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Cardinal
Cardinal
jmritz


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Challenge: Free Study 2008-01 (Advanced Editing VI ("Time Lapse"))
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
Location: Buzzards Bay, Ma.
Date: Jan 12, 2008
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/60 sec.
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 12, 2008

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Statistics
Place: 395 out of 428
Avg (all users): 4.6889
Avg (commenters): 4.7500
Avg (participants): 4.6292
Avg (non-participants): 4.8043
Views since voting: 751
Views during voting: 188
Votes: 135
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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02/10/2008 08:48:19 AM
OOOOOOOO, the blur has killed it. Could have been a good photo but the blur. I am not sure if it was intensional but it does not gel well with DPC crowd.
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02/09/2008 01:15:12 AM
Nice picture of a cardinal (and I love cardinals). Doesn't quite have the technical aspects and wow factor DPC likes though. First off, yeah, the image is relatively sharp, but not tack sharp. The composition is well, sorry to say, kind of boring. It is all centered. My eye is immediately drawn to the eye of the bird, but there isn't much to look at after that. I would like to see a little bit deeper DOF, but it looks like that'd be hard to do with this bird and those lighting conditions. Still, impressively close shot of a cardinal.
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02/08/2008 08:50:08 PM
I don't think out of focus or dpeth of field was really the problem. Though his eye is nice and sharp, the beak looks like there was some motion blur going on. I the beak were as clear as the area behind it, I don't think the rest of it would have been as big a problem, but my eye is drawn to the blurry beak.
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02/08/2008 08:18:54 PM
You're right, the eye is sharp, but the beak isn't. He could have been in mid-chew; at f/8 it shouldn't be a DOF issue. I think people expect the eye and beak to have the same amount of sharpness since they're usually the same distance from the lens, and either one being soft loses you points. Plus there's the added factor that some voters were probably tired of birds by the time they got to yours!

I really like his position in the image and the eye contact is pretty darned cool. You really did get phenomenal detail in that eyeball.
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02/08/2008 05:25:27 PM
I love the vibrant colors on this bird, and I too am amazed about how close you got. He is looking directly at you and the eye contact is the nicest thing about this photo. It appears that you might have a little camera shake but that is not too surprising at 1/60.
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02/08/2008 06:47:49 AM
Wow, I don't know how you managed to get that close to the bird with that lens. There's a real sense of perspective and an interaction with the bird which is excellent. As has been said before, it's not sharp, due probably to the inadequate shutter speed/focusing issues. A sharper shot would obviously have scored better, and I would have gone for a wee bit more contrast as well.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/03/2008 09:21:15 PM
Focus is a little soft.
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02/03/2008 04:50:47 PM
Nice capture, just that the focus is too soft on parts of the beak.
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02/01/2008 06:16:00 PM
This is a tough shot, I take a lot of bird shots - usually with the aperature wide open and very shallow DOF. The good news here is that the eye is quite sharp. Great colors.
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02/01/2008 12:18:34 AM
nice shot.
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