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African Hadeda Ibis
African Hadeda Ibis
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Wildlife VI (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D3200
Location: Mitchel Park, Durban
Date: Apr 12, 2014
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Apr 14, 2014

 Went to our local mini-zoo, looking for some wild animals but none of my shots really worked out. I happened to photograph this wild hadeda that was sitting on a fence nearby. These birds are very common and an annoyance to us South Africans, but I suppose their feathers can be quite attractive.

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Place: 12 out of 96
Avg (all users): 6.6489
Avg (commenters): 8.3333
Avg (participants): 6.5741
Avg (non-participants): 6.7013
Views since voting: 986
Views during voting: 221
Votes: 131
Comments: 10
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 04/22/2014 09:20:45 PM
Andrew well done, colours are great and lovely light in the eye, good crisp shot
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/22/2014 01:09:25 PM
Beautiful color - What a gorgeous Bird & Photo!
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 04/21/2014 04:39:11 PM
Beautiful image. The iridescent colours are magnificent and the lovely background shows the bird off to perfection. A ribbon choice from me.
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 04/20/2014 12:15:17 AM
Not easy to catch these guys they are normally quite nervous and flighty. They are so common place throughout Southern Africa and have taken well to the suburbs. Very sharp image with beautiful capture of the purple blue glimmer seldom seen as they are quite mobile and the shimmer is fleeting. Should do well on DPC, bright colourful, crisp.
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 04/18/2014 12:46:08 PM
I love the colors and the focus.
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 04/17/2014 02:10:50 PM
Wow
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 04/17/2014 09:23:37 AM
Beautiful colors and lovely bokeh in the background.
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 04/17/2014 09:07:21 AM
Beautiful!
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 04/16/2014 04:34:50 AM
It must be so exciting to be able to see birds such as these in the wild! The blues and lilacs of the plumage are lovely, as is the metalic sheen you have captured. The greens of the bokeh are a good foil. At some point I would be interested to see a wider shot, with some idea of scale.
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 04/16/2014 04:11:17 AM
Wow what a great shot. Great detail and look at that iridescence.
Well done.
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