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Postby marcos on Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:51 pm

Last bird shot yesterday (goose) and an old shot I found on my hard drive from July 4th fireworks called "jelly fish in the sky",
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Postby Glen on Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:12 am

Bloody ugly bird, but the jellyfish is interesting :)
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Postby marcos on Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:23 am

ugly bird, I agree, is the shot ok?......framing, etc?
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Postby marcos on Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:16 pm

No other comments? hmm, they are that bad I guess.
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:28 pm

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My experience is there is a posting black hole after 10pm that images vanish into if posted then. You probably fell victim to that (weird thing is it's 10:28 as I type and I just uploaded a new image post :shock: )

So far as the pics - the bird shot doesn't grab me - ugly bird - strange posture and the image is both a touch bright and lacking in colour to give it some ooomph (sorry). The fireworks shot though is an absolute corker and the name you've given it is perfect.
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Postby marcos on Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:45 pm

Thank you stubbsy for your comments, but there is a time difference between USA and Australia, that's why my post shows that late.
I'll find a better looking bird next time :-)
Just for curiosity, here a pic of a bird with teeth! never thought that would be possible.......

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Postby stubbsy on Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:59 am

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Interesting birdy - one I'd stay away from. To have teeth it must have a diet that requires it. Wonder what it eats.
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Postby big pix on Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:04 am

stubbsy wrote:Marcos

Interesting birdy - one I'd stay away from. To have teeth it must have a diet that requires it. Wonder what it eats.


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Postby Marvin on Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:13 am

Marcos, you seem to have found 2 of the ugliest birds in existence!
I agree that the first bird image is lacking in colour or "punch". Perhaps a tighter crop too. I love the "tentacles" on the second image.
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Postby marcos on Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:56 am

Those are the only bird that I could find on the small man made lake around my house, they're all geese.
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Postby marcos on Tue Sep 20, 2005 12:07 pm

I've been given the title of ugliest birds seeker, here is another one,
ugly but cool looking, the first "punk bird", sorry but someone has to shoot the ugly ones, at least for curiosity :-)

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