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Challenge: Depression (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM
Location: Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO
Date: Mar 15, 2014
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/2500
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Mar 16, 2014

 No time to spend on shooting for a depression challenge subject. I don't care what DNMC score I get. It's not good to wallow in sadness and self pity. At least I'm not going to go there with my photography.

Finally, the early vanguard of Mountain Bluebirds has arrived in RMNP. This photo 03/15/14 3:47pm MDT. They are about six days late. This is due to the amount of snow and cold in place at elevations above 8500'. The bluebird population is going to be cautious because of last year's very snowy April 2013, when we received 80" of snow between 3/24/13 - 5/1/13. Hopefully, things will be normal in 2014. Canon 5Dmk3, Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM, f/5.6, 1/2500s, ISO 800, lens focal length 400mm.

[Mar. 27th, 2014 02:06:15 PM]

Photographing beautiful birds in nature is one way to cope with depression. In that way, this is definitely not a shoehorn. It would be much more unnatural for me to stage a posed shot with someone appearing to suffer from depression.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 03/29/2014 04:28:45 PM
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
I was gonna submit a SP of me mooning the voters because feeling the cool air on my bare ass is one way to cope with depression. In that way, my "Moon" shot would definitely not be a shoehorn. I'd accuse you of thinking everything is a free study, but you really seem to believe your own bizarre rationalizations.

That said, it's a nice bird photo.

Poetic license! Thanks for your comment.
Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/29/2014 05:30:46 AM
I was gonna submit a SP of me mooning the voters because feeling the cool air on my bare ass is one way to cope with depression. In that way, my "Moon" shot would definitely not be a shoehorn. I'd accuse you of thinking everything is a free study, but you really seem to believe your own bizarre rationalizations.

That said, it's a nice bird photo.
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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 03/27/2014 01:54:34 PM
ah, the bluebird of depression...
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Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 03/23/2014 03:10:53 AM
a bit if a shoe in methinks
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Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 03/21/2014 07:23:12 PM
Good colors and DOF, but this does not look like depression to me.
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