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Critique By:
Dave Stacey (K:150877)
9/26/2007 4:47:43 AM
A gorgeous shot of them together, Fred!
Dave.
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Critique By:
Dave Stacey (K:150877)
9/26/2007 4:32:29 AM
Another excellent hummingbird shot, Fred! What colours!
Dave.
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Critique By:
Dave Stacey (K:150877)
9/26/2007 4:31:42 AM
Nice capture of this guy, Fred! I like the detail and texture you've got, as well as the colours. How big was he?
Dave.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:36:47 AM
Michael: I wouldn't call it control. It's more like serendipity. The background here was a tile patio floor and some hanging plants. Thank you for the good thoughts.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:34:51 AM
Joel: Unfortunately, her attention was riveted upon the other birds at the feeder. I was lucky she turned her head this far. Yes, bokeh is correct. It is from the Japanese word "boke" (pronounced bo-keh) which literally means fuzziness or dizziness. Thank you for your gracious remarks.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:31:15 AM
Luigi: Le vostre parole sono gentili, grazie.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:28:26 AM
Subhranil: Thank you very much for your kind words. I see that you do wonderful work yourself.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:27:03 AM
Leora: Thank you. He was very cooperative. It's a male. I did get some lovely shots of a female two days earlier.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:24:06 AM
Yamil: I stood under the portico to keep dry and photograph the birds. We had five or six species feeding at once.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:23:08 AM
Yamil: They were right outside the lodge at Selva Verde, Sarapiqui. Our naturalist and I were looking for them. I got a good shot of an egg cluster too.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:21:14 AM
Yamil: It was wonderful to visit your country and meet so many kind and gracious residents. We had a great time but we did get rained on a time or two. Mostly, it was dry, however.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:19:15 AM
Dave: The flash really makes the structural color in their feathers light up. The background was fun too.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:18:18 AM
Dave: He was a hoot. The Green Violet-ears kept chasing him off but he never quit trying.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:16:47 AM
Dave: There were lots of these little girls around. She was defending the feeder from all the other hummers. The background is a tile patio floor.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:14:13 AM
Dave: Thanks. She was at the minimum focusing distance so I had to wobble back and forth to get her in focus.
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Critique By:
Fred Lord (K:4844)
9/26/2007 3:11:29 AM
Mohammad: Thaaaaaaaaaaaank you!
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Critique By:
Michael Fox (K:3180)
9/26/2007 12:10:23 AM
I always enjoy your control of backgrounds and vibrant colors. Good stuff!
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Critique By:
Joel Garabedian (K:2041)
9/25/2007 9:27:47 PM
Wow. Absolutely superb, great composition, razor sharp across almost the whole bird, and really nice quality background blur (I believe this is referred to as "bokeh", although I could be completely wrong). I can't think of anything that would improve this image, unless it had perhaps looked towards the camera as you'd taken the photo! ;) 7+
Best regards,
Joel.
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Critique By:
Joao Brosque (K:4197)
9/25/2007 8:05:42 AM
De nada, caro amigo :)
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Critique By:
Subhranil Das (K:6869)
9/25/2007 7:27:43 AM
simply awesome!
fabulous clarity colours n DOF....hats off to you!!
cheerz!
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Critique By:
Abolfazl Erfani (K:7431)
9/25/2007 6:29:44 AM
You're welcome to my new submit, Fred:)
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Critique By:
Leora Long (K:11135)
9/25/2007 6:04:14 AM
What an amazingly colorful and designy creature and your lighting has brought out the best in him/her.
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Critique By:
Yamil Saenz (K:12434)
9/25/2007 5:51:02 AM
Hi Fred,
Even under poor weather conditions you were able to take these magnificent shots.
Another awesome capture.
Congratulations and please keep them coming.
Yamil
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Critique By:
Yamil Saenz (K:12434)
9/25/2007 5:47:32 AM
This frog is one of my favorite animals.
You got a wonderful shot of this elusive amphibian.
They have been called the gaudiest frog in Central America.
I consider this species (Agalychnis callidryas) the most spectacular among all the Costa Rican frogs.
Their most spectacular feature is those powerful red intense eyes.
Hopefully I will find some of these guys when I go to Costa Rica in November.
Regards.
Yamil
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Critique By:
Yamil Saenz (K:12434)
9/25/2007 5:29:52 AM
Awesome series Fred.
I am really glad that you were successful shooting those little jewels of the Rainforest.
Keep them coming my friend.
I look forward your next post.
Regards.
Yamil
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Critique By:
Dave Stacey (K:150877)
9/25/2007 4:59:42 AM
A great series, Fred, but this one really is the icing on the hummingbird cake! An absolutely beautiful shot!
Dave.
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Critique By:
Dave Stacey (K:150877)
9/25/2007 4:55:53 AM
Wonderful capture of this colourful little guy, Fred!
Dave.
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Critique By:
Dave Stacey (K:150877)
9/25/2007 4:54:55 AM
Fantastic colour and detail, Fred!
Dave.
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Critique By:
Dave Stacey (K:150877)
9/25/2007 4:54:25 AM
Beautiful closeup, Fred, especially considering it's the smallest!
Dave.
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Critique By:
Mohammad Altwim (K:545)
9/25/2007 3:52:00 AM
woooooooooooooooooow
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