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31-JUL-2007 bruja

Jailbird

Mexico City

Canon EOS 30D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM
1/500s f/8.0 at 300.0mm iso800 hide exif
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Date/Time31-Jul-2007 05:55:08
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 30D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length300 mm
Exposure Time1/500 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent800
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Canon DSLR Challenge05-Aug-2007 22:56
bruja, well done for getting the file size under control. I remember when I first joined the challenges

Step 1 - Shoot an image I'm happy to enter into the challenge
Step 2 - Learn how to enter it
Step 3 - Try to up the game to get competitive

You've done all three in your first entry. Well done! Regards, Najinsky
Michael Kilpatrick05-Aug-2007 12:31
I like the end result and the frame as it is now. I'd be tempted to try a composition with the bird not so centred, but I'm not sure it would be an improvement - having the bird in the centre seems to work in this instance.
Regards
Michael
Canon DSLR Challenge04-Aug-2007 17:41
Still learning, thanks for the observations! The colors hark back to some early Rothko I saw, greens are alway a challenge so I decided to work with them.

Victor I agree with you the original frame was not "ripe" enough...

Yes Jim the body language of the bird is meant to suggest dejection. Birds are usually so "perky." ta - ta, b
Canon DSLR Challenge02-Aug-2007 01:19
bruja, this is a lovely image and I actually think the stark border serves it well. However, the image size is around the 500KB which is more than 3 times the allowable size. Please can you re-encode it using higher compression to bring it with the 150KB limit. Please refer to the FAQs:http://www.pbase.com/cslr_challenge/faq or ask if you need assistance. -Regards, Najinsky
Canon DSLR Challenge01-Aug-2007 23:00
I like this picture, but I think the frame needs work. I like how the light green mirrors the bokeh of the background and the dark green mirrors the ironwork. However, the stark line between them mirrors nothing and doesn't fit the picture, in my opinion. If this were to modify the picture from here, I'd probably blur the light green some, and do something to reduce the starkness between the dark and light green -- perhaps simply distorting it so that it's not perfectly straight. -- Victor
Canon DSLR Challenge01-Aug-2007 11:45
It almost looks as if the poor bird is hanging his head, feeling bad about being in jail :) Jim H.