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A Natural Camoflague
A Natural Camoflague
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Challenge: Fauna II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990
Location: my backyard
Date: Oct 5, 2007
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Oct 6, 2007

 A Poor-will a wonderful migrant in my backyard. At 8" with my Coolpix, my D70 died.

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Place: 149 out of 230
Avg (all users): 5.3384
Avg (commenters): 6.2857
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Views since voting: 864
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Votes: 198
Comments: 11
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Nikon D2H
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 400mm f/2.8D IF-ED II
 12/15/2007 10:30:05 PM
I would have probably kicked this pinecone,it looks just like a pinecone or a leaf,,,,,good eye!
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 10/18/2007 12:15:54 PM
8" ?!!! Wow, now that's a bird with confidence in it's camouflage! It's called a "Poor-will"? Not familiar with this bird and would like to look it up.
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Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 10/17/2007 01:07:33 PM
Thanks for the comments.

I was glad to be able to see and shoot this with my old Coolpix, since my D70 is out of service. This is a once in a lifetime shot and will be published somewhere.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 10/16/2007 03:02:18 PM
Dang! Looks like a pine cone, or a piece of tree bark. Very cool.
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Nikon D40X
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 10/13/2007 08:28:55 PM
Sharp. A lot of distracting elements in the picture. It took me a second to realize what I was looking at.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 10/13/2007 08:26:07 PM
Subject does not stand out from background enough.
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Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 10/12/2007 01:20:39 PM
Nice poor will daddy!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 10/12/2007 01:14:28 PM
That's cool, I've never seen a bird that looks like that!
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 10/11/2007 05:18:33 PM
Nice find. These are hard birds to spot (for obvious reasons).
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Canon EOS-50D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 10/11/2007 11:23:06 AM
wow, what is it?
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Canon PowerShot A530
 10/10/2007 10:56:31 AM
You've got quite an eye to spot this little guy hiding in the grass. This Nighthawk blends so well with the surroundings that it's difficult to focus on him; but I guess that's the point in the animal kingdom.
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