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Photo of the Day: February 2011
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Picture taken in Low, Province of Québec, Canada. I find it a bit too tight at the top and back of the bird. I'll see if I can "decrop" it a bit. What are your taughts ? I love those eyes 
Canon 40D, 400mm, ISO 800, 1/500sec, f/6.3
Canon 40D, 400mm, ISO 800, 1/500sec, f/6.3
No it's outside the Theatre Royal in Brighton, during the Brighton Festival - very similar architecture. And thanks for your kind words.
Ice fishing. Upper Mowat Lake. Model is Ken. DSC F717. Wasn't taking my "real" camera into all that snow
Which just goes to show that you don't need your 'real' camera to take a fabulous shot
Cold wind, fresh snow.
Upper Mowat Lake. Lake Trout ice fishing. Parkin Pig... I agree. Thanks for the comment.
Upper Mowat Lake. Lake Trout ice fishing. Parkin Pig... I agree. Thanks for the comment.
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Picture taken in Low, Province of Québec, Canada. I find it a bit too tight at the top and back of the bird. I'll see if I can "decrop" it a bit. What are your taughts ? I love those eyes
Canon 40D, 400mm, ISO 800, 1/500sec, f/6.3
Very nice shot- I'd probably have shot a few in portrait orientation too, the space on the right really doesn't do much for the overall composition- though it's still a lovely shot and one to be happy with.
Paul
I love this shot rowbear. Sharp; great frontal view with the eyes grabbing the viewer's attention. I particularly like the blurred background and the snow falling, making the negative space a great framing for the bird.
Maybe a portrait alignment would be more striking, but for my 2 cents I like the photo as presented. The large space to the right adds to the 'wintry' fell.
Well done.
Need some help identifying this guy. Downy or Hairy Woodpecker? I want it to be a Hairy but I'm leaning more towards it being a Downy as it does have a shorter bill.
The photo I really wanted to post didn't turn out but it was more of a test shot so I'll do it again. The other I wanted to post flew away. It was a massive owl but Ive never seen one like this before. Couldn't see it clearly as it was kind of far but I could tell it had a flat oval face, grey with what seemed to be white markings and about 17-20 inches tall from the very bottom to the top of his head.
I'd say he's a Downy based upon the bill and the barred tailfeathers, as well as size. Only Pacific and Newfoundland Hairy Woodpeckers have barred white tail feathers, most of them have plain white and black tails.
I highly recommend David Sibley's Guide to Birds- it's so good that I just paid for the iPhone version (ouch!)
Paul
Ice fishing. Upper Mowat Lake. Model is Ken. DSC F717. Wasn't taking my "real" camera into all that snow
I should think that a D700 would be fine in inclement weather, but there's a lot to be said for peace of mind.
Light Spikes
You're on a roll, Reef. I love how the V-shapes of light at the top and right echo the V-shape of the two hills meeting in the foreground. My eye keeps going back to that uppermost 'chevron' and resting there before following the diagonals around the frame again. It's a very good example of a photo that doesn't really have a distinct 'subject' but nevertheless has a strong focal point.
I agree that the right side of the frame doesn't add anything that we don't get in the left side. The right side is just more of the same, really. At any rate, it's a terrific portrait of a bird.
I've shared some beach and landscape shots... now for some skies of the Caribbean...
Very nice, VirtualRain. The boat here really helps to anchor the image and acts as a foil for the massive cloud formation--not only because of its relatively small size, but also because of the diminutive puff of smoke coming out of it. I think this is the best shot you've posted yet from your Carribean vacation series.
Thanks! You will be happy to know I was thinking of our discussion in one of the contest threads recently (about this kind of photo) when I was taking it. You're advice helped in this composition.
EDIT: The only way this picture could have been improved was if the ship was a three mast galleon instead of a modern day cruise ship
Thanks! You will be happy to know I was thinking of our discussion in one of the contest threads recently (about this kind of photo) when I was taking it. You're advice helped in this composition.
EDIT: The only way this picture could have been improved was if the ship was a three mast galleon instead of a modern day cruise ship
Always happy to help.
Actually, as much as I love beautiful, old, multi-masted sailboats, I think the cruise ship worked particularly well for you because of the smoke coming out of it. That smoke helps to emphasize the vast differences in scale that make the photo so exciting: the gargantuan cloud versus the tiny puff of smoke makes a wonderful contrast.
Need some help identifying this guy. Downy or Hairy Woodpecker? I want it to be a Hairy but I'm leaning more towards it being a Downy as it does have a shorter bill.
The photo I really wanted to post didn't turn out but it was more of a test shot so I'll do it again. The other I wanted to post flew away. It was a massive owl but Ive never seen one like this before. Couldn't see it clearly as it was kind of far but I could tell it had a flat oval face, grey with what seemed to be white markings and about 17-20 inches tall from the very bottom to the top of his head.
It depends on the size, it seems. A Harry Woodpecker is larger and has a more powerful bill. The Downey seems to be around the size of a Chickadee. Check out my "bird brain" for more. Click on Similar Species for a side by side comparison.
Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Dale
I've shared some beach and landscape shots... now for some skies of the Caribbean...
I don't have a photo to post for now (at work), but I just wanted to comment on how awesome this photo is. You captured a sense of scale really well! It reminds me about how that boat, as impressive and large as it may look up close, can be pulverized by nature at any moment. Cool!
I can't decide if I really like this one or not. I think if the sky had a bit more color to it it would be a lot better, but I can't help but feel that there is just too much coolness to it overall. What do you guys think?
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You may be right. There's almost no detail in the scene below the sky, and there's nothing interesting going on in the sky above it. If there had been clouds giving off color that would have been a good balance to the dark portion below it. At least that's my unprofessional opinion.
OK, a confession. I am not a cat person. I'm a dog person. Cats and I barely tolerate one another. So cat pictures are usually "blah" for me. But I really like this photo. The sharp focus; the color palette; the saturation; the background blur that helps set the foreground ... it's as razor sharp a picture as one can ever hope to see. Love it.
But I still can't stand cats.
Many of the dead housed in mausoleums at the Chinese Cemetery in Manila, have better homes than those still living in the city.
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