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Birds Eye View
Birds Eye View
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Straight from the Camera (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Wings of the World
Date: Jul 1, 2006
Aperture: f4.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 2, 2006

 Since this challenge allowed nothing to be done to the image, I went with a macro lens and for lighting I used Nikons Speedlight SB-80DX with a Lumiquest bounce system. The most difficult part of this image was waiting until the bird turned its head for the side profile knowing I would get less glare off of the beak. I was not able to produce any real depth of field since I was shooting hand held and I needed as much light as possible, and at that close of range his beak would be in focus but the rest of his head would be out of focus. At one point I was making adjustments to the flash when Miles turned his head to the side and held it there for at least 5 seconds, just enough time for me to miss the perfect shot. Photographing birds is actually more difficult than any other animal; I'm including small human children. One minute a bird will act very curious the next they can be defensive especially with flashing lights or large objects like cameras. Miles has been around a lot of people so he’s fairly well socialized but he’s still a bird.

Camera Information:
Nikon D2X
Sigma 105mm f/2.8 D Macro
Focal Length: 105mm
Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec
Aperture: f/4.8
ISO: 200
Lighting: Nikon Speedlight SB-80DX
Bounce System: Lumiquest with neutral panel

Final processing of the image was to reduce it down to a 640x425 @ 100 pixels/inch allowing PS to constrain proportions. Resample using Bicubic and then saving the file.

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 389
Avg (all users): 6.4145
Avg (commenters): 8.1538
Avg (participants): 6.3386
Avg (non-participants): 6.5606
Views since voting: 1103
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 193
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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 07/10/2006 08:01:33 AM
What!!!! I thought this was going to be at least within the top 10. Highly underrated, this was one of my 10 scores in this challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/09/2006 06:30:52 AM
Nice reds and great focus. Love how its framed. A 10.
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 07/08/2006 05:28:16 AM
Colors and sharpness are amazing!!! As well as composition and DOF. Bumping up!!
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 07/07/2006 05:15:26 PM
I'm guessing a ribbon here. Nice capture. . . in fact, fantastic for an out of the box production! BOL 8
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 07/07/2006 12:26:19 PM
Wow. Nice and sharp, super bright colors. Well done.
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 07/06/2006 02:43:55 AM
beautiful ecclectus, i have always wanted one of these, just gorgous if i am correct on my guess! i would have left a bit more around her, the framing is a tad close, but you stil lcaptured her well.
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 07/05/2006 03:11:41 AM
Nice electus shot. I haev a Male electus at home. Very good portrait.
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 07/05/2006 01:06:05 AM
This is a great image of texture and clarity
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 07/04/2006 09:07:19 AM
Very nice. The colors are lovely! 9
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 07/03/2006 06:13:10 PM
isn't this bird gorgeous? Love it
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 07/03/2006 03:43:31 PM
Very sharp red... 9
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 07/03/2006 03:05:40 PM
Wow, now that is sharp! Great colors and textures! Nice capture - hope you're scoring well!
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 07/03/2006 12:31:54 PM
Nice job...you can see so many deatils in you photo. Plus you caught the light in your subjects eye. Very nice work.
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 07/03/2006 08:02:32 AM
I really like the bright red and the bit of blue around the eye. Nice tight crop, which I really like. Good show!
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 07/02/2006 09:22:26 PM
Nice strong shot. No edits required here. Love the blue around the eye. Focus and framing are great as is exposure and DOF.
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 07/02/2006 09:15:44 PM
Now this is very good..... Well done.
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