I know it's another bird shot, but I did have a body part shot in between the last two! The biggest problem was that we had the signature style challenge, and so all I had for free study was a bird.
Now this one, on the other hand, blame the snowstorm. It doesn't snow in Williamsburg, so I had to take shots of birds in the snow. It just so happened that there was a cold challenge. Really! It's not my fault!
[Feb. 3rd, 2010 01:11:38 AM]
Woke up at 12:25, and figured I'd check the score. 7 votes - 7.5714! How exciting is that! Ribbon for sure, I thought. Then I saw all the high scores posted in the thread. And then I look at the entries. What a spectacular group of shots! No ribbon for me, this time around. There are too many awesome photographs. Good luck everyone -- this should be a fun one!
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Thanks everyone!! This was such an exciting challenge -- it was over 7.0 pretty much up until the last day and then dropped. It was great fun to see.
These were other possibilities. I loved the other cardinal shot, the attitude, etc, but the snow just wasn't crisp enough.
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Place: 4 out of 154 Avg (all users): 6.9116 Avg (commenters): 8.6250 Avg (participants): 6.8772 Avg (non-participants): 6.9241 Views since voting: 3956 Views during voting: 377 Votes: 215 Comments: 27 Favorites: 1 (view)
What a great picture, Wendy! Poor little bird does look like she'd much rather be some place warm. Question though: how'd you get close enough to spray-paint over the blue feathers? ;-)
Hey. . .as long as you are shooting these award worthy bird photos . . . bring em' on. We wanna see them! Your bird photography is just something to behold! Congratulations on 4th place. This is BEAUTIFUL!
A wonderful wildbird capture. The intricate detail of the feathers and the snow flakes on the beak and head are spectacular. My fav in this challenge. Bumping up to a 10.
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