Challenge:Habits (Basic Editing I) Camera:Olympus E-10 Location: Rhinelander, WI Date: May 13, 2004 Aperture: F/2.4 ISO: ISO 80 Shutter: 1/80 sec. Galleries:Nature, Animals Date Uploaded: May 13, 2004
This persistent robin visits our kitchen window everyday in hopes of meeting his/her mate (reflection). Despite about two weeks of staring into the window and flying into it repeatedly, this robin is proving he/she is still a bird-brain!
Taken with a zoom attachment lens and tripod on a rainy day. The gloomy wet weather saturated the colors immensely, in addition to saturating this angry and bedraggled bird.
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Place: 95 out of 256 Avg (all users): 5.0695 Avg (commenters): 5.3750 Avg (participants): 4.9057 Avg (non-participants): 5.1830 Views since voting: 851 Votes: 259 Comments: 9 Favorites: 0
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background (20% Weight): 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing (20% Weight): 4
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. (30% Weight): 5
How well does it meet the challenge (30% Weight): 8
Total Rating (Rounded) 6
Focus a little soft, could use a little USM. But this is a double edged sword because it looks like you may have used a high ISO by looking at the noise and sharpening would make the noise look worse. Maybe Neat Image and USM.
That bird is staring at us... I find the background a little distracting, it competes with the model quite a bit for attention. Maybe a tighter crop? Not sure.
this is a photo of a bird, no amount of clever title phrasing will change that and make it a habit. If you look at this photo without knowledge of the competition, it will take about a 1000 years before the word 'habit' is reached by the onlooker. a good photo but in completely the wrong place
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