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26-JAN-2008 Rod

Hunting Bird

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 iso1600 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time26-Jan-2008 05:34:58
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length200 mm
Exposure Time1/1000 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent1600
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge28-Jan-2008 19:56
What a catch! looks like you shot an extinct species, obviously not extinct anymore ;)

-Techo
Guest 28-Jan-2008 02:36
Oh..what this needs is pretty frame.
Canon DSLR Challenge27-Jan-2008 06:22
Those are very rare and on the endangered species list here in the States Rod- hope you didn't disturb it ;-)
~Brent
ctfchallenge27-Jan-2008 04:59
A slightly ruffled specimen of Mellitoculus adstringae, I believe. Lovely light on the shore there.
-k2
Canon DSLR Challenge27-Jan-2008 04:34
Good man, keeping with the bird rule - the end justifies the means eh? :-) Primitive PP. -tv
ctfchallenge26-Jan-2008 23:12
I've seen that same bird in my yard!!!! I'll wait outside tomorrow so I can capture it :) Hopefully it will draw itself to my attention lol jano
Rod 26-Jan-2008 22:55
:-)hehe. Claire the Capalaba Awk is far from ugly but I must admit wiv the tricky back lighting it was hard to show this magnificent bird at its best:-)
Canon DSLR Challenge26-Jan-2008 22:06
Ha ha ha. Nice sunset.
Penny Street
Guest 26-Jan-2008 21:50
you've made me laugh! Loved the colours on the thumbnail and then enlarged the shot...Such a shame when such an ugly bird ruins such a beautiful sunset but 10/10 for entertainment! - claire
ctfchallenge26-Jan-2008 21:26
Gee - that doesn't look PP'd to me! Great work Rod getting that bird right on the thirds lines! ;-) CJ
ctfchallenge26-Jan-2008 20:52
Blame it on me, fine. Ahem . . . I suspect this bird was pp'd. Did you insert him? Bad boy!!! -- Bwuce
Rod 26-Jan-2008 20:44
Thanks all:-) Now I understand, the picy sucks:-) It's all Bwuces fault for picking such a daft topic:-) Anyhow I only have this other picy of the Capalaba Awk hunting for breakfast so it will have to do until I can master bird picys:-)
ctfchallenge26-Jan-2008 17:27
Yes the shadows are very busy and the bird has an extra tail. There does seem to be a bit of burnout - unusual for you. -tv
ctfchallenge26-Jan-2008 15:07
OK. Sorry. But somehow it still doesn't look right to me - maybe because the colors are all muted and the birds legs kind of blend into the sand and some of the white feathers are missing. I don't know.....but these are just excuses. Maybe I just don't like wild egrets. (did I get that part right?). Or maybe I like the grass background better.
Penny Street
aam1234 26-Jan-2008 10:56
What I mean is that this is a water kind of bird. To see it in (what it seems like) a desert just looked off to me. Love the light, btw.
Guest 26-Jan-2008 10:55
looks like the highlights around the neck are blown - Debi
Guest 26-Jan-2008 10:55
looks like the highlights around the neck are blown - Debi
ctfchallenge26-Jan-2008 06:58
Ah Tommy, do you mean the shadows are making it a busy background? I have a very similar picy wiv a grass background. I thought it looked too sort of normal:-)

Rod
Rod 26-Jan-2008 04:31
Thanks Penny, Aamm & Tommy:-) Have you three bin drinking???? I didn't understand one of your comments:-) What are you seeing as a problem here? (Apart from it being a rotten picy):-) I know Aamms might be the WB:-) This was shot at about 5-30am this morning wiv the sun just coming above the horizon, hence the shadows & golden light.
Canon DSLR Challenge26-Jan-2008 02:36
Whoa Rod!! The shadows are playing games with the bird. Careful. I gotta live with it a bid. Back later. -tv
ctfchallenge26-Jan-2008 01:56
Now One Foot, Now the Other.....WHAT?
Penny Street
aam1234 26-Jan-2008 01:51
There is something strange in this pic, Very strange.