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Challenge: Postcard II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ30
Location: Butterfly World, Coconut Creek, FL
Date: Nov 15, 2006
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Humorous, Birds
Date Uploaded: Nov 16, 2006

 Gouldian Finch (on edge) and Tri-colored Parrot Finch (bathing)

Cropped
Adjusted: levels, saturation
Smart sharpened
Added border and text
Resized down, smart sharpened, saved for web

For those of you wondering about the birds, the Gouldian finch is Australian and the Tri-colored Parrot Finch is Indonesian (Timor).

There are a couple of good sized aviaries at Butterfly World in Florida where these birds live and breed in captivity. They seem to have a happy normal life in that environment. They are busy eating, bathing, grooming, building nests, raising young. There are several species of finches, honeycreeper, and hummingbirds living happily together. Visitors can enter the aviaries and stroll the garden paths and relax on benches to watch the birds. I love it there.

Statistics
Place: 170 out of 266
Avg (all users): 5.5810
Avg (commenters): 6.6471
Avg (participants): 5.3714
Avg (non-participants): 5.7905
Views since voting: 827
Views during voting: 335
Votes: 210
Comments: 24
Favorites: 0

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 12/05/2006 03:30:12 PM
Very cute picture and great idea for the challenge.
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 11/29/2006 05:50:14 AM
It's so funny to think about birds sending postcards to each other. Thanks!
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 11/27/2006 11:05:45 AM
Okay I figure I will give my thoughts on this in return for my postcard comments. I reckon you got a fair score for this. I didn't vote in Postcards, but probably would have voted this either 6 or 5. I'm sure that the photo part of it is into 7 territory on its own, but the text is a bit distracting. It looks like you've tried to echo the vibrant colours of the birds in the text, when what would probably have been easier on the eye is something more muted, or, like someone else mentioned, something overlaid on a corner of the photo.

But if you followed my advice you'd have scored 4.3, so you did well ;)
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 11/27/2006 05:24:07 AM
This was a fun idea! :) Nice colors on the birds, too.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/26/2006 03:36:27 PM
I hve never seen such vibrant colored birds, wonderful photo.
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 11/26/2006 03:11:52 PM
sweet, you must be in Australia....only you guys have such beautiful birds!!
cute idea, too.
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 11/26/2006 11:25:12 AM
What pretty little birds, very nice postcard.
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 11/25/2006 10:53:39 PM
Cute.
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 11/25/2006 09:22:57 PM
Lol, this is wonderful!
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 11/25/2006 11:53:08 AM
Absolutely beautiful colors
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 11/24/2006 05:52:05 PM
Nice capture of the moment. I think that discrete overlaid titles would be better.
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 11/24/2006 11:15:52 AM
Adorable!
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 11/24/2006 08:08:22 AM
crisp, clever, cute, creative colorsplash!
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 11/23/2006 09:12:36 AM
Fun concept.
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 11/23/2006 08:03:43 AM
Yeah, a "wet t-shirt contest" for birdie's "puttin' on the Ritz!" Funny, eh! :}
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 11/22/2006 12:12:55 PM
LOL
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 11/22/2006 11:23:04 AM
you have killed this image with the way you implemented the text.. I'll ignore the text and just rate the actual picture.. 7
 11/21/2006 04:44:55 AM
this one made me laugh. and since I needed that this morning, I'm giving you an 8. Original, witty, and a nice phot on top of that.
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 11/20/2006 01:20:55 PM
Wow what colorful birds.. You did well on the composition. Like it.
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 11/20/2006 09:43:24 AM
Cute!
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 11/20/2006 08:16:13 AM
Cute shot and text content. The graphic design isn't my favorite.
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 11/20/2006 07:28:46 AM
LOL!
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 11/20/2006 03:57:17 AM
funny idea. font and colour for subline coud be more subtle
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 11/19/2006 09:23:06 PM
cute one.
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