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Caring Trumps Cruelty
Caring Trumps Cruelty
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Challenge: Triumph (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Errington, BC
Date: Jul 29, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 31, 2007

 My first entry with my D40, from my first day using it :D

A revisit to the eagle that Becky-Leeentered last year;
Brian lives at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Center. Because the beak keeps growing and changing shape, his prosthetic needs to be redesigned every few months. There's no precedence, so it's been a learning experience for everyone involved.
Brian's story

2-degree rotate, crop, usm, levels, slight tweaking of saturation, lather/rinse/repeat. :)

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 80
Avg (all users): 6.1553
Avg (commenters): 6.6429
Avg (participants): 5.8667
Avg (non-participants): 6.2011
Views since voting: 1325
Views during voting: 394
Votes: 219
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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 08/08/2007 04:40:29 AM
Wow, that's crazy. Really amazing.
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 08/08/2007 12:15:13 AM
Heh. Congrats! I was really looking forward to hearing about this eagle.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/07/2007 11:23:45 PM
What a simply awesome shot! Way to go!!! (9)
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 08/07/2007 12:40:24 AM
I like the concept, but the photo appears out of focus and over sharpened.
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 08/07/2007 12:36:44 AM
Is that a prosthetic beak? Aw......Lovely detail in this shot. Your lighting and your colors are wonderful. The composition makes this bird look very regal still, in spite of his obvious injury. Nice photojournalist capture!!! It tells so much more beyond just what is seen in the photograph and isn't that what photography is all about? A picture is worth 1000 words! Nicely done.
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 08/06/2007 11:05:15 PM
Oh my goodness.... is that an artificial beak? I hope you tell us about this shot because I'm really interested.
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 08/05/2007 08:55:54 PM
Detail in feathers lost. I was confused by the subject at first, but I understand now. Poor thing.
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 08/05/2007 02:16:09 AM
did someone care for this bird and reconstruct his/her beak? that is pretty amazing - cool and yet weird shot
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 08/04/2007 07:39:23 PM
Excellent shot = 10
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 08/03/2007 12:29:02 AM
This is extremely over sharpened. The blown out area on the birds head also hurts the shot a bit. To be honest (or more honest), I find the mangled beak to be a stomach turning distraction. That's not to say it's a great thing that someone fixed him up, but just me as a viewer - it's almost too much to take and I just want to get past the photo and never see it again.
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 08/02/2007 04:17:08 PM
what is in its mouth? mouth beak, whatever
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 08/01/2007 11:18:07 PM
What is this about with the 'device' on the eagle? My actions would involve getting it off of the poor bird and releasing it into nature! Upon another look at this photo that may well have been his demise! Glad I took another look at this it!
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 08/01/2007 07:35:08 PM
I get the title and the photo is technically well done. I have a hard time looking at the beak without feeling pretty uncomfortable. This is a tough photo to look at.
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 08/01/2007 01:16:11 PM
I'd love to know the story about this. Very sad.
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 08/01/2007 07:57:09 AM
caution, useless information ahead...kind of a two fold triumph since I'm pretty sure it was the bald eagle that was recently removed from the endangered species list.

Very nice image with great detail and lighting.
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 08/01/2007 04:45:28 AM
Nice capture and an interesting story behind this pic I am sure. The image just looks a little digital though - When the challenge is over I would love to know what's going on.
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 08/01/2007 01:14:03 AM
OMG!!! Heart breaking. Fill us in on the story here.
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 08/01/2007 12:56:48 AM
OMG...definetly meets the challenge..highlights blown but the emotive factor matters more to me...gl 7
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