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Can I Have a Kiss, Mommy?
Can I Have a Kiss, Mommy?
SandyP


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: San Antonio Zoo
Date: Jun 9, 2005
Aperture: F9
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Animals, Water
Date Uploaded: Jun 9, 2005

 This was SUCH a fun challenge for me. I LOVE birds and ducks, and could take pictures of them every day. I had 4 or 5 that I couldn't decide on, but in the end, this is the one that won out for the challenge. I guess I'll show the rest on my portfolio. I felt very lucky to find a mom and her baby -- then also, to get a picture of any flamingo without a hundred of them getting in the picture. I hope I made the right choice of which one to enter. This one just grabbed my heart a little more than the others.

Statistics
Place: 32 out of 289
Avg (all users): 6.3875
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.2152
Avg (non-participants): 6.6283
Views since voting: 1442
Views during voting: 398
Votes: 271
Comments: 31
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 05/21/2008 11:08:30 PM
another brilliant photograph .. wot a capture .. love the negative shapes the birds form .. :)
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 07/03/2005 07:18:40 AM
How cute is this. I have never seen a baby before. Great shot!
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 06/20/2005 06:56:09 AM
I really like this shot as well. Good Job!
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 06/20/2005 04:24:39 AM
Sandy, You should have been on the first page with this shot. Congratulations are still in order for such a very fine picture.
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 06/20/2005 01:47:15 AM
Good Image Sandy, As you say lucky not to have the whole flock,I like the contrast of the Famingo against the background.
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 06/19/2005 10:07:46 PM
Wow, I expected this shot to finish much higher. Oh well, I've been wrong before... Anyway, congrats on a great image!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/19/2005 07:08:49 PM
Wow! What a capture. This is ideal for a bookcover and great conversational study.
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 06/19/2005 10:32:41 AM
now that is a stunning picture! 10
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 06/19/2005 08:20:46 AM
great composition! The light is a little dull (of course, nothing you could do about it!), and perhaps DOF could be a little shallower, but overall one of my top pics nonetheless
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 06/19/2005 01:41:00 AM
love this composition sharpness colours ..actually everything about this image..a winner in this tuff competition
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 06/18/2005 06:10:40 PM
Seems a little oversaturated and a little over sharpened but it was an incredible moment to capture. I like the composition and the POV. Focus is dead on. 7 - good luck in the challenge!
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 06/17/2005 06:26:03 PM
rather amazing shapes in this image and it does add a heap of interest ,but it also seems disconnected perhaps its the mother bird beind cut off or the long vertical format 5
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 06/17/2005 09:23:05 AM
What a nice picture! We so often never see pictures of the baby flamingo...I really like the line my eye follows...starting with the mother then traveling to and through the baby...just a very nice composition...well done!
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 06/16/2005 04:27:03 PM
Wow, I've never seen a baby flamingo - thanks for showing me! I like the contrast of the mother's and baby's colors and how you chose only to show a little bit of the mother. I'd like to see how this looks cropped a little more in the left so that only her neck shows but then it would probably be too tight on the baby.
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 06/15/2005 05:10:36 PM
great capture! Great composition. Love that colour10
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 06/15/2005 02:07:10 PM
Amazing photo. I love flamingos. But this photo has so much more in it!
Simply wonderful!
On a technical note, I would try adding a little more contrast to this photo, to make the whites whiter. But even as it is I just love this photo! 9
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 06/15/2005 11:57:57 AM
Love the composition.
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 06/15/2005 07:11:00 AM
cute
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 06/14/2005 09:19:19 PM
great technique. I might have cropped down to just the faces to keep the background uniform. But perhaps that rock area under the baby's head would have made that look weird. -6
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 06/14/2005 07:06:58 PM
A lot of other famingos but none tell a story like this one. It's not the picture (although it is perfect in every sense, it's all in the story and words could'nt describle it like this pic does ... SUPER! 10+
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 06/14/2005 01:20:28 PM
Very cute and extremely well composed
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 06/14/2005 11:00:15 AM
How adorable, what a precious capture! I love it! Wonderful capture, good luck in the challenge! 10
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 06/14/2005 09:28:52 AM
Great capture! The contrast between the red-orange and everything else is very striking, and you got the moment really well.
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 06/13/2005 10:45:16 PM
very good, it deserves a ribbon 10
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 06/13/2005 03:50:07 PM
I love how the mother and baby bird form one continuous curve. That really makes this a great shot. I think that the background would be better if there was nothing close behind the bird, so that the background became just a blur, but I'm sure there was nothing you could have done about that! Nice shot!
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 06/13/2005 03:00:44 PM
nice capture ...like the colours
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 06/13/2005 11:03:09 AM
super sweet! great capture. 10
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 06/13/2005 10:02:10 AM
never had the pleasure of seeing this type of bird before...but well taken
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 06/13/2005 06:13:06 AM
Looks more like "mom, spit it out already 0 I'm hungry'" Great photo! I like how only the moms head and neck show.
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 06/12/2005 10:04:31 PM
Well captured ... well done and good luck
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 06/12/2005 08:40:56 PM
The composition of this picture is outstanding. The contrast in colors against the rocks almost makes this look 3D ish. Very nice job. 10
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