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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 1/16/2009
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Thanks Solmaz, I appreciate the kind comment. I liked your images as well. I will look for more of them. Have a great weekend.
Be well, Stan
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Solmaz Pahlavanzadeh
{K:5141} 1/16/2009
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Superb capture dear Stan. you have great pictures in your page.
Regards,
Solmaz
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 1/5/2009
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Thanks Ania, hope you had a great holiday season. This is the first Magpie I have able to get close too. They are wary of the camera. Have a good New Year.
Be well, Stan
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Ania Blazejewska
{K:23981} 1/5/2009
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fine!
nicely captured and superb frame
regards
ania
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 12/26/2008
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Yep, for me exactly the same, Stan. It's to just look through the other's eyes. Always one of themost interesting but also very human things, I guess.
Wish you the best of the best of times to be always in your life.
Cheers!
Nick
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/25/2008
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Hi Nick, here to please and grow. All comments are a path to seeing through others eyes as well. This was the same day after I got some shots of the Eagles in the tree. This was an out of camera shot with little adjustment. I liked it this way too. I was just trying to play with some canvas and some blur on the frame. Merry Christmas and may the New Year bring you all the joys of life!! I have appreciated you and your comments this year and look forward to more as time goes by.
Be well, Stan
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 12/25/2008
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Hey, it is much better this way, Stan!
Very very nice looking, especially because the bird and the branches show good contrast, much texture and details in front of an almost "nonexisting" sky, and still it remains very natural with all its touch of "surrealism".
Thanks a lot for showing me!
Cheers!
Nick
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/23/2008
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Thanks Pam, I appreciate you kind words and the good input. I too am trying some tricks I have been finding along the way. Fun to add a little at a time. Do you have family in Colorado or just some fun trips? I have so in-laws North of the Denver area. I have gone there over the last 15 years for reunions and a little skiing. So glad you liked the Magpie.
Be well, Stan
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. B
{K:1815} 12/23/2008
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Fantastic work as usual Stan! The magpies are so pretty!! I've seen them on my trips to Colorado I think? They're beautiful and you've portrayed it nicely! I like the framing as well!!:)
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/22/2008
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Thanks Mojgan, this is a favorite bird of mine. They are elegant and very smart. Not to mention beautiful as well..
Be well, and the best to you at Christmas, Stan
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/22/2008
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Hi Harry, I have a good set of layers I wear and protect bare skin in wind. I have had to put chains on when it is cold. Just do it quick and keep the heater running in the rig. Have a great week.
Be well, Stan
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Mojgan Bahasadri
{K:16243} 12/21/2008
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such a beautiful image !!!!
Bravo my friend !
be well,
Mojgan
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Wolf Zorrito
{K:78768} 12/21/2008
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Youve got it well setup I read. No, staying outside at -40 longer tha 10 min can be risky i guess.
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/21/2008
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Here is the camera version with levels adj. More au Natuaruel so to speak.Enjoy my friend.
Be well, Stan
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 12/21/2008
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Hmmm... I don't know Stan. It looks a bit... how can I describe it... unnecessary and desperately pushing things to be what they aren't. This is the impression that it causes to me.
Cheers!
Nick
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/20/2008
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We can get to -40c with windchill very often. Usually only a few -40 to -20 cold days. Sometimes from now to mid Feb we get the coldest days. I use some wood heat, good windows and insulation. If it is that cold I stay home instead of fighting it. I adjust to being warm and efficient. My pipes are 2.5 m deep in the ground and come up inside the heated part of the house. I keep pipes away from out side walls. It is usually only 20% humidity when it is cold. That helps too.
Be well, Stan
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Wolf Zorrito
{K:78768} 12/20/2008
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How low can it get there , -40 Centigrade ?
I saw a docu abt truckdrivers ib Canada transporting stuff from 15 to 50 tonnes of load for the Diavik diamond mines in N Canda, jsut by driving over the lakes.
How do you heat your house ? Wood coal, gas, .. ?
And never frozen watersupplies ?
Cars you have to plug in to electricity to keep the car startable ( i saw that in calgary )
harry
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/20/2008
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Hi Nick, this was a small crop from bigger image, just felt like doing something freehand around the edge. Thought it looked good with Mr. Magpie. I was standing near another tree but had nothing in the way. Just became!
Be well, Stan
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 12/20/2008
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I don't really know whether the black frame around the image added something or not, Stan. The details on the branches look OK, the magpie's contours are OK too, so why that black thing around it?
BTW, the magpie looks a lot like a drawing rather than a capture. It is welldefined but not really "photo-realistic". It has much of a quite "schematic" approach. So, wouldn't it suffice to leave the original image as it was? Or did you shoot through some natural hole?
Cheers!
Nick
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/20/2008
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Thanks Michele, I appreciate the detailed comment. In Montana we joke about this being a Montana Pheasant. These Magpies are protected and are very active scavengers. They love dumpster, road kill, dog food. horse food, and anything they can run into. In the summer they gorge on the grass hoppers we have. They are fun to watch.. Have a great Holiday as well and thanks for the visit.
Be well, Stan
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 12/20/2008
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Nice looking bird as I have not seen this kind before-- I like the contrasting colors and the frame around it - Nice sharp and clear piture- well taken details - I like it !!
Happy Holidays ,
Michele~
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/20/2008
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Yes Harry, they watch and learn very quickly. They are beyond just being a survivor in nature. They are fascinating to watch on a daily basis. Have a great one today, it is -30c here this morning. I am going to get hay later today if I get my truck started. It is really winter here.
Be well my friend, Stan
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/20/2008
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Thanks Jan, I appreciate the nice comment. I love these birds, they are so fun to watch! I have trouble ever getting close enough to get good captures of them. Have a great Holiday season.
Be well, Stan
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Jan Iwo
{K:6133} 12/20/2008
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Beautiful and very professional. Great texture and detalis on this capture. Very nicely composed. Gerards and Congrats. 7/7. Jan.
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Wolf Zorrito
{K:78768} 12/20/2008
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They have a very good memory. Sometimes I leave some stuff on the balcony for the smaller birds but once the magpie has found it, he will inspect the area for 2 weeks more ..
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/19/2008
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Yes Wolf, they are very aware birds. We had two Magpie nest in out yard and some nearby nest as well. They hang around my area looking for horse feed leftovers, compost and good grasshopper population in the summer. They are really awesome birds.
Be well. Stan
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Wolf Zorrito
{K:78768} 12/19/2008
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They do survive winters here ( -20 in past ). We call them Ekster and they are smart birds, they look for warm place like houses, barns, chimneys.
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/19/2008
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Thanks Riny, glad you liked it. Have a good holiday season. Thanks for the comment!
Be well, Stan
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Riny Koopman
{K:102911} 12/19/2008
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The overall feel conveys the mood so well.
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/19/2008
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thanks Erland, good to here from you! Hope you have a great Holiday and New Year.
Be well, Stan
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Erland Pillegaard
{K:34147} 12/19/2008
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Very good shot
erland
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/18/2008
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Thanks Abdelrahman, the bird is really beautiful in colors.. In the light they have purple and green highlights in the black when they are flying and you can see them better. Thanks for the kind words.
Be well, Stan
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 12/18/2008
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Nicely framed shot of him, Stan! Looks like you're getting the same kind of weather we are.
Dave.
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Abdelrahman Elwassimy
{K:3707} 12/17/2008
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excellent shot stan and the framing is so wonderful!! also the bird is so beautiful and didnt see it b4:) well done!
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/17/2008
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Thanks my sweet friend, good to here from you. Have missed your images lately. Thanks for the comment and encouragement. You have a great Christmas as well, I bet it is a lot warmer there than here in the mountains of Montana. It has been in the -30C range for several days. Today the wind came up out of the West, that will warm things up. See you soon.
be well, Stan
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/17/2008
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Thanks so much David, I am glad you like the frame and image. I have been playing with some frame styles and trying to figure out the possibilities hidden in the Photoshop. Welcome to UF and have a great holiday.
Be well, Stan
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Heloiza Averbuck
{K:2488} 12/17/2008
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Excellent shot Stan:)
Great idea,the frame...
Have a wonderful Christmas,dear!
Blessings to you and to your loved ones!
Heloiza
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David McGill
{K:2796} 12/17/2008
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Good shot like the dark frame also cheers.
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/17/2008
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Thanks Bubai, these birds are very hard to get close to. It was so cold he seemed happy where he was and I got closer than I expected. Thanks for the nice comment
Be well, Stan
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Aungsita Chatterjee
{K:19843} 12/17/2008
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wow nice one. great shot stan.
regards bubai.
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