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Dutch flamingo


Dutch flamingo
Photo Information
Copyright: Jaap Polak (carper) Silver Note Writer [C: 9 W: 4 N: 32] (104)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-02
Categories: Nature
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Desaturate it [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-04-04 8:41
Viewed: 1384
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Large pink and red wading bird, related to and similar to the heron, a stork, and spoonbill but with a longer neck, its feet are webbed, and a unique down bent bill.

Flamingos live in a tropical climate, although at times colonies have been observed high in the Andes. The American flamingo is now rarely seen in Florida nesting chiefly in the West Indies. Its plumage eight vermilion with black marks on the wings; a common South Asian and African flamingo is scarlet with black wing feathers.

When eating the flamingo scoops it's a large bill backward, shallow water in marshes and lagoons. When closed, the serrated and aquatic plants, shellfish, which the bird feeds. The nest is a cone of mud 1 to 2 ft. high and about 1 ft. across with a depression on top. The mates take turns incubating the one or two eggs, sitting astride the nest with their legs folded flat on either side.

This one is taken in Blijdorp zoo in rotterdam, I cropped him, I hope you will like it
kenny10pin, Derek, ilouy, Orme, nwoehnl, Jep, sunny, mortijo, Rabani, jhm, Janice has marked this note useful
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To wallie: Ik stuur je nog een mailtje met een vraag.carper 1 12-24 09:14
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Absolutely stunning on how you made the bird so bright with colour and the rest b/w

Well done

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  • ilouy Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 63 W: 18 N: 57] (760)
  • [2004-04-04 11:07]

You've made an outstanding color/desaturation play here. Orange and soft "brown" works very well together. You're picture show a nice composition and very interesting disturbed reflexions on the water's surface too. Nice shot, nice work.

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  • Orme Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 87 W: 6 N: 73] (311)
  • [2004-04-04 13:02]

Wonderful shot, Japp. Beautiful colours on the main flamingo. You have desaturated the rest of the photo superbly. Th light and reflections in the water are excellent. Well done.

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  • manny Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 525 W: 24 N: 1485] (11941)
  • [2004-04-04 13:03]

GREAT selective desaturation technique. I like the picture in many respects: first the color, then the composition. But most of all, i like the pose of your main subject.

An excellent motive to apply the selective desaturation technique to, Jaap. It sets the flamingo in front nicely apart from the rest of the bunch, and from the background. The only minor idea I have is I'd probably also have kept the color in the reflected feet of the flamingo, but that's a minor thing. Very well done!

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  • Jep Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 131 W: 16 N: 97] (585)
  • [2004-04-04 15:53]

Oh - A very rare bird ;-)) - Sorry Jaap - I could let go. I like your workshop - I realy must learn to use my programs better in the future.

Thanks for sharing Jaap.

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  • sunny Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 34 W: 0 N: 70] (246)
  • [2004-04-04 16:09]

The coloured one in orange is outstanding magnificently among the rest in B&W, Jaap! Fine water texture and reflections. Very well done!

At TE, your landscape and macros. Here I see your other speciality. Bird shots.

Nice post processing, I like the result, it's very nice

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 258 W: 0 N: 97] (531)
  • [2004-04-11 12:34]

Hallo Jaap hier ben weeral door jou, deze Flamingo's zijn zeer mooi, goed van kleur en het water hheft precies een blubber effect. Mooi zo.

En deze is ook mooi Jaap. Ik stuur je nog een mailtje met een vraag.

Wallie

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3270 W: 270 N: 7711] (32868)
  • [2005-10-02 6:43]

Hi Jaap, I do like how you have given us this one brilliant flamingo amongst the grey drab BG. It stands out well. Well done.

I like this shot, how you have seperated the one flamingo from the others in black and white. Well done.

ML

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