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Sylvia Marriott
{K:12812} 1/17/2007
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Totally amazing!!! Thank you for the info on pairing the birds, very interesting indeed
Sylvia
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Paul Heijmink
{K:1101} 11/10/2006
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What a wonderful picture, and again, I love your portfolio.
Paul
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Avi
{K:70138} 11/4/2006
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UNBELIEVABLE !!!!!!!.... the sheer commitment of this shot is mindblowing !!
Take a bow, Joggie !
all the very best,
Avi
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Mary Slade
{K:40338} 11/2/2006
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This is amazing Joggie. So unique and striking. The closeness and clarity wonderful. And the strong colours and textures.
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NN
{K:26787} 10/23/2006
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Fascinating close-up, Joggie! Great patterns and colours ... awesome stuff!
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Ann Van Breemen
{K:13399} 10/22/2006
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Simply amazing, Joggie. Weird, but beautiful. And you made your own lens? Brilliant. This is a great macro. Cheers, Ann.
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 10/19/2006
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Joggie this has to be the most outstanding photograph you have in your portfolio. And that is saying a lot considering everythin you do is a piece of art. But the method of getting this photo makes this one stand out. Wow. Great job and even greater that you take the time to explain your work.
Best wishes,
Dave
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 10/19/2006
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Quite the photographic challenge, Joggie! Well met!
Eb
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41700} 10/19/2006
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Thanks Eb - I have taken hundreds of these. A racing pigeon fancier will do anything to get a picture like this of his top breeding pairs because the eye is used as one of the main guidelines for pairing up birds (thats a long and interesting story). I kind of perfected the technique and subsequently photographed many champion birds and top breeders. The lighting - well, the strongest source you can think of: the midday sun to ensure a small pupil and well displayed iris. A flash dont work that well except when you have the bird under a strong light source (very hot) or the sun in order to close down the pupil before taking the shot - then it doesnt make sense to use the flash. If you look closely at the photo you will actually see the shadows cast by the thin veins of the iris (another interesting story) just above the pupil. Regards.
Joggie
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 10/18/2006
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Remarkable effect, Joggie! Must have taken more than one try? Looks like you had some strong lighting in place.
Eb
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Gorilla K
{K:17526} 10/18/2006
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an insanity this eye...very great macro...details and colours are beautiful,too!!!
excellent!
lg,
winfried
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James Cook
{K:38068} 10/18/2006
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Nice shot. It muast have been hard to get this. Even holding the pigeon it must have been a challenge. Well worth the effort. In thumbnail it doesn't even look organic (I was thinking perhaps a rusty hole in a piece of metal). Well done.
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Randy Lorance
{K:24769} 10/18/2006
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Stunning work, unique detailed look at this bird.
Randy
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:174121} 10/17/2006
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Absolutely amazing and wonderful, dear Joggie! Should win an award!:)
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 10/17/2006
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An astounding macro, Joggie, and well worth the trouble you went to to obtain it! Great colours and detail!
Dave.
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Robert Kocs
{K:89085} 10/17/2006
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Absolutely stunning details and impressive colours.
Excellent idea, well presented close up, nicely done!
Thanks for this sharing dear Joggie! 7/7
Cheers!
Robert
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Fabio Keiner
{K:81109} 10/17/2006
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incredible
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Romy Fabian Garmaz
{K:17105} 10/17/2006
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Excellents details and colours. Woooooow. 7/7
All the best
Romy
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Amir Mohammadi
{K:4258} 10/17/2006
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so beautiful eye...
bravoo ..
so nice macro shot;
good luck,
Amir
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arijit(ratul) talukder
{K:6029} 10/17/2006
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amazing .....simply amazing!!!!
best regards
arijit.
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Ron Wilson
{K:18362} 10/17/2006
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Great looking eye Joggie. Many macro eyes are huge and grotesque, you made it very pretty. Regards Ron.
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Mattia L.
{K:7625} 10/17/2006
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Beautiful work, very creative use of your stuff. Congrats!
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{K:3712} 10/17/2006
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Amazing bright colors and details.
Davide.
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 10/17/2006
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This is an amazing view of the bird's eye and yet is almosy as much an abstract as it is a super realistic representaiton of the eye. The color, detail and depth are wonderful. So well done.
--Jan
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