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The Winged Warrior
The Winged Warrior
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Challenge: Wings (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Work
Date: Aug 14, 2007
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800sec
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Aug 17, 2007

 Simple post p on this one basically Levels, Curves, Clarify and USM. Cloned out a couple minor distractions. Burned the bush a bit.

Finally figured out the weird blue color in the background...this was a short bush, I was standing shooting down. The gray/blue background is the blue lines from a Handicap parking stall on the pavement.

Post Challenge: Thanks everyone for the nice comments!


Statistics
Place: 5 out of 174
Avg (all users): 7.1084
Avg (commenters): 8.2692
Avg (participants): 6.7750
Avg (non-participants): 7.3252
Views since voting: 2883
Views during voting: 334
Votes: 203
Comments: 43
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 10/09/2007 07:38:57 PM
amazing photograph .. simply brilliant .. stunning .. fantastic .. a visual delight !! .. :)
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 10/03/2007 10:31:56 AM
DANG, this is an awesome hummingbird photo! This is spectacular!

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 09/03/2007 10:48:18 PM
Nice finish Andy.
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 08/29/2007 10:09:35 AM
Excellent timing and capture!
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 08/28/2007 08:56:08 AM
Great dynamic to this photo, very nice...congratulations on the HM!
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 08/27/2007 10:12:30 AM
Congrats!
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 08/27/2007 08:14:26 AM
Congratulations - top 5!
Great shot capturing the action between the 2 hummers
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 08/27/2007 05:53:58 AM
This is a great shot and one that I can fully appreciate how difficult it was to get everything perfect. Congrats on your top 5 finish.
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 08/27/2007 12:58:36 AM
Hey top 5, grats on a great finish
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 08/27/2007 12:44:29 AM
Wow! Great capture! Now tell him to leave the wimpy one alone. :)
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 08/27/2007 12:17:52 AM
Nice Job with this one man!!!
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 08/27/2007 12:14:18 AM
Well done - congratulations! Beautiful light and action shot. Very good job.
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 08/27/2007 12:12:33 AM
amazing capture & image! Strong work & one of my favs in this challenge. congrats on your excellent finish!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/26/2007 11:38:34 PM
10
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 08/26/2007 09:04:12 PM
Excellent.....
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 08/26/2007 08:44:40 PM
Very cool behavioral shot. I like it.
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 08/26/2007 03:59:31 PM
What an amazing capture - the interaction between the two birds really does move this to a whole new level!
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 08/26/2007 02:09:23 PM
Very nice
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 08/25/2007 08:38:16 PM
WOW! This is a gorgeous picture.
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 08/25/2007 10:40:47 AM
Amazing capture!
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 08/24/2007 11:44:37 AM
excellent, hands down this should win.
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 08/24/2007 09:35:41 AM
Amazing shot- ten!
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 08/23/2007 09:48:21 PM
Amazing capture. I like the delicate colors and the pale background. 10
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 08/23/2007 01:42:30 PM
Beautiful shot and good processing
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 08/22/2007 09:28:49 AM
Outstanding photo - definitely one of my favs.
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 08/22/2007 02:06:05 AM
Nice wings on the flying humming bird! Good job.
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 08/21/2007 06:53:35 PM
Great shot. The colors and detail are great here. And you got two of these amazing birds! Wow!
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 08/21/2007 05:26:58 PM
Gorgeous shot! Beautiful color, translucent wings, and a very compelling center of interest.
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 08/21/2007 01:02:57 PM
WOW!! This is the best hummingbird shot I've seen so far!! Well done.
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 08/21/2007 12:23:16 PM
Very interesting. Great shot.
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 08/21/2007 07:10:28 AM
I bet this is doing well -8-
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 08/21/2007 12:54:43 AM
What a capture.
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 08/20/2007 10:26:16 PM
Wow, That is amazing that you were able to capture 2 rubythroats together and in reasonably good focus at the same time. That is very difficult to do. Good job. (The one on the bottom appears to be an immature male).
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 08/20/2007 05:03:35 PM
Wonderful image. Good lighting. This should score quite well. Good luck.
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 08/20/2007 05:03:06 PM
Great shot here.. LOve it!!
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 08/20/2007 04:42:38 PM
Great shot, love it psart 8
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 08/20/2007 03:32:58 PM
Beautiful capture. 7
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 08/20/2007 01:39:59 PM
Beautiful shot, and how cute that there's another one peeking from the bottom of the leaf! Nice detail & colors.
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 08/20/2007 11:22:44 AM
Beautiful... And I love these little guys.
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 08/20/2007 09:21:48 AM
nice captured and beautiful colors!
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 08/20/2007 08:11:13 AM
great shot! what a moment to capture!
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 08/20/2007 02:42:05 AM
The battle for 12,000 calories per day. Great timing of the shot. You can feel the tension in the air.
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 08/20/2007 12:40:40 AM
wow...nice action happening there
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