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Bird in Space
Bird in Space
Keith Maniac


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Challenge: Abstract II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Olympus C-8080
Location: Home
Date: Feb 4, 2006
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Feb 1, 2006

 The title is a reference to sculptor Constantin Brancusi's Bird in Space, which I have always loved. I think that without the title, the sculpture would lose a lot of its appeal to me. Just goes to show how much a title can matter!

This is a photograph of a single eddy of smoke. I chose this out of over 1000 shots. Yes, I am mildly obsessive :)






Statistics
Place: 5 out of 325
Avg (all users): 6.9605
Avg (commenters): 8.4706
Avg (participants): 6.7328
Avg (non-participants): 7.3934
Views since voting: 4951
Views during voting: 317
Votes: 177
Comments: 25
Favorites: 18 (view)

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/15/2006 02:22:00 PM
You are awesome man. You my 1st favorite photographer. It's not so much that you are so good with your camera (you obviously are), it's that your so good with your brain. Great stuff, will be checking in on your latest work often.

Take Care,
Brian
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/03/2006 03:45:40 PM
A 1000 shots! ;) I must try this myself at some point.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/25/2006 08:29:50 PM
Simply stunning... Congrats on your top 5 placement with this gorgeous image.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/13/2006 10:04:56 PM
Quite a haunting image! Congratulations on your top 5 finish.
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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
 02/13/2006 05:44:25 AM
Wow, 1000 shots! You deserve a medal for persistence. Great job.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/13/2006 04:18:39 AM
beautiful.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/13/2006 12:26:01 AM
Beautiful lighting and colours....such a serene image. Great work!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/12/2006 10:10:18 PM
Very nice. Love the flow of lines and color. 10
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Fujifilm X100T
Pentax DA 70mm f/2.4 Limited
 02/12/2006 09:03:48 PM
Very cool.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 02/12/2006 07:29:21 PM
this is a great image. i love the calm vibes of it.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 02/12/2006 09:24:03 AM
A really Great smoke swirl, my favouriet, Good luck!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 02/10/2006 03:37:22 PM
cool
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/09/2006 06:39:32 AM
Great imagination. Makes a beautiful image.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 02/09/2006 05:30:58 AM
Just Beautiful...
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/08/2006 05:18:32 AM
I really like these type of images, as you do then really well.....
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Fujifilm FinePix S5100
 02/07/2006 12:52:45 PM
Very cool...love the blue against black and the lines. Good luck.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 02/07/2006 04:53:23 AM
Simply cool, well done my friend.
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Apple iPhone 12 Pro
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/07/2006 02:56:40 AM
That's pretty awesome! beautiful.
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Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/07/2006 02:46:04 AM
Beautiful, looking forward to the how to.... ;-)
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 02/06/2006 07:43:24 PM
beautiful blues, flow and compositon
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 02/06/2006 06:23:46 PM
Beautiful. The blue is perfect for the dark background and the sense of moving light is great.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/06/2006 12:54:45 AM
lovely!!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
 02/06/2006 12:38:07 AM
Ridiculously cool! I bet you're beaming with the score you have...this is something absolutly wonderful. Very nice job!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/06/2006 12:20:37 AM
wow! awesome! 9
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
 02/06/2006 12:08:13 AM
i love this. how was it done? 10
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