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Concern for the Health of the Forests
Concern for the Health of the Forests
hahn23


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Challenge: National Geographic II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
Location: Upper Beaver Meadows, Rocky Mountain National Park
Date: Jun 24, 2011
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400a
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jun 24, 2011

 Mated pair of Western Bluebirds.

[Jul. 5th, 2011 09:45:30 PM]

Well, if your habitat was being destroyed by humans and vanishing, i'd guess you'd be concerned, whether you are a bird or a homo sapien. Those who think birds and animals are somehow "unaware and oblivious" to man's destruction of nature on this world come from a philosophy quite different from my own.

[Jul. 5th, 2011 09:48:29 PM]

There is no forest fire burnt tree in this image! The darkened, decaying parts of the aspen tree are simply characteristic of aging, dead keystone trees. I never said anything about forest fires. The real danger to the wild birds is the encroachment of civilization and development on the wilderness.

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 07/13/2011 03:36:23 PM
Originally posted by LydiaToo:
I don't think bluebirds are concerned... since they have only instincts and not feelings, but this is beautiful. Love the composition.

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How can you state that Bluebirds are not concerned or that they do not have feelings? Why can't the title mean a "General Sense" from anyone who has concern for the forests? What sort of shallow, self absorbed human thinking is that? I would imagine that if a horse or a dog has feelings, then a Blue bird would too. Does the size of your brain dictate whether a creature has feelings? I would image a Blue bird would have a certain amount of satifaction from raising thier chicks. And if the environment has changed because of things beyond thier control, it would affect them and they would be forced to build thier homes in other places. They do have a certain instincts, but they are not machines. This image should have been accepted better than it was in this challenge. I was totally surprised to see it finish where it did.
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 07/10/2011 11:32:52 AM
Think this should have ended much higher,ne'er mind.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2011 10:33:53 PM
Nice shot of the Bluebird pair. I think he's even got a bug in his beak!
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 07/06/2011 08:24:53 AM
Good capture of the pair together. Focus is spot-on.
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 07/05/2011 09:35:12 PM
I don't think bluebirds are concerned... since they have only instincts and not feelings, but this is beautiful. Love the composition.



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 07/05/2011 07:01:00 AM
Lovely interactive bird composition, bokeh excellent, super composition, good NG style title based on the burnt branch and trunk. But wildfires are a necessary "evil" to the regeneration of bush and life. The male bird has caught lunch because of it? Not so crisp focus on the birds and possibly for this reason I don't think NG would publish however, sorry!
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 07/04/2011 11:43:55 PM
You'll read here so many times : what great color palette, and for a good reason too. Hard to mark so many great shots with birds and animals and I'm afraid some might get lost.
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 07/02/2011 11:30:17 PM
A cute pair you caught!
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 07/02/2011 04:57:57 PM
Yep a NATGO image for sure! Very Nice
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 07/02/2011 12:32:35 PM
This looks more like it.
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