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My Luck Just Ran Out
My Luck Just Ran Out
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Unlucky (Basic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6
Location: Viera, FL
Date: Jan 4, 2009
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200s
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2009

 This photo was taken at Viera wetlands which is an Alligator infested swamp land. This little fish most likely avoided death several times by out maneuvering very large Turtles and Gators, but this bird brought this little guys life to an end shortly after this photo was taken. He flipped the little fish around until he was pointed head first down towards the birds throat, then down he went in a couple of seconds. You are witness to the little guys final farewell.

Crop, Sharpen, Adjust color.

[Jan. 11th, 2009 10:59:05 AM]

I am very pleased to see my score heading up instead of down. I started with a 5 and very quickly found myself at a 4.6.(Thanks to a few trolls)(According to the forums, I wasn't alone). Anyway,It took a couple of days for my score to reach the fives again. I know it isn't the greatest quality photo, but it was the only really good entry that I had that would actually meet the challenge. It is now in the voters hands, let's see where it goes from here. Hopefully the trolls will go take a nap until after the end of the challenge.
:)

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 70
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Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.1316
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Views since voting: 1408
Views during voting: 373
Votes: 210
Comments: 6
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Nikon D300s
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/14/2009 11:00:50 AM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. The blur of the bird's head indicatates he is going to town on that unlucky fish. Nice crisp focus on the fish. I love the birds they have so much detail in them. Great capture.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sigma DP1x
01/11/2009 10:38:21 AM
What a capture. Unlucky indeed!
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Canon EOS-40D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 01/08/2009 07:06:44 PM
Good capture. Certainly not the fishes day!
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/07/2009 10:47:44 AM
The only thing is that the birds head is blurred. Shot at a slightly high shutter speed would have helped.
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Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital
 01/07/2009 02:15:15 AM
the fish isn't so lucky but the bird is. could have entered this one in either challenge this week. nice capture
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 01/07/2009 12:55:40 AM
Great shot.
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