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Grouse
Grouse
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Beauty In The Everyday (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: my house
Date: Dec 15, 2007
Aperture: auto
ISO: auto
Shutter: auto
Galleries: Abstract, Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 17, 2007

An ECU of a grouse's feathers. Shortly before guests were due to arrive for my housewarming party, there was a tremendous WHOOMP noise from outside my house. I checked to see what it was and found that a grouse had just cleanly broken its neck flying into a window.

So, with fresh dead grouse in hand, I did what any self-respecting DPC'er would do...ad\nd took shots of it!

pp: crop, curves, brightness/contrast, saturation, resize, usm, save for web

Statistics
Place: 104 out of 207
Avg (all users): 5.4686
Avg (commenters): 5.8333
Avg (participants): 5.2400
Avg (non-participants): 5.5985
Views since voting: 948
Views during voting: 287
Votes: 207
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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12/31/2007 01:26:14 AM
Pretty texture. The blur works well here.

I also thought you were going to say you cooked it! :) What's "ECU" mean?
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12/27/2007 10:37:35 AM
Very nice texture, colors, and light. I read your notes, and though you were going to say you served it for dinner.
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12/26/2007 03:32:07 AM
Ewwww! Poor grouse! I found a dead bird in my yard one winter but I think it had simply dropped dead out of the sky - middle of the yard, no windows. Good idea to shoot (heh!) the poor thing! Has a nice flow to it, makes a nice abstract.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/24/2007 02:01:47 PM
A nice texture, though there is lots of digital noise visible in it.
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12/22/2007 09:15:32 AM
grouse, very interesting. I do wish the entire pic was sharp and crisp though, that would have shot this to a much higher rating.
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12/19/2007 05:51:23 PM
A bit noisy and blurry at the top but still very interesting.
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12/19/2007 01:25:37 PM
mmmm
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12/19/2007 10:18:43 AM
Excellent idea and the colors are great.
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12/19/2007 08:31:01 AM
beautiful detils of these feathers and the blur/sharp variations
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