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In The Sticks
In The Sticks
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Challenge: Birds II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III
Location: Sarrette Nature Center, Bainbridge, MI
Date: Jan 25, 2008
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 27, 2008

 I went to a local nature center, where they pay special attention to feeding the birds. There were hundreds of birds, I was outside for a while shooting, then I went in to sit in the bay windows to snap some more, the birds were within 4 ft at times. It was a nice experience. One of my favorite shoots of late.

Statistics
Place: 108 out of 251
Avg (all users): 5.7437
Avg (commenters): 6.5333
Avg (participants): 5.6186
Avg (non-participants): 5.8627
Views since voting: 808
Views during voting: 335
Votes: 199
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/03/2008 12:04:10 PM
Very nice shot. Seems to be a little soft but it works with your photograph. Great shot.
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 02/01/2008 11:54:52 PM
beautiful details
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 02/01/2008 03:55:17 PM
Those sticks make for a beautiful composition-great shot 8
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 02/01/2008 03:47:21 PM
Nice composition, the soft focus works. Like the snow, 'if only' more visible, but what can you do.
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 01/31/2008 07:13:09 PM
Focus is a touch soft, but I like the angle and the background. Very natural scene captured.
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 01/30/2008 09:50:09 PM
Very pretty colors and composition, and I really like the "sticks", but the bird doesn't seem to be sharply in focus.
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 01/30/2008 09:17:15 PM
either its a bit out of focus or the bird is shivering. Actually, judging by the snow, the bird is shivering. Nice shot

(P.S. I'm jealous you have snow!!)
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 01/30/2008 02:47:44 PM
soft focus or camera movement ruined what would have been an awesome shot. A tripod would fix that. exposure, colors, contrast, saturation all look good.
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 01/30/2008 01:57:58 PM
I can swear I saw this same bird once already. I think a tighter portrait crop would help the image flow a little better.
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 01/29/2008 10:16:01 PM
She's a beautiful gal in the sticks.. Catchy Title and nice capture..
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 01/29/2008 08:54:22 AM
In a lot of cases, one wants to see very fine detail of the specimens. In this shot, though, I'm quite liking the softness to it as it suits the setting quite nicely!
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 01/28/2008 04:46:41 PM
Lovely girl. Great sharpness in the eye and I like the faint snowflakes.
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 01/28/2008 03:46:08 PM
Cut off by the foreground stick, nice photo otherwise.
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 01/28/2008 03:30:36 PM
A lovely composition of the female cardinal.
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 01/28/2008 02:41:14 PM
I really like the simplicity of this shot, well done 8
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 01/28/2008 01:20:05 AM
Sharpening this would really enhance the image, coulda been a 7.
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