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Challenge: Portrait Of A Wild Bird (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: My backyard, Williamstown
Date: Dec 24, 2009
Galleries: Birds
Date Uploaded: Dec 24, 2009

 Literally a fraction of a second before he took off...hence the movement/blur in his feathers and the 'puffed-up' look. Woke up and went for the usual cup of coffee, looked out the kitchen window and he was sitting at the edge of the yard. Put down coffee, ran to office and mounted the 75-300, shot through wife's office window.

Statistics
Place: 28 out of 138
Avg (all users): 6.4365
Avg (commenters): 7.7857
Avg (participants): 6.3881
Avg (non-participants): 6.4615
Views since voting: 1481
Views during voting: 376
Votes: 197
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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 02/08/2010 06:03:31 AM
great capture, love how sharp this is
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 01/04/2010 02:55:11 AM
Lovely brown and white, especially the artfully arranged chocolate shavings.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/03/2010 10:31:51 PM
perfect title...well done...love the detail and the "fluffiness" of the feathers
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 01/03/2010 06:33:54 PM
Excellent details and sharpness. Wonderful patterns on the bird and the branches; cool how the colors are almost identical. Nicely done! (no vote, just making a few comments)
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 01/03/2010 04:45:17 PM
Great shot. I like how the bird is camouflaged so well - in this case a distracting background fits the image.
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 01/03/2010 01:54:11 PM
I like this one. Love the background with that bird!
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 01/02/2010 11:16:15 AM
Excellent detail. The bg is busy, but I think that works here to show how his natural coloring can blend in.
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 12/30/2009 04:34:43 PM
Very nice. I like how well he blends in to his background.
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 12/30/2009 02:30:31 PM
WOW! She's beautiful...Good job, 8.
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 12/30/2009 12:33:31 PM
Mercy, that looks like a cold bird. Love the colors -- the bird and surroundings matching up so well. Nice capture.
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 12/29/2009 08:37:35 PM
Great capture!
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 12/29/2009 03:36:12 PM
Pretty cute for a hawk ;-) Looks positively perplexed.
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 12/29/2009 01:38:55 PM
Oh this totally makes me smile! What a proud puffed up bird, and marvelous detail. Just entirely too freakin' cute!
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 12/29/2009 01:07:22 PM
Great capture. Quite impressive.
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 12/28/2009 06:42:20 PM
stunning bird and capture. top notch
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 12/28/2009 04:27:06 PM
Very nice shot.
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 12/28/2009 02:18:44 PM
The bird blends in so well with the background. Nice image.
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 12/28/2009 03:14:24 AM
Beautiful guy - what great camouflage. Nicely shot.
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