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The Spear Fishing Expert
The Spear Fishing Expert
MelonMusketeer


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Challenge: Portrait Of A Wild Bird (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Lake Trafford, Immokalee Fl
Date: Dec 22, 2009
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Dec 27, 2009

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It's a "Great Egret". This one feeds along a canal bank and I know where to find him when I need an egret.
Shot with an old manual Nikkor 300mm f4.5 ED IF Ai and monopod, and manual exposure settings.

Unedited version, resized.

Statistics
Place: 108 out of 138
Avg (all users): 5.3266
Avg (commenters): 5.7000
Avg (participants): 5.2055
Avg (non-participants): 5.3968
Views since voting: 625
Views during voting: 366
Votes: 199
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/03/2010 10:32:38 PM
Excellent picture, I like the raised foot...your colors and the detail is well balanced...good job
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 01/01/2010 08:39:03 AM
The bird looks a little out of focus to me it looks like the auto focus has picked out the background.
That said it's a good looking portrait, showing the stillness of the bird
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 01/01/2010 08:15:56 AM
Wonderful catch!!!
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 12/30/2009 04:44:33 PM
Out of focus.
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 12/30/2009 02:50:16 PM
Nice shot, but the focus is in the wrong spot, 5.
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 12/30/2009 11:57:13 AM
It's always hard to capture these white birds without blowing out the highlights. I usually keep my exposure stepped down 1/3. It seems to preserve more detail.
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 12/29/2009 08:38:17 PM
Very pretty image. It's just a little soft but a perfect entry for this challenge.
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 12/29/2009 03:03:27 PM
Pretty Egret. Might like a closer crop on the bottom for this challenge.
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 12/28/2009 07:26:38 PM
I really like the deep greens contrasting with the white subject. The fact that the subject is taking a step is really cool.I'm not sure if he is just slightly out of focus or that you didn't sharpen the image in post processing but I would have preferred to view the subject with better detail definition.
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 12/28/2009 03:44:57 PM
Looks a bit soft, but what a neat image!
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