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Among the Spruce
Among the Spruce
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Challenge: Free Study 2011-12 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 500mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: Fletcher Wild Life Garden (Ottawa)
Date: Dec 4, 2011
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Birds
Date Uploaded: Dec 4, 2011

 Shot with a tripod and shutter release. A 1.4x teleconverter was used, = 700mm effective focal length. Which I needed, as these birds were very shy. Usually keeping far away, or deep in the spruce. Which gave even less light, along with the over cast day. Worked very well though. It's fantastic, what a good tripod and head can do! Very little post processing, other than cropping. Not expecting much from the voters on this, but I just had a slow month. Hard to find good action! mmmm 5.68?

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 246
Avg (all users): 6.4113
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 6.3267
Avg (non-participants): 6.6250
Views since voting: 984
Views during voting: 245
Votes: 141
Comments: 8
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/13/2012 01:04:59 PM
This was SO beautiful. earned a 10 from me.
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 01/08/2012 01:38:56 AM
Lovely result for a difficult avian shot. WD.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/06/2012 03:50:47 PM
Very nice details and composition
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 01/03/2012 10:27:54 PM
Good feather detail. Pretty Finch
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 01/03/2012 01:44:26 PM
lovely sharp focusing and DOF with some nice feather detail, should do well
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 01/03/2012 11:45:50 AM
Perfect depth of focus and composition. Lovely soft spruce needles merging into the pattern of feathers on the bird's breast, and these giving way to tack sharp detail on the eye and beak. Great complementary colors as well. This is just lovely.
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 01/02/2012 07:41:47 AM
excellent details in the feathers
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 01/01/2012 01:19:44 PM
How sweet. Lovely colors
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