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Life's Race Ends with a Dirt Nap
Life's Race Ends with a Dirt Nap
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Challenge: Peace (Basic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Konica Minolta MF 50mm f/1.2
Location: San Bernardino California
Date: Feb 19, 2008
Aperture: F8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Feb 19, 2008

 i found this pigeon in my backyard yesterday. Looks like a cat tore it up.

The info on the leg band led me to the owner some thirty miles away. It belonged to a pigeon racing club.


Statistics
Place: 121 out of 149
Avg (all users): 4.5205
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 4.4878
Avg (non-participants): 4.5281
Views since voting: 901
Views during voting: 349
Votes: 219
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 02/05/2009 07:22:43 AM
heh, too bad the voters didn't like your interpretation of peace... ;) I think this is great - the colors, the shallow dof, and the concept itself is quite clever for the challenge. Doves usually are associated with peace and heaven, so...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/26/2008 09:26:21 PM
Peace at last, is that whats supposed to be coming across, this actually is a super great photo of the foot, colors and lighting are great, depth and clarity both are superb, the numders are cool, 8.
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 02/25/2008 03:01:17 PM
i bet you will get a PH ribbon with this
i like it 8
edit:
bumping to 10 after viewing all the photos
good luck
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Olympus Stylus 770 SW
 02/25/2008 10:14:46 AM
I wouldn't really consider this "peace" but the textures you captured are really nice and the vibrant color of the chickens foot really pops out.
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Panasonic DMC-LC50
 02/25/2008 09:24:34 AM
Original Title and concept.
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 02/24/2008 07:40:17 PM
where's the peace??
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 02/23/2008 03:56:26 PM
yuck chicken foot!! nicely done though. the lighting and the focus is perfect.
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 02/22/2008 11:16:10 AM
i dont know what this has to do with peace, its dead. dead isnt peacful.
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Kodak DX7590
 02/22/2008 11:06:25 AM
Ewww..
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 02/22/2008 09:35:41 AM
Well, that's depressing :-( Poor thing looks like it's still grasping at a chance at life.
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Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 02/22/2008 12:02:13 AM
LOL very funny and interesting take on this.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 02/21/2008 09:56:01 AM
Ummm... no.

This doesn't say "Peace" to me. This says "Dead Chicken" to me. It's a really good photo of a dead chicken, though. *grin*
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Nikon Coolpix L6
 02/21/2008 09:27:28 AM
awesome...though for some it could be a bit morbid. Nice detail of the leg and good colors.
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Nikon D40
 02/21/2008 09:22:35 AM
The detail on the leg is almost sureal. This is a great shiot but it doesnt show much meaning to me.
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Panasonic LUMIX-DMC ZS100
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/20/2008 09:49:18 PM
This is a dramatic image but I certainly don't get a feeling of peace. Just look at those claws!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 35-80mm f/4-5.6 III
 02/20/2008 06:52:10 PM
How does a dead (I assume) birds foot = peace? I assume going for a RIP type thing. I may just not understand your title/caption combo. It just doesn't relay peace to me. Technically though, the foot and band are nice and sharp. Ligthing is nice. Wish I knew more of the story/set up for scoring reasons.
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