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Challenge: Best of 2008 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Date: May 27, 2008
Aperture: variable
ISO: 100
Shutter: variable
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2009

 Howdy, Thanks for leaving your comments :)

This was posted in my portfolio and got 2 or 3 comments but was hidden. This perhaps wasn't my best or fave from 08(which was a rather slower photography year for me) but this made my top5. I didn't expect to make the top20 but I did want to beat my overall avg.

As for the bird. I was standing there in awe of what nature had in front of me and was hoping a bird would fly in for more impact and it did! So I did wait for it to get right into that perfect spot and thankfully it did. I had my cam set to bracketing because I knew I had to apply some hdr/tonemap to try and capture the dynamic range in this scene. Validation was asked for this shot in the beginning of the challenge , I understand some folks thought I pasted the bird in ;)

Thanks again!

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 531
Avg (all users): 6.5210
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 6.5635
Avg (non-participants): 6.3860
Views since voting: 1376
Views during voting: 380
Votes: 238
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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 01/23/2009 05:47:21 PM
I gave this an 8 and remember looking at the bird and assuming you either got lucky and/or was patient enough for one to 'enter stage', on reading your notes seems I was right. Why someone would think you pasted it in is shallow. Really nit-picking, main thing that held it back for me was the capture of the feel of the water - 'if only' more detail and texture... but very difficult.
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 01/23/2009 12:43:39 PM
Gorgeous! The light is so well done and the setting is just soooo pretty!!
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 01/23/2009 12:14:53 PM
This is an amazing image Techo and I'm glad to see it was appreciated enough by others to help you keep up that impossibly high average score you have :-) Well done!
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 01/23/2009 11:35:05 AM
Really great timing--awesome light!
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 01/23/2009 10:29:44 AM
I'm so glad to see you here entering, Techo. This is beautiful. That remote control bird really makes the scene perfect! (just kidding about the remote, of course, folks)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/22/2009 11:26:12 PM
Beautiful but I wish the horizon was level. :~)
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 01/22/2009 11:17:30 PM
WOW, very good cloud. I liker the bird, the rays. I personally think the black part in bottom is taking points away from the excellent image otherwise.
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 01/22/2009 10:53:08 PM
it really has everything, may be on the front page I think.
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 01/22/2009 10:42:49 PM
Great image love the way you captured the bird in the ray of light. :)
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 01/21/2009 12:56:33 PM
Beautiful. I love the way that lone seagull is almost suspended in flight by that beam of light radiating through the gap in the clouds. 8
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 01/21/2009 08:38:16 AM
What an amazing capture, love the detail of the sunrays and the bird.
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 01/19/2009 04:10:26 PM
Beautiful
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 01/18/2009 10:24:18 AM
stunning, amazing details, sharp and clean and oh so well done
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 01/18/2009 09:25:20 AM
Outstanding work of art - lovely light - and the light rays beaming on the bird are perfection
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 01/18/2009 06:52:32 AM
Like the way the light hits the bird. Very nice photo!
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 01/17/2009 10:53:59 AM
great capture with the bird and all...
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 01/16/2009 06:29:36 PM
Nice capture!
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 01/16/2009 04:44:02 PM
Love the bird caught in the beam
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 01/16/2009 02:49:07 PM
Interesting scene with many subtle elements. I am not sure about the light streaming towards the bird as it looks fake to be honest. The bird is a helpful element in this scene so I am not sure how you could draw attention to it cleanly.
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 01/16/2009 01:02:23 AM
I cant say enough about this shot. Sky is just superb, bridge looks familiar and to capture the bird in the path of the sun beam is one in a million. Well composed image.
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