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mognoy


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Challenge: Bokeh II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: In the dining room of our appartment in Montreal
Date: Jun 18, 2006
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 20, 2006

 This is my first entry to any DPC challenge.
I'm not very satisfied with this one... I would have liked the cat to look at the bird but on the pictures where it happened the bird was too blurry or the cat was not blurry enough.
This one is a compromise...
That bird was suffering from insolation so we brought her home and gave her some water. Our cat didn't really pay attention to her.

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 06/28/2006 01:13:58 PM
Thanks everyone for the comments.
A lot of people pointed out the "out of focus" on the bird's head. Yeah, that's a pity :(
I didn't take enough time to correctly set my camera when I took the pictures, and I had to do the focus manually because I was too close to the bird. Maybe I should have chosen a smaller aperture and try to calm down and take my time ;-)
Well, better luck next time!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/27/2006 02:48:12 PM
This is a pretty great moment, I would have liked if the birds face was in focus as well.
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 06/27/2006 08:11:17 AM
Very nice, I love the subjects.
 06/26/2006 04:48:14 PM
cool shot
 06/26/2006 11:35:14 AM
DOF semes off here. the head is blurred, but the body is not. maybe too shallow of an aperture on this one. maybe a little deeper and the feet and face could have been in focus. great job of blurring the background and making the eye figure out the "cat" back there. very nice imagination here. 6 :)
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 06/25/2006 06:32:37 PM
I hope that bird eats that cat. Got Bokeh? Yes you do...woohoo. 9
 06/24/2006 09:36:49 PM
Great shot.Exactly what a bokeh should be.
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 06/24/2006 12:01:33 PM
Nice... wish dof were deeper for the bird.
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 06/24/2006 03:21:47 AM
Have to say it is funny in a rather cruel way. Good shallow depth of field, but not really bokeh in my view.
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 06/24/2006 01:14:53 AM
Awesome idea....is that a person holding the cat...oh well...it doesn't matter as it took me a while to work it out (if I am right) which means the initial reaction is the intended one. And that works for me. 8.
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 06/23/2006 07:54:48 AM
Nice take on this challenge. So, did the birdie make it out alive?

Good job.
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 06/23/2006 02:55:40 AM
clever concept and the moment is captured. pity that the focal point is not at the bird's eye.
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 06/22/2006 05:07:26 PM
so close ......unfortunately the birds eye/head is out of focus which is the most important part of this shot
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 06/22/2006 01:17:55 PM
Totally love the "story" here. Would have been awesome if the bird's head was not OOF.
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 06/22/2006 01:08:00 PM
Oh my, that's a CAT! Yikes!!! cool shot! good bokeh too!
 06/22/2006 07:39:23 AM
wow..great bokeh photo
 06/22/2006 03:35:12 AM
what a luck!
good shot
 06/22/2006 02:44:09 AM
The colortone, are merging & make it hard to focus on one thing... re the differant subject matters, so makes it appear to busy...
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 06/21/2006 04:21:57 PM
Great shot. Nice foreground color.
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 06/21/2006 03:06:31 PM
What a great way to create a sense of foreboding! Well composed and interesting. Wish the birds eye was in focus. Still quite nice.
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 06/21/2006 02:17:10 PM
oh no, wish the photo were lighter, but what a great capture, nice idea
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 06/21/2006 06:52:44 AM
Almost so subtle I missed it. Sparrow needs a little sharper focus on the head area. Excellent idea though. Not enough time for a reshoot, I imagine! ;-)
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 06/21/2006 06:05:54 AM
good one. the OOF background really adds to the picture
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 06/21/2006 05:26:55 AM
Nice imagery good subject bird could have been in better focus
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 06/21/2006 04:38:41 AM
Poor bird. What our animals have to go through for us to get a good picture. :)
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 06/21/2006 04:35:57 AM
This certainly tells a story. I wish it were in a natural setting, but that'd be asking too much.
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 06/21/2006 12:48:01 AM
love it 10
 06/20/2006 11:43:34 PM
Good job. I love this!
 06/20/2006 10:08:18 PM
Meets challenge well: "... take a photograph whose subject is enhanced by the bokeh of the background.". Enhanced, oh yeah! Even same colour scheme for both prey and predator. Difficult picture, but sharper bird would have made it even better.
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 06/20/2006 08:31:40 PM
Now this is a great shot!!! 9


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