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Road Kill!
Road Kill!
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Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III
Location: Amsterdam, Sloterdijk region
Date: Jun 12, 2005
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 12, 2005

 Thinking about this challenge made it obvious a large number of bright and colourful birds would be shown, and we (as in the people from Holland) don't have many of these around! Or i had to go back to the zoo wich i didn't feel like.

What we do have is a lot of roads and a lot of traffic on it, so finding roadkill would be easy, right? Well i spend the whole afternoon to find just one dead bird! We had a nice shoot and then it was safely removed (no bird was harmed during the creation of this shot)

Statistics
Place: 257 out of 289
Avg (all users): 4.5580
Avg (commenters): 5.9130
Avg (participants): 4.4873
Avg (non-participants): 4.6525
Views since voting: 1029
Views during voting: 411
Votes: 276
Comments: 26
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/19/2005 02:58:18 PM
A different take, well executed (excuse pun!) with excellent framing and use of context. You'll probably score poorly because this is so gloomy, but it reminds you of the relentless slaughter going on on our roads. Well done.
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 06/18/2005 12:30:07 AM
Very bold - many here will flame you for this, however seince I too have a great sense of humor I give this well shot photo a 7
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 06/16/2005 06:52:09 PM
awwww. still a very good shot though. 9
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 06/16/2005 03:35:19 PM
Not a photo that i would hang in my living room but i see your point ;-)
I like "out of the box"stuff, but this is somehow not working for me personally...
Hope the voters are gonna go easy on you ;)
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 06/16/2005 10:29:15 AM
SAD
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 06/16/2005 08:32:17 AM
Qaulity speaking, this is a good photo! Nice use of a shallow depth of field, colors are good, not a centered subject! but IMO, it's a sad photo!
It would probably gimme a diff sensation, if the title was different, and without the cars on the shot! Not voting you down though!
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 06/16/2005 08:16:33 AM
An unusual subject matter and an unusual viewpoint of a sad but everyday occurence across Britain. Seems a bit tilted and the bright sky tends to pull my eye up and out but, I do like the viewpoint. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/15/2005 12:25:57 PM
Unique and emotive challenge entry, well done for submitting something different.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2005 06:18:44 PM
Great perspective.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2005 01:24:06 PM
That sucks(not your pic, the situation)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2005 11:38:00 AM
Come'on......
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2005 06:38:00 AM
black frame is appropriate, but not even on all sides (add the frame as the very last thing you do in editing). Subject matter is sad! DoF is excellent at drawing the eye.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 10:22:05 PM
Awesome! made me laugh but I know it is sooooo wrong!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 08:33:04 PM
too bad for the bird, but the photo is excellent. very creative!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 05:31:07 PM
A sad image, but sharp with good color. You could have taken a lighter approach with a tight crop and a title like, "Collapsed Across the Finish Line." I want a picture of the look on the drivers' faces as they passed this photographer shooting roadkill. ;-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 04:51:36 PM
I like the DOF and the colors on the bird are nice. The border takes a little away for me, but I don't subtract for that. Overall a nice pic
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 12:17:46 PM
so sad the title should have been sweeter

ps i like the DOF
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 11:52:04 AM
Poor birdie....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 10:05:03 AM
How sad. Like the dof and composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 08:37:42 AM
cool i hate birds!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 06:03:58 AM
Well if a picture is supposed to generate emotion, this one succeeds. Wonderful DOF. Might have cropped so the bird was lower in the frame, seems too centered now.
Mark
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 05:18:39 AM
gee magpies rarely get smacked.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 04:42:13 AM
while technically this photo is well composed. I don't like your subject matter. duh. I know that it's easy to photograph dead birds, but you should try live ones I think. the exclamation point in the title doesn't help either because it conveys a sense of enthusiasm.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 02:50:06 AM
A great challenge entry and nicely executed too. I like how you chose to shoot this with the bird facing away from us. Great DOF.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2005 12:24:23 AM
Very sad - good use of shallow DoF.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/12/2005 08:24:01 PM
PWNED
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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