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Bird Watching


Bird Watching
Photo Information
Copyright: Karen Smith (karith) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1067 W: 80 N: 1173] (7421)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-12-31
Categories: Nature, Mood
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi 400D, 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM, 58mm HOYA UV(0)
Exposure: f/16, 1/20 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Creatures and Critters [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-01-01 12:18
Viewed: 475
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This snowy egret watched me take photos of it today at a nearby bird sanctuary. It was interesting to get a good view of his yellow feet and the fluff of his plumage as he waited on the rock, ready to grab something tasty out of the shallow water surrounding him.

PP: none, other than resizing, simple border, and a final sharpening tweek.
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Discussions
ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To gelarsen: Close-upkarith 1 02-21 10:23
To c-ynthia: Snowy egretkarith 1 02-18 10:15
To gabbypal: Birdskarith 1 01-15 08:04
To dbp: Momentkarith 1 01-06 09:38
To PakoJones: Clearkarith 1 01-04 11:00
To ScottHale: Waterkarith 1 01-03 21:44
To bazsa: Detailskarith 1 01-03 09:06
To boonie: Facekarith 1 01-03 09:03
To machinelove: Popkarith 1 01-03 09:00
To hester: Fluffed upkarith 1 01-03 08:43
To Dingo: Razor sharpkarith 1 01-03 08:13
To studena: Sharpnesskarith 1 01-02 08:53
To hay_kes: Sharpnesskarith 1 01-02 08:48
To kulimpapat: Superkarith 1 01-01 17:51
To Helkoryo: Sharpkarith 1 01-01 17:47
To mip158: Backgroundkarith 1 01-01 17:31
To doganizler: Sharpnesskarith 1 01-01 17:16
To Mujahid-Awais: Lightkarith 1 01-01 17:11
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Excellent,Beautiful Photography.Light abd composition are superb.

very very nice shot...sharpness, colours..well done...tfs :-)

Oh, Wow! Nice composition, contrats between surrounding and the subjet serve very well the subject. Backlighting has been my favorite for longtime. Volume of the subject is very good. Would a F8 aperture sufficient for sharp bird and blur background? Maybe...
Still i would be prould of this shot

Hello Karen

Beautiful capture here, nice sharp image with good detail

TFS regards Helen

Hi Karen

Woooow, this is super shots and yes it seems to be ready to catch the fish.... congrats

Amri HMS

Hi Karen,
What a great shot of this cute bird. perfect POV, colours, sharpness and light.Well done..TFS.
Cheers,

hAyAti

this is excellent shot of great white bird. sharpness colors especially white tone of bird and bright dark color of background, but would consider cropping: below is to sparse place.
TFS
best regards
Tanja

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  • Dingo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2744 W: 370 N: 2624] (11948)
  • [2008-01-02 9:25]
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Wow Karen, this is a razor sharp bird portrait ;o). Colours are nice too, even in this backlight which is not easy to achieve. Nice "backdrop" as well. One nit-pick: you cut off one of its nails.
Anyway, a beauty!
TFS

Hi Karen

Lovely close up shot of this Egret. He looks all fluffed up. Nicely composed and sharp details

Happy New Year

Karan

Great shot Karen with great detail.
That white really pops out of the picture.
Great positioning of the subject.
Well done!
Vincent

WOW - simply a beautiful image of this egret - impressive contrast on the birds "face" - BG perfect blend. The guys little feet perfectly captured. Really impressive.

Dan

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  • bazsa Gold Star Critiquer [C: 90 W: 0 N: 3] (2926)
  • [2008-01-03 7:59]
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Hi Karen,
Excellent shot, great composition and colours, very good details. Congratulations.
Best wishes,
bazsa

Karen,
THIS is an image I can sink my teeth into. Good sharpness, vibrant colors and it looks like you might have used a polarizer because I can see into the water real well here.
There is a hint of OE on the top of the bird but it's VERY minor. The f/22 allowed for nice detail. Overall, a very good image.
Good work,
Scott

Hola Karen,

Fantástica captura de esta imagen, muy buenos detalles y una nitidez excelente. Muy buen trabajo.

Saludos,

Pako

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  • dbp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 680 W: 9 N: 97] (4079)
  • [2008-01-06 7:44]
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great shot Karen
excellent catch of the moment
great composition
regards
David

How I'd love going bird-watching with you!:)

Are these birds in the S.F. Zoo? How are the tigers, by the way? :))

Very sharp and very detailed photo.
The background let him speak out more
TFS
Cynthia

This close-up turned out pretty good. The full body is visible against a nice dark background. Well captured.
Gary

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