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A Hummingbird's Tail
A Hummingbird's Tail
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Textures III (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Animals
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Home
Date: Jul 16, 2005
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jul 16, 2005

 Loved the symmetry of this little guys tail. Almost looked like a flower. Hummingbirds are truly my favorite subjects. Couldn't resist submitting into the challenge. Cropped, Sharpened, desaturated. Taken with the Canon 75-300 with flash at dusk.

Statistics
Place: 259 out of 614
Avg (all users): 5.2481
Avg (commenters): 6.9231
Avg (participants): 5.2088
Avg (non-participants): 5.3333
Views since voting: 854
Views during voting: 350
Votes: 266
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/26/2005 05:40:00 PM
very creative. I don't know how you ever got this shot.
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 07/25/2005 06:54:47 AM
Nice composition and contrast. The arrow shape starts to send the eye out the right side, but the strong contrast brings your eye back. The gray helps keep the image from looking too stark and the star shape it makes is very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/22/2005 11:50:39 PM
not sure if i like the crop...
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 07/22/2005 02:02:01 PM
Really?! How did you ever capture this. Great shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/22/2005 12:15:32 PM
Interesting composition. Some more sharpness would have helped.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/22/2005 08:52:20 AM
I think I might have preferred this photo if you rotated it 90 degrees clockwise so it looks like the bird is flying out of the frame at the top. I love seeing the texture of the feathers and the perfect symmetry.
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 07/21/2005 03:39:07 PM
This just strikes me as odd, for some reason. I understand that you're probably wanting to focus on the texture of the tail feathers, yet I can't see why you wouldn't include the entire bird.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/21/2005 02:37:53 PM
How did you get this shot ? Pretty Cool....
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 07/20/2005 05:38:40 PM
This is a REALLY unique shot. Wasn't sure I like the B/W on the first pass, but it's grown on me. Pretty good clarity (given how fast these little suckers move). Beautiful composition - the black background works well. I like this a lot. Nice work. Bumping up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/20/2005 12:36:32 PM
how did you do this? very awesome
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 07/20/2005 09:29:51 AM
Different angle! Nice catch!
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 07/20/2005 06:13:40 AM
You've got to be kidding! How did you do this?! The composition is off-putting for me.
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 07/20/2005 04:06:22 AM
interesting take. How did color look, might have been nice too.
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