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Industrious Cormorant
Industrious Cormorant
tinky2


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Challenge: Centered Composition III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Date: Apr 7, 2008
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 8, 2008

The cormorants, herons, and egrets are busy building their nests in our local rookery. I just love watching them and taking photos. They are just so industrious.

Converted from raw. Removed two dust spots with healing tool. Adjusted levels and slight sat. Cropped, resized and USM. Saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 180 out of 380
Avg (all users): 5.3821
Avg (commenters): 5.1250
Avg (participants): 5.2062
Avg (non-participants): 5.5304
Views since voting: 693
Views during voting: 308
Votes: 212
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/15/2008 09:31:57 PM
Great idea. The shadows on the bird are a bit too overwhelming. They take away from the textures of the plumage. Almost looks like a silhouette. Too bad you couldn't run under him with a big reflector disk to add some light to the underside.
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04/15/2008 12:49:31 AM
Crisp shot overrides the lack of detail on feathers...
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04/15/2008 12:10:08 AM
Great capture.
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04/12/2008 06:55:32 PM
Nice capture... you can even see his eye!
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04/11/2008 12:57:01 PM
It would be nice to see more details of the birds body.
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04/10/2008 06:07:27 PM
This is an excellent capture of a flying bird and the twigs make it extra special. Unfortunately I think this picture would work better in another challenge where you could crop it to give more space in front of the bird than behind.
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04/09/2008 06:19:18 PM
nice focus and nice find with the nesting out of its mouth.
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04/09/2008 07:18:15 AM
Pity there's no light to see the details of the feathers
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