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Ol' Blue Eyes
Ol' Blue Eyes
yakatme


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Blue II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
Location: Key Largo, Florida
Date: Jan 30, 2006
Aperture: f/11
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 31, 2006

 A cormorant standing above me allowed me to get pretty close to take his picture with only clear blue skies behind him. I knew that cormorant's eyes are blue, but I got lucky to have the sky color match this ones eys almost perfectly.

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 446
Avg (all users): 6.1619
Avg (commenters): 6.4286
Avg (participants): 6.0924
Avg (non-participants): 6.2266
Views since voting: 1397
Views during voting: 340
Votes: 247
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Nikon Coolpix P7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 06/03/2006 12:13:32 AM
This is a gorgeous shot! I love the blue in the sky and the eye! Amazing! I'm faving this one!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/07/2006 11:42:31 PM
A very nice "wow' capture. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix S3100
 02/07/2006 12:24:30 PM
Try to elminate more space.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM
 02/07/2006 09:31:35 AM
nice capture, tonal balance is spot on and the importantly the eye is perfectly in focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 02/05/2006 09:12:45 PM
wow! nice shot...hope this does well for you
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-F828
Sony VCL-R2052 52mm 2x Telephoto Lens
 02/03/2006 04:58:13 PM
Great!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix S5000 Z
 02/02/2006 11:58:52 AM
Wow nice job capturing the bird.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K-3
Pentax HD D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6 DC AW
02/02/2006 09:21:53 AM
Nice portrait of this bird!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus C-750UZ
 02/01/2006 09:54:00 AM
good framing
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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