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Harris Hawk - Sacred Bird of the Moki Indian
Harris Hawk - Sacred Bird of the Moki Indian
timfythetoo


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The Sacred (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Location: Columbus Zoo
Date: Aug 20, 2007
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 20, 2007

 Title driven shoehorn all the way. I took the kids to the zoo Monday morning to try and get some shots for fill the frame. We walked all over the zoo and about 10 minutes before we were getting ready to leave I checked the time on my camera (I dont have a watch). It said 23:57. How odd was that? And then I saw a 19 in the date line. Oh crap! I then realized that when I got my camera back from the shop and set the date and time I must have set the time as 3:30 instead of 15:30. So I was off by twelve hours which meant everything I shot would be invalid for fill the frame. Fixed the clock, hit one or two locations again before we left to get nothing (animals were sleeping or had radically changed their location). Got home and opened up the images and began looking for the shoehorn - and here it is.

I googled the Harris Hawk (which this truly is) and found on e site that linked it to a tribe of Indians called the Moki. A tenuous link in that the only place I found Moki and Harris Hawk even remotely close to each other was in the actual google detail, but good enough for me. But Indians did find these types of birds sacred. So in it goes probably with a mid 5 score to soon be attached to it.

PP - Bulk in Lightroom using many of the sliders, in PS - several USM, selective color adjustments, levels adjustments, hue/sat adjustments, crop, resize and border.


Statistics
Place: 6 out of 166
Avg (all users): 6.7027
Avg (commenters): 8.4667
Avg (participants): 6.8302
Avg (non-participants): 6.6515
Views since voting: 3686
Views during voting: 256
Votes: 185
Comments: 22
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 03/28/2008 01:00:48 AM
'Harris Hawk' - I thought he was an Private Eye from the old 'B' Movies ?

I still remember fondly the series of films he did when he was sponsored by the Coffee Giants - classics Westerns like 'Harris Hawk and the Mocha Indians', or his part in the famous War film - 'Von Ryans Expresso' :- )

As for this Bird that's clearly blocking the picture - very nice crisp shot.
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 11/16/2007 02:57:05 AM
Excellent detail and shaprness in this portrait. Very crisp and detailed. I didnt vote in this challenge but would have been a 9 from me. Great shot. Congrats on a 6th place finish.
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 08/28/2007 11:53:45 PM
Congrats Tim.
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 08/28/2007 11:00:46 PM
Congrats Tim, very clean and sharp shot (even better than my Harris' Hawk from the May Free Study :)
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 08/28/2007 08:34:33 PM
Congratulations on your Top 10!!! I love the detail and the sharpness!!!
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 08/28/2007 08:34:06 PM
Excellent image, and very creative and effective shoehorn.
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 08/28/2007 08:10:04 PM
Congrats, Tim! Got a 9 from me. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/28/2007 06:15:33 PM
Since all my photo equipment was stolen and I am camera-less, I will spend time now voting...
Interest - 2
Theme Interp - 3
Technical Merit - 3
Personal Bias - 2
TOTAL - 8
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 08/28/2007 06:58:24 AM
This is beautiful! I swear he's in the room with me!
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 08/27/2007 09:52:30 PM
sharp and clear....good composition as well
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 08/27/2007 03:35:38 PM
I need a rusty shoulder and black & white tail to be sure I can worship this raptor :)
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 08/27/2007 07:56:10 AM
Wonderful detail and clarity.
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 08/26/2007 09:13:40 AM
Fantastic shot!!!
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 08/26/2007 09:11:46 AM
Amazing photo and well shoe-horned to fit the challenge. Minus 1 point for the noise and artifacts.9
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 08/24/2007 10:36:20 AM
Spectacular picture. Thank you for explaining the connection to the challenge.
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 08/24/2007 08:26:42 AM
Wow. Great shot... good details and background color.
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 08/24/2007 05:27:33 AM
and the aussie rules football team I support...go Hawks!
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 08/23/2007 02:37:23 PM
Excellent shot.
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 08/22/2007 05:49:16 PM
Wow, amazing focus great shot
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 08/22/2007 01:53:04 PM
OK IMO a bit of a stretch to get to "Sacred" but this is still a superb bird picture. Great sharpness, perfect colours and lovely composition.
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 08/22/2007 01:05:12 PM
beautiful shot of a beautiful bird. sharpness and focus is impressive. 10
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 08/22/2007 10:12:30 AM
Wow, great color & detail.
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