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Challenge: Birds In Flight (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR
Location: Fir Island, Washington
Date: Mar 20, 2011
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Black and White, Birds
Date Uploaded: Mar 22, 2011

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Statistics
Place: 12 out of 114
Avg (all users): 6.2882
Avg (commenters): 8.0952
Avg (participants): 5.9365
Avg (non-participants): 6.4217
Views since voting: 1237
Views during voting: 427
Votes: 229
Comments: 25
Favorites: 0

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 03/31/2011 10:24:35 AM
Very nice
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/29/2011 11:50:02 PM
amazing capture.
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 03/29/2011 04:58:10 PM
That's an impressive number of birds. Unfortunately, since they are each so small in the frame and they don't have the benefit of color to help separate them from the background, they end up looking more like a texture. That's not necessarily a bad thing, in the bigger scope of things, but for this challenge, I don't think it all works as well as it would have in color. It's a nice black and white conversion, though.
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 03/29/2011 10:24:58 AM
Love all the ones standing at the lower right. That is an amazing amount of birds in flight.
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 03/28/2011 10:14:02 PM
Beautiful photo. To me the birds are really not the subject. It took me a while to even properly see them. Even when I did, though, the birds still seemed like an afterthought.
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 03/28/2011 09:45:37 AM
truly awesome! I'm wondering if it's a little over sharpened -- but what a spectacular shot! (not voting, just commenting)
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 03/27/2011 08:54:42 PM
Nailed the rule of thirds, well done
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 03/27/2011 12:28:21 PM
Ooops...abundance of birds and a great landscape!!!
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 03/27/2011 08:09:13 AM
Very nice. I wonder what this looks like in colour.
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 03/27/2011 07:39:59 AM
A fascinating experiment; using the birds as texture.
I think the mountain steals the show, though.
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 03/26/2011 04:00:00 PM
amazing tones. great picture
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 03/26/2011 07:11:19 AM
wow! i almost didn't notice the birds....perfect synergy with the landscape!
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 03/25/2011 10:01:06 PM
Wish you could have been a little closer to the action, maybe with a longer lens. Would have accentuated the foreground, middle and background feel to it.
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 03/25/2011 08:25:34 AM
Magnificent scene. From the background to the foreground.
B&W is a very good idea here.
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 03/24/2011 11:14:12 PM
holy moley 9 (better than Weston) LOL
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 03/24/2011 07:45:07 PM
It's fantastic, how the birds become part of the scenery. Love the lines they create.
Very well done!
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 03/24/2011 02:52:52 PM
Amazing capture and sight. National Geographic material!
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 03/24/2011 12:35:09 AM
An equally suitable title might be "Traffic Jam". Or possibly "Air Traffic Controller's Nightmare!" Fun shot!
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 03/23/2011 10:34:46 PM
Wow I didn't even see the birds when I first looked. The title helped out !
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 03/23/2011 07:43:30 PM
man had to look twice here... wow!
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 03/23/2011 06:21:46 PM
that is a beautiful photo
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 03/23/2011 10:16:34 AM
I know it's tough in basic editing to make them show up but there are a few tricks that are legal. That said, I kind of enjoyed having to look hard at this just to find them - the subtlety and the curvy puzzle pieces are kinda fun.
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 03/23/2011 09:48:12 AM
Ohmygoodness! I'm not voting in this challenge, but this is a-MAZING!!!!!!! National Geographic material!
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 03/23/2011 09:39:51 AM
Wow!
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 03/23/2011 01:09:45 AM
wow , almost looks like another mountain
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