Motif: Tittle bout for the Featherweight Belt-Ft. De Soto


Posted by AlexC on Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:07 pm

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Tittle Fight

Ladies and Gentlemen!!
Let's get ready to rumbleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!
This is a single 15 second round Tittle Bout for the Featherweight Crown !!
On your left; Chico Chihuahua from Cancun, Mexico, wearing feather shorts and standing on the muddy red corner!!
On your right, Pete De Soto from St.Petersburg, Florida (local boy), also wearing feather pants and standing on the Ocean Blue corner!!
One can only tell them apart by the fact that Pete De Soto has sand on his beak!!
This bout is sanctioned by the International Feather Confederation of Wading birds!!! In which, no low blows are allowed, no feather pulling, no sand throwing , and no name calling !!!
Are we ready ??, Touch beaks and let the rumble begin!!!!

(In this case I will forgo the technicals details)
Any comments and or reposts are always welcome!!
A little more midtones have been applied in "Levels"!!
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by Laura Stiefel on Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:38 pm
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Hi Alex,

After coming home from work all grumpy this put a huge smile on my face. I absolutly love it! The commentary is top notch too! :)
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by Sandy Mossberg on Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:45 pm
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Fantastic, Alex, the image and the commentary. We were lucky to have tickets for this bout.
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by Jim Neiger on Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:47 pm
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ROFLOL!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Very nice image, but in this case, I think the icing on the cake is the commentary.
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by AlexC on Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:50 pm
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Sandy wrote:
We were lucky to have tickets for this bout.
Sandy, Nothing but front row and sipping Coronas!!! :wink:
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by Harold Stiver on Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:51 pm
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I love it, Alex. Well done :D :D
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by christoforos on Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:59 pm
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Great shot and great interpretation!

I can guess though what they are arguing about:
on the left: "you said you're not going to pose for Alex!!"
and on the right: " oh yeah? and you said you're not gonna pose for Sandy..."
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by Brandon Holden on Fri Feb 06, 2004 6:09 pm
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Howdy,

I love the pose and the interaction :) . However, beeing a true birder at heart, the birds look a little too pale compared to the birds I see here in the fall. Perhaps it is a little too enhanced, or the lighting. Still a great photo however.

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by fredcor on Fri Feb 06, 2004 6:40 pm
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I love this; not seen anything like it before. As far as the content goes that's great too, capture of poses is terrific :D
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by Alan Murphy on Fri Feb 06, 2004 6:45 pm
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Alex,

Truly what bird photography is all about. This is just Rockin!
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by Alan Melle on Fri Feb 06, 2004 7:09 pm
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Fabulous! What a great image. Love the action and the light, DOF, BG are all working for you here.
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by Jim Neely on Fri Feb 06, 2004 8:34 pm
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What a hoot, Alex.

These guys are great, but the commentary puts it over the top. :D

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by Jim Zipp on Fri Feb 06, 2004 8:50 pm
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What a great action shot Alex! Nice job.
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by AlexC on Fri Feb 06, 2004 8:52 pm
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Brandon wrote:
However, beeing a true birder at heart, the birds look a little too pale compared to the birds I see here in the fall. Perhaps it is a little too enhanced, or the lighting.
Brandon, You might be correct in your assumption, I was forewarned that the new Shadow/High lites adjustment tool in Photoshop CS was kind of tricky, I am still experimenting with it, and sooner or later I will get the hang of it, I will darken it just a tad and see how it looks!!
Thanks for looking!!!
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by KK Hui on Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:07 pm
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A wonderful shot, Alex! :lol: :lol: :lol:
These two birds are just like doing the Japanese wrestling, Zumo ...
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by LHays on Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:11 pm
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ROFLMAO!!!!! :D :D :D I will never get to sleep tonight laughing about this one. The title......the narrative....the stance. Holy excrement this is a good one!!! This truly is "As good as it gets"!!!!
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by stevebein on Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:27 pm
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Alex. Fantastic! great humor also.
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by ebkw on Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:52 pm
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Alex, both you and the birds tell quite a story :lol: Great action and well captured.
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by Jill on Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:20 pm
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Alex, You are tooooooo funny!!! Totally Hysterical!! :lol: I'm taking Chico Chihuahua of Cancun at the eleven second mark!!! I love a good fight, and you, mi amigo, have demonstrated this to perfection!!! :D :D :D
Aside to Brandon: C'mon down in winter to see our pale shorebirds! Pete may well be a H/Y.
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by Bill Whala on Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:24 pm
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Great narrative for this incredible photo. This is awesome!!
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