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Playful Messengers
Playful Messengers
Sonda


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Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Macro
Location: Street
Date: Jun 12, 2005
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Date Uploaded: Jun 12, 2005

 Thanks for all the comments!

Just came back from vacation.. Writing this a little late here.

When capturing this I was just lucky.. I was walking a few miles towards the levy in hopes of finding something interesting, and I saw this crow flying around.. I stopped for a few minutes just watching it swinging on a branch, the wind was very tough then, but he was just sitting there swinging back and forth..

Then he flew down to the street where 2 of his buddies were jumping around...

I was snapping along just ready for anything, thats when one of them picked up this bag laying on the street. This guy flew up with it, mocking the others.. It was nothing short of amazing.. Everything happened very fast, I was hoping that some of them would turn out ok, since I was trying this fast action hand held set at 300mm. There were more details in the shadows, I think I could have done a better editing.. But I am learning like everyone else :)

Just happy to share this with yall.. It was very cool to witness this.


Statistics
Place: 66 out of 289
Avg (all users): 6.0000
Avg (commenters): 7.0455
Avg (participants): 5.8875
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Views since voting: 1360
Views during voting: 450
Votes: 270
Comments: 23
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06/19/2005 03:13:19 PM
GREAT SHOT...... 10
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 06/19/2005 03:08:13 PM
A unique shot worthy of print. Just excellent journalism.
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 06/19/2005 10:24:08 AM
Nice moment, I would have liked to see more detail in the birds, but these guys are hard to export correctly. Good job.
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 06/19/2005 01:38:41 AM
unique capture
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 06/18/2005 08:10:40 PM
Wow! Great action shot. I wonder if they know its empty. Composition well done. Black birds are harder to shoot than white one - black any animal for that matter. You did a pretty good job here. Good luck in the challenge!
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 06/18/2005 10:08:58 AM
A terrific action capture with a full story.
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 06/16/2005 02:17:07 PM
Difficult capture - excellent action. A little fuzzy but understandable under the circumstances.
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 06/16/2005 12:19:44 PM
Great shot.
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 06/16/2005 08:21:22 AM
Fun capture that creates a really strong composition within the frame. Love teh way that the focal point is the colourful object and yet I am still drawn to the birds. Would love a touch more detail in the shadows but can appreciate the image well without. 7
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 06/15/2005 05:44:38 PM
Way to catch the moment! Looks like you were forced to do too much cropping and sharpening to get really fine detail in the image though.
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 06/15/2005 02:41:30 PM
What an excellent capture! This image really has a wonderfu lsense of movement...very dynamic.
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 06/15/2005 12:29:39 PM
Great action shot.
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 06/14/2005 04:51:06 PM
I don't believe this. That is nothing short of amazing....what a capture! I look forward to learning a little background on how the heck you caught this when you ribbon.
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 06/14/2005 08:00:33 AM
my daughter loves this picture a 10 from her and myself!
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 06/13/2005 11:02:45 AM
Very nice stop action! The "message" really adds to the photo. 10
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 06/13/2005 07:57:13 AM
Wish it wa more focused and the background was a touch more vivid. Love the "hand off."
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 06/13/2005 07:21:38 AM
Technically this photo isn´t very special but it more than makes up for it by you taking it at the exact correct moment, good job!
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 06/13/2005 05:36:24 AM
Wow! You caught the moment perfectly, and I imagine that you didn't have many chances. Great picture, composition and it made me laugh!
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 06/13/2005 03:55:36 AM
I'm not fond of the high contrast of the birds wings or the soft focus. I find it to be a very distracting. I also find that the photo has a over edited look to it. Good luck in this challenge.
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 06/13/2005 03:40:13 AM
Wow! How in the WORLD did you capture THAT! AMAZING!!! Good job.
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 06/12/2005 08:48:45 PM
Oustanding capture!!! how long did you have to sit and wait to catch a moment like this? Nice work!
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 06/12/2005 08:44:00 PM
great capture
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 06/12/2005 08:35:05 PM
crouton?
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