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STARING is so RUDE!
STARING is so RUDE!
rmlutgen


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Challenge: Habits (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Olympus E-10
Location: Rhinelander, WI
Date: May 13, 2004
Aperture: F/2.4
ISO: ISO 80
Shutter: 1/80 sec.
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: May 13, 2004

 This persistent robin visits our kitchen window everyday in hopes of meeting his/her mate (reflection). Despite about two weeks of staring into the window and flying into it repeatedly, this robin is proving he/she is still a bird-brain!

Taken with a zoom attachment lens and tripod on a rainy day. The gloomy wet weather saturated the colors immensely, in addition to saturating this angry and bedraggled bird.

Statistics
Place: 95 out of 256
Avg (all users): 5.0695
Avg (commenters): 5.3750
Avg (participants): 4.9057
Avg (non-participants): 5.1830
Views since voting: 783
Votes: 259
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2004 09:00:42 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background (20% Weight): 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing (20% Weight): 4
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. (30% Weight): 5
How well does it meet the challenge (30% Weight): 8
Total Rating (Rounded) 6
Focus a little soft, could use a little USM. But this is a double edged sword because it looks like you may have used a high ISO by looking at the noise and sharpening would make the noise look worse. Maybe Neat Image and USM.
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 05/25/2004 04:26:58 PM
That bird is staring at us... I find the background a little distracting, it competes with the model quite a bit for attention. Maybe a tighter crop? Not sure.
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 05/24/2004 08:49:51 PM
Pretty bird, i like the colors alot, but i would have liked to see the eyes of the bird.
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 05/22/2004 05:18:39 PM
nice colors... but there is too much going on in the background
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 05/20/2004 12:23:49 PM
Great color & Contrast -- and the title is great as well!
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 05/19/2004 03:46:13 PM
fantastic... beautiful colours. I like how the background mixes the colours and is part of the photo instead of being a typical dull background
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 05/19/2004 11:42:51 AM
this is a photo of a bird, no amount of clever title phrasing will change that and make it a habit. If you look at this photo without knowledge of the competition, it will take about a 1000 years before the word 'habit' is reached by the onlooker. a good photo but in completely the wrong place
 05/19/2004 10:48:48 AM
I like it, it's a bit noisy, maybe the crop out a much bigger photo.
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 05/19/2004 08:16:33 AM
Great bird pic! If it weren't for the title though I'd have no thought of a habit...
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