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Challenge: Portrait Of A Wild Bird (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Pentax SMC P-DA 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 ED/AL (IF)
Location: Japan, at school
Date: Dec 22, 2009
Aperture: f6.7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/90
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Dec 22, 2009

 Zosterops japonicus is the white-eye native to Japan, and known as mejiro. I noticed a pair of them coming to this tree to take the berries, along with a pair of bigger birds, during one of my lessons. So afterwards, I went out onto the balcony with my camera and was lucky that the pair had come back to the tree.

A big crop and lots of sharpening. There was one shot of him with a berry in his beak, but there were too many twigs in the way.

There are often pictures of these birds in photo competitions in Japan, and they have long been a subject in Japanese art.

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 138
Avg (all users): 6.6853
Avg (commenters): 7.7647
Avg (participants): 6.4853
Avg (non-participants): 6.7907
Views since voting: 1423
Views during voting: 354
Votes: 197
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0

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 01/04/2010 01:41:12 PM
We get the exact same bird in Cape Town, South Africa and it is also called a white eye. They eat aphids on our lemon trees. Nice one here!
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 01/04/2010 04:54:39 AM
Well done, David! Congrats on top 20 in very tough competition.
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 01/04/2010 03:00:46 AM
Charming. White outlined eye so cunningly the same size as the berries.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/03/2010 10:23:00 PM
didn't even know these little buggers existed...wonderful job in the capture....
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 01/03/2010 07:25:58 PM
Very nicely done. In some way I think the BG is both a strength and a weakness. Can't describe it, but I gave it an 8.
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 01/03/2010 06:04:40 PM
Nice details on the bird, like the patterns formed by all of the branches. (no vote, just making a few comments)
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 01/01/2010 08:36:07 AM
Well seen and taken..
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 01/01/2010 06:56:20 AM
great light!
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 12/31/2009 07:28:58 PM
What a cool-looking bird! The red berries and white branches are a nice setting for him. That white eyering just grabs my eye and pulls me into the image.
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 12/30/2009 06:31:11 PM
A beautiful setting for a darling little bird. Nice going!
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 12/30/2009 02:53:22 PM
Good shot, nice colors, 6.
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 12/30/2009 02:05:51 PM
Wow - super catch!
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 12/29/2009 08:43:05 PM
Awesome capture. Love the DOF you have here. Nice color contrast between the bird and it's surroundings.
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 12/29/2009 01:17:07 PM
Nice composition. Great crispness on the bird.
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 12/29/2009 08:53:40 AM
Pretty with the red berries.
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 12/28/2009 10:30:19 PM
Beautiful!
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 12/28/2009 06:43:18 PM
really nice, love the greenish coloring.
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 12/28/2009 02:43:36 PM
Beautiful shot. Great dof and balance
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 12/28/2009 10:24:48 AM
Nice shot. Such a busy feeling with all of the branches.
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 12/28/2009 08:25:05 AM
Good.
 12/28/2009 03:19:21 AM
Lovely shot.
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