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Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Walt Disney's Animal Kingdom
Date: Oct 5, 2005
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2006

 I took this shot my first trip back to Disney's Animal Kingdom in five years. He was great. He posed for me for about a half and hour.

Crop, Levels, Hue/Sat, USM

Statistics
Place: 467 out of 833
Avg (all users): 5.5102
Avg (commenters): 6.4667
Avg (participants): 5.3787
Avg (non-participants): 6.1622
Views since voting: 906
Views during voting: 541
Votes: 441
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/26/2006 05:18:17 PM
You have really not maximised the potential in this shot by entering it at a smaller than limited size. Is a nice shot with good DOF.
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 01/26/2006 12:42:22 AM
He looks great, love his color and textures of the feathers.....
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 01/23/2006 04:02:26 PM
vibrant
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 01/22/2006 06:07:55 PM
need better DOF
 01/22/2006 09:00:59 AM
Nice DOF, great focus, love the feather definition, sharp bold colors-well done
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 01/21/2006 04:08:04 PM
great color
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 01/20/2006 05:55:52 PM
good use of color and depth of field
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 01/19/2006 03:32:25 PM
Nice clean, colourful shot. Great job.
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 01/19/2006 07:20:14 AM
Pretty bird - vibrant colors nice strong focus. Good use of DOF
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 01/19/2006 06:06:21 AM
It would have been nice if you could have included the entire bird in the foreground. Your comp is nice. It seems the bird is blowing bubbles with the white spots arching up from his beak.
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 01/18/2006 05:21:21 AM
Nice use of DoF to isolate the bird from the one in the background, but still make the background one recognisable :)
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 01/17/2006 08:45:18 PM
10 from me...good luck!
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 01/17/2006 11:30:31 AM
great colors and composition, but the bird looks slightly oversharpened
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 01/17/2006 05:15:02 AM
I have seen these birds before. Let me guess... Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom? (Am I right?) I took a few pictures of birds exactly like these two (if they aren't the birds I am thinking off) a few years ago on our honeymoon.

Anyway, great capture. The bird that is the primary focus is pin sharp and seems to be looking straight at you. The bokeh effect is very good as well. The image is a little bright for my tastes, I think it could use a slight darkening and then up some of the saturation levels to "pop" the blue, yellow and green in the image.
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 01/16/2006 11:23:20 AM
looks like the same birds I got on my desktop and wall...

I just love the Hyacinth Macaw, stunning image..
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