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Posted by Juan E. Bahamon on Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:21 pm

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Canon 1DS Mark II, 600 IS Lens = 2xTCII f8 1/200 ISO 400

There are some cardinals on the ranch at this time that there is no boring moment at the blind, when we shot a subject over and over many times plain luck strikes and we end up with a different picture.

I hope you like. All brutal comments are appreciated.

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by Christopher Dodds on Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:23 pm

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Juan, great job keeping the eye sharp. Super action shot!

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by Fabs Forns on Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:24 pm

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I love the bird. The branches on the left, I coul do without. Great action shot!!!!

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by AForns on Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:27 pm

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This is freaking awesome !!!! Way to go Juan Love it !!!!!

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by Len Maltese on Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:29 pm

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Sweet shot Juan. Head nice and sharp with wings and tail in motion. Well done.

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by juanli on Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:45 pm

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A great image.

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by Cindy Marple on Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:55 pm

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Great timing! Very cool action capture. I like the branches on the bottom but I'm not so sure the ones on the left add to the image, I might look at it with them cropped or removed to see the effect. Pretty minor, though!

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by Fabs Forns on Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:00 am

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Cindy wrote:Great timing! Very cool action capture. I like the branches on the bottom but I'm not so sure the ones on the left add to the image, I might look at it with them cropped or removed to see the effect. Pretty minor, though!

I thought the same thing, and I think what bothers me it's that they are not connected to the rest of the tree. Maybe if they were, they would be a nice frame.

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:10 am

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Excellent shot Juan. I wouldn't clone any off the left, just crop in a bit for better balance. The sharp head is great.

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by Mike Wilson on Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:27 am

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Works for me.

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by john on Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:15 am

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Very nice timing and sharp head. The oof straight line going up the right of the images through the wingtip is a bit distracting for me.

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by KK Hui on Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:16 am

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This one works for me, Juan!
Would have clone out the branch behind the bird ... :roll:

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:27 am

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I think I would lose the branches on the left edge but this is a beautiful capture Juan - looks like cotton candy!!

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by jnadler on Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:16 am

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excellent action capture!

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by Miguel Lasa on Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:47 am

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amazing shot Juan, love the colour

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by David Jernigan on Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:12 am

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Nice Juan!! I tried to do this unsuccessfully at Falcon State Park, it is very difficult.

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by Van Hilliard on Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:52 pm

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Comments about the framing aside, I think this is a beautiful photograph. The wing blur and the color and the orientation of the bird create an exceptional image.
Obviously, I really love it.

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by artsevestre on Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:36 pm

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I think I might crop some off the top to make it more of a square format, but I love your capture. I like images like this that are mostly blurred, but with the most important part of it in focus.

It could be that you applied a bit too much unsharp mask, because many of the edges of the branches and leafs show faint bright edges. If this is true, it might be a good idea to only apply the unsharp mask (or most of it anyways) to the face of the bird. Did you try to add some saturation to the greens to make the background a bit stronger?

Small nits on a very special image!

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by Haim Ziv on Wed Jan 19, 2005 3:39 pm

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Yes! it is very special image.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:48 pm

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Juan,

Very cool shot. Keeping the head sharp was the key to making the image work so well.

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