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Painted Feathers


Painted Feathers
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Copyright: ricky batiancila (rbatiancila) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 15 W: 12 N: 19] (154)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-15
Categories: Nature, Pets
Camera: Canon 350 D, Canon 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 III
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Pigeons [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-08-10 12:29
Viewed: 604
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
It's a Nicobar Pigeon, also taken at a Bird Show in Hong Kong.

Originally taken while it's walking on an artificial carpet grass about 20 meters away from the upper box where I was seated.

PP: Removed the background using pencil & burn tools, cropped the original position of the image & flipped the uncropped smaller image horizontally, put them together by a simple copy & paste function, just to show both focal ranges.


Characteristics:

The Nicobar Pigeon or Caloenas Nicobarica is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird on small uninhabited islands in Indonesia and the Nicobar Islands. It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas.

Roams in flocks from island to island, including inhabited sites, seeking its food of seeds, fruit and some invertebrates, and is attracted to areas where grain is available; usually, it sleeps on offshore islets where no predators occur and spends the day in areas with better food availability. Its flight is quick, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings which are characteristic of pigeons in general. Peculiarly, groups tend to fly in columns or single file, not in a loose flock as most other pigeons do; the white tail seems to serve as a sort of "taillight" when crossing water at dawn or dusk. These observations are also supported by inexperienced birds, which could lead a group astray, lacking this feature.

This species nests in dense forest, building a stick nest in a tree and laying one elliptical, faintly blue-tinged white egg.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org
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Gorgeous work and beautiful pov! Beautiful and creative work. TFS
Christan

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  • nova Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2735 W: 263 N: 864] (8653)
  • [2007-08-10 17:23]
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Great work.I love your frame and your composition.Beautiful colors.Very well done! TFS
Michel

Very nice model :-)
Good idea. Thank you for sharing
bye Aga

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