Welcome to Mini-Challenge #168: Birds!
CHANDLERJA
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Welcome to Mini-Challenge #168! The theme of this challenge will be Birds! I love the challenge of shooting birds! It doesn't matter if they are flying, walking, sitting or swimming!! Just show us your favorite feathery shots!!
This challenge starts now and will close at 11:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Sunday, July 14, 2013. (Continuing the recent trend to shorten the time frame for the mini to about ten days instead of two weeks.)
OUR UN-OFFICIAL GENERAL RULES
1. Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
2. The host supplies a topic and YOU POST 1-3 IMAGES. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter. The 1st place winner becomes the next host, chooses the next topic and becomes the next judge.
3. Any photo you’ve taken is eligible, regardless of when taken or camera used.
4. Any amount of post-processing is allowed. However, it is helpful if you list your camera and lens along with your photo.
5. You may comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you some critique or criticism, just ask within your post.
6. The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.
Guidelines:
1. Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
2. Either embed your image in the thread or, if you must, supply a link to it. Keep in mind, however, most people don't want to click to open photos hosted elsewhere (i.e. on your website).
3. Also try and resize your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (~800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
4. Give each image you enter a title.
5. Enjoy discussion with members about their images, don't let this just be an entry thread!
6. When quoting a post, change the IMG urls to a 200x200 size picture so it is clear your post is feedback and not another entry. (See here for help).
7. Don't be hesitant; share 'em and enter!
Mini-Challenge pointers:
1. Upon winning a mini-challenge round, your first step is coming up with a new theme and starting a new thread using the same format as others have used.
2. Make sure to notify the admin of this thread to update the main thread links with your entry thread.
3. Feel free to watch the thread as it grows or wait to the end time and look at all the entries all at once.
4. After the time/date has passed, then officially close the thread with a single post notifying everyone of the fact.
5. After you're finished judging, start a new thread (again using the prior formats) and post your Winner and runners-up. It is important to have runners up in case the winner does not show within the 72-hour window.
6. PM the winner with this info above and let them know they have 72 hours to set up the next mini-challenge.
7. If the winner does not show/start the next mini-challenge after 72 hours, notify the next runner-up and post a message on the Winner thread of the fact.
8. Remember, if you're the Winner, you run the next mini challenge!
Some examples of my bird shots
This challenge starts now and will close at 11:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Sunday, July 14, 2013. (Continuing the recent trend to shorten the time frame for the mini to about ten days instead of two weeks.)
OUR UN-OFFICIAL GENERAL RULES
1. Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
2. The host supplies a topic and YOU POST 1-3 IMAGES. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter. The 1st place winner becomes the next host, chooses the next topic and becomes the next judge.
3. Any photo you’ve taken is eligible, regardless of when taken or camera used.
4. Any amount of post-processing is allowed. However, it is helpful if you list your camera and lens along with your photo.
5. You may comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you some critique or criticism, just ask within your post.
6. The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.
Guidelines:
1. Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
2. Either embed your image in the thread or, if you must, supply a link to it. Keep in mind, however, most people don't want to click to open photos hosted elsewhere (i.e. on your website).
3. Also try and resize your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (~800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
4. Give each image you enter a title.
5. Enjoy discussion with members about their images, don't let this just be an entry thread!
6. When quoting a post, change the IMG urls to a 200x200 size picture so it is clear your post is feedback and not another entry. (See here for help).
7. Don't be hesitant; share 'em and enter!
Mini-Challenge pointers:
1. Upon winning a mini-challenge round, your first step is coming up with a new theme and starting a new thread using the same format as others have used.
2. Make sure to notify the admin of this thread to update the main thread links with your entry thread.
3. Feel free to watch the thread as it grows or wait to the end time and look at all the entries all at once.
4. After the time/date has passed, then officially close the thread with a single post notifying everyone of the fact.
5. After you're finished judging, start a new thread (again using the prior formats) and post your Winner and runners-up. It is important to have runners up in case the winner does not show within the 72-hour window.
6. PM the winner with this info above and let them know they have 72 hours to set up the next mini-challenge.
7. If the winner does not show/start the next mini-challenge after 72 hours, notify the next runner-up and post a message on the Winner thread of the fact.
8. Remember, if you're the Winner, you run the next mini challenge!
Some examples of my bird shots
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I had to really dig to find any birds that I have taken, so here goes:
1. Duck
2. Macaws
3. OK...I know this isn't the greatest bird shot ever, but I had baby birds in our birdhouse and the only way I have to take pictures without disturbing them is to shoot through our living room window. This is the mama bird feeding the babies. I don't care if it isn't technically a great shot--it is still one of my favorite bird shots. I love sitting in my rocking chair by my window and watching the birds come & go. More fun when there are babies.
Sherry
1) Reddish Egret near Bolivar Flats.
2)Common Nighthawk at Anahuac NWR.
3)Laughing Gulls over Galveston Ferry
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It's mating season..
Volare oh oh..
Look in my eyes!
1) White Storks bedding down for the night
2) Backlit Egret
3) Lilac-breasted Roller
If anyone is interested in seeing some more of my bird shots I've posted some here ...
http://alanandkate.smugmug.com/Wildlife/Birds/21271034_3vKrKh#!i=1693634099&k=zhFCVHL
Good luck everyone,
Alan
I'm Sleeping Here!
You Looking At Me?!
Found another one.
Swan Lake
Thanks for looking.
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One of these days I'll have to figure out what my "style" is..
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classic swan
storks in morocco
Here's to the common birds:
and an Angry Bird:
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Dinner with a Friend
1. Marbled Godwit
2. Pigeons on the Pier
3. Pelican in the Harbor
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A baby Blue Tit seeing if the coast is clear.
Grey Wagtail with 'yum yums'
I do not often take photos of birds but here are the few I found in my archives
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Claire
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My very favorite is this one taken in Peru in 2008 from a boat
This one of a snowy egret was taken even longer ago in 2005
I have a lot of the wading birds - rosette spoonbills, wood storks, great blue herons etc.
But for something completely different, here's one from the county fair - when this rooster crowed, his eye got milky
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Red-tailed Hawk with breakfast:
Lark Sparrow singing in the wind:
Bald Eagle landing:
Eric
good gear; not enough time
Chris - That hummingbird shot is just off the charts good.
Eric
good gear; not enough time
Donna - I *love* the nighthawk photo!
Eric
good gear; not enough time
Top shelf work with a gorgeous bird, Alan.
Eric
good gear; not enough time
Terrific action shot!
Eric
good gear; not enough time
Kent - all three of these are "classic" with very nice lighting and PP.
Eric
good gear; not enough time
Great shot that put a big smile on my face, Tony!
Eric
good gear; not enough time
Eric - Both of these are very fine, and the detail on that hummingbird is amazing.
Eric
good gear; not enough time
Lisa - I would love to see a Marbled Godwit, let alone grab such a fine shot of one.
Eric
good gear; not enough time
2) Me observing the Swan in squalor.
3) Peacock and Ficus Tree
Don
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2) Caracara
3) Eagle wide open
Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
All 3 are superb. The Caracara is a classic pose and style.