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Phantoms Pains
Phantoms Pains
Brad


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Pain (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus E-10
Location: Ocean Beach, CA
Date: Feb 6, 2005
Aperture: F4.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Black and White, Birds
Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2005

 What's to say?
A Seagull that came into harm's way and is still making it.
Shot on the Ocean Beach Pier with while spending the day with scalvert.

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 215
Avg (all users): 6.2638
Avg (commenters): 7.3125
Avg (participants): 5.9533
Avg (non-participants): 6.4155
Views since voting: 1856
Views during voting: 466
Votes: 326
Comments: 23
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 02/17/2005 05:04:21 AM
Congratulations on your 7th placing. A very sad image of survival.
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 02/16/2005 07:57:45 AM
Congrats!!!!! Now give that poor bird his dignity back! lol
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 02/15/2005 08:13:53 PM
Almost did it again! Great finish. Freakish capture!
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 02/15/2005 07:57:21 PM
Originally posted by scalvert:
Congrats on yet another top 10, Brad. *yawn*
Guess you had a leg up on the competition, huh? Man, I wish I could've found something like this. Oh wait... I did. ;-)


ROFL

Wish I had a zoom and could have cropped this one better when I shot it:

The "Weapon" wasn't optimal on that one...

Message edited by author 2005-02-16 00:58:34.
 02/15/2005 07:34:04 PM
Great shot Brad!
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 02/15/2005 07:31:00 PM
Congrats on yet another top 10, Brad. *yawn*
Guess you had a leg up on the competition, huh? Man, I wish I could've found something like this. Oh wait... I did. ;-)

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 02/15/2005 07:19:56 PM
Congrats on the top 10 Brad! :o)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/15/2005 01:08:35 PM
Good shot, brave, stoic gull.
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 02/15/2005 01:29:31 AM
Very nice! Unexpected to see the bird with one leg. Quite a find. It must be tiring to stand like that all day. Poor bird needs a prosthetic... 10 from me
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 02/14/2005 10:49:22 PM
Head's a little too dark.
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 02/14/2005 03:29:20 PM
this has nothing to do with pain.... oh, he doesn' have a foot! Wow, that's something.
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 02/14/2005 10:51:29 AM
I'm a fan of this picture. If only this were an advanced editing challenge, you would have this in the bag. The bird's face isn't that detailed and a little dark. Burning and dodging would allow this picture to shine.
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 02/13/2005 07:51:20 PM
Awwww, thats sad. Good capture.
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 02/11/2005 03:48:31 PM
well spotted
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 02/10/2005 09:39:22 AM
Wonderful shot. I'm sure the gull would say otherwise. A little more clarity or better focus on the bird would help, but I like this shot.
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 02/10/2005 05:30:37 AM
Ai, poor birdy... though nice catch...
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 02/09/2005 04:24:09 PM
8 :)
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 02/09/2005 01:09:10 PM
well captured. Gotta admire how wild animals can adapt to disabilities like this. 6
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 02/09/2005 12:53:16 PM
Poor bird. Great idea for the challenge. Would be great if the bird's head wasn't in shadows (but nature doesn't help sometimes).
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 02/09/2005 03:53:33 AM
Ok, now this is a picture that fits the challenge.
Did you go out with the idea "lets shoot a one-legged seagull" ?
Dunno if b/w works well.
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 02/09/2005 02:21:08 AM
Now you've got the spirit!
Poor bird, that must have hurt pretty bad!
I think the use of a colored shot, instead of a BW one would have a better effect on the whole shot.
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 02/09/2005 02:00:00 AM
Interesting idea, this interpretation would never have occured to me. You took a good shot of an injured animal wihtout being gross. I like the composition very much, good crop. The border works well, too. 9.
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 02/08/2005 07:12:14 PM
*cries for the poor wittle birdie* great shot, though! :)
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