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Challenge: Magazine Cover Revisited (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Tampa, FL (Bay Shore)
Date: Mar 17, 2004
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 16, 2004

 My first time trying this type of photography, it was fun photographing them.

I was tracking the pelican in sports mode, which is always trying to maintain focus on the subject. I was in full zoom and shooting in portrait, so I had very little space to work with in the frame because of the pelican's speed. Its not an easy task, I was at the bay for about 2 hours trying to come out with some decent shots. You have to wait for them untill they start flying and then start tracking them while composing a good photo that doesn't have any buildings in the background, it requires a lot of patience. You should try it sometime :)

There was no cropping done, this is how it was captured.

Lens: Canon 75-300mm III (@300mm handheld)

Edits:
+ Brightness
+ Contrast

Statistics
Place: 22 out of 147
Avg (all users): 6.4674
Avg (commenters): 7.2381
Avg (participants): 6.2366
Avg (non-participants): 6.7033
Views since voting: 1393
Votes: 184
Comments: 25
Favorites: 5 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/28/2004 07:30:14 PM
Thanks to everyone for the great comments, I really appriciate it. I'm glad you liked the photo.

- Thamer
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/28/2004 05:32:11 PM
Very nice detail here, good focus and use of dof. I like the composition as well. One could think the backside of the bird is on the back cover. :-)
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 03/26/2004 08:06:04 PM
This one could easily be a cover. The curvature of the feathers, the way your eye leads up to the top wing (just below where the mast would be) and the space at the top and left side all work for a magazine cover. This one's my pick.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/26/2004 05:05:01 PM
Fly high! This is superb.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/26/2004 09:53:58 AM
Cool bird but weird crop, even for a magazine cover. Love how you stopped the pelican in motion. The distal feathers are very clear.
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 03/26/2004 09:01:07 AM
Good crop. I know it must have been tempting to make this a "landscape" orientation but that wouldn't be a mag cover (which are portriat). Very good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/25/2004 10:22:08 AM
Good use of space, I like it very much.
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 03/25/2004 08:38:23 AM
WINNER
 03/25/2004 03:19:29 AM
This is beautiful!!!! I love the curves of the wing feathers. Lovely, lovely picture and it seems very suitable for a magazine cover. I'm not an expert, but as a consumer, this would attract my attention. Good luck. I can't vote, but if I could you'd get a 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/24/2004 06:46:22 AM
It's a good shot with plenty of room for title and blurbs. Exposure and color is good on the bird, but it could have done with a tad more sharpness.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/24/2004 12:48:27 AM
Nice shot, would be nice to see rest of pelllie (I wonder).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/23/2004 04:40:36 PM
great composition! very striking and well positioned bird..,10
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 03/23/2004 07:15:31 AM
Extraordinary composition. This shot gives me kind of a weight-less feeling. Congratulations! Good colours.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/22/2004 02:49:38 PM
I'd buy the magazine. :)
03/22/2004 02:46:34 PM
perfect alignment..I can see the title at the top...one of my favorites
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/22/2004 02:08:42 PM
Love this. I find that many nature magazines have this kind of photo for their cover with the animal sort of flying into the picture. Very well thought of and you even left space for the title. A ten!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/22/2004 02:01:56 PM
8
 03/22/2004 10:51:55 AM
Nice pelican.
 03/22/2004 10:26:28 AM
stunning shot. I can really see this working as a cover shot. Well done, good use of space for text / features too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/22/2004 06:50:33 AM
lovely shot, I love the spread on the feathers, but I would have like to have seen more of the pelican, but no points taken off for that...its still a great photo
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/22/2004 02:34:11 AM
Nice image, but it seems a bit washed out to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2004 10:25:42 PM
Title is a little cliche. Very cool shot! Good focus, composition and action.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2004 08:52:22 PM
I'd be great if i could see more of the bird. Nice captured of the moment.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2004 07:49:48 PM
Great one!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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