right. 8
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 06/08/2007 06:47:16 AM
The framing is a little distracting...

I am not a good photographer, I do not claim to be better than anyone, any criticism is meant to be constructive criticism......
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 06/08/2007 12:40:02 AM
leaves ended up being too distracting for me
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 06/06/2007 11:01:21 PM
Cowbird? Sparrows? Swallows?
Heh, I'm curious to see what the bird will look like..
=)
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 06/06/2007 01:26:58 PM
damn cowbirds!

Very nice photo, I just wish that leaf on the left would have been moved over and down a bit to help frame the nest like the rest of the leaves.
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