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26-JAN-2008 Rod

Galah

Cleveland Brissie Oz

Canon EOS 350D ,Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM
1/1000s f/8.0 at 200.0mm iso400 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time26-Jan-2008 05:54:33
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length200 mm
Exposure Time1/1000 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Rod 30-Jan-2008 07:03
Thanks Penny & Kevin:-)
ctfchallenge27-Jan-2008 01:44
Kevin

I like the colours and composition. The shadow on the left adds interest, was debating the crop, eg knocking out the blue on the left but it balances the blue on the right. Plus have a soft spot for pink birds from Oz as we used to have a Rosie Bourkes.
Canon DSLR Challenge26-Jan-2008 22:09
I like them both but I like the blue on both sides and the bird in the middle.
Penny Street
ctfchallenge26-Jan-2008 21:22
Ooops - that anonymous was me! :-D CJ
Rod 26-Jan-2008 20:57
Thanks all & anonymous:-) Penny if there's one place where you can make silly comments it's under my picys:-) The crop does look good & makes the bird & shadow the main focal points but I think I like the tension in this picy:-) These bird picys are driving me nuts, they're too hard:-)
ctfchallenge26-Jan-2008 20:27
I'm probably mistaken in my reaction to this looking at other's comments but I thought it looked a bit busy with all the different elements. I really liked the shadow and thought cropping a bit to place more emphasis on that and the bird might look good. I hope you don't mind but I put a possible crop in pending. Please feel free to delete it. :-)
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ctfchallenge26-Jan-2008 20:11
This has a lot going on but I like the "blocks" of colors and shadows. Nice one!
Penny Street
ctfchallenge26-Jan-2008 17:23
Much better. composition works well for me this time. The blue sky and black shadows compete with the main subject for attention. -tv
aam1234 26-Jan-2008 15:30
Of course you can. Leave Rod to me if he objects :)
ctfchallenge26-Jan-2008 15:09
Am I allowed to comment? (don't want to say anything stupid.....)
Penny Street
aam1234 26-Jan-2008 09:52
Look at the shadow. Waw. Good one, mate.
Rod 26-Jan-2008 06:38
I've put the other one in Pending & trying this picy for your edification:-)
Rod 26-Jan-2008 04:25
Thanks Sue Anne & Tommy:-) The other problem is I was looking almost straight up so the lighthouse thingy looks like it's leaning back.
Canon DSLR Challenge26-Jan-2008 02:42
Sorry my friend but this time I don't think the camera crop makes it. In spite of the great space, the clutter at the bottom is too unbalanced to work well. A crop from the top and right finds some sense of stasis that I think is needed to give emphasis to those birds. Beautiful exposure. -tv
Canon DSLR Challenge26-Jan-2008 02:40
Sorry my friend but this time I don't think the camera crop makes it. In spite of the great space, there's too much illogical clutter to work well. A crop from the top and right finds some sense of stasis that I think is needed to give emphasis to those birds. Beautiful exposure. -tv
sue anne25-Jan-2008 23:44
Wow those Galahs look abit like a pink parrot. :)