OK - Its friday morning and [user]Simms[/user] is going nuts. Whoever starts these double score threads is crazy but this week has been fun. As of right now I am sitting on a 6.95 and Mark is at 6.98. Neither of us has divulged which challenge we are in but I am pretty sure he is in Fauna as well (vote recieved count is higher in fauna than flora). Lets see how long it takes him to figure it out. I am guessing he will before the challenge is over, but who knows. I hope not.
This was taken at the Columbus Zoo song bird atrium. For som ereason there just werent alot of birds roaming around this time. This little guy posed for me for a couple of shots but not many. Glad he did pose onthis branch. Allowed for a good crop in ROT, good composition and decent bokeh. While not a stunning, wow, artistic type of shot, it is clean, simple and probably hard to find anything really strong to knock. I had hoped for a mid 6 but I can handle where it is right now.
Editing - RAW conversion, levels, selective color, NI, USM, crop, resize and border. Overall just not a whole lot done to it. Maybe top 10? I am gonna need a couple more ribbons to catch up to eyewave.
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Place: 5 out of 230 Avg (all users): 7.0563 Avg (commenters): 8.5000 Avg (participants): 6.8923 Avg (non-participants): 7.1284 Views since voting: 6405 Views during voting: 307 Votes: 213 Comments: 34 Favorites: 3 (view)
Well, I'm sure happy you ended up with that banana firmly in place for all time -- because this one certainly deserves every point it got and then some :) Congratulations on an honorable mention!
EXCEPTIONAL... 10++++++ You don't know how much i love this.. Have tried all summer to catch one of these even had bluebird residents and never, never, could get close enuf for a decent shot..
Personally am giving u a RIBBON for 1st place..
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