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Polly Has His Eye On You

Postby mic on Tue May 03, 2005 9:24 am

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A Bird I took a while ago, found another image of him thought you might like.

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Yes, he has a busted beak :cry:
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Postby dooda on Tue May 03, 2005 10:43 am

Holy crap that's cool Mic. Wonderful colors, and the out of focus beak makes the picture a little less overbearing than otherwise. That is a really shallow depth of field, the eye just barely sits focused and absolutely nothing else. I suppose Focus could be a little deeper, but hey this is pretty good. That green is just dynomite!!!
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Hi

Postby yeocsa on Tue May 03, 2005 10:47 am

Cool. Very good detail at the eyes. I like the pattern of the features radiating from the eyes.

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Postby SoCal Steve on Tue May 03, 2005 11:02 am

This one disappoints me a bit, Mic. You often stun, but you seldom disappoint. :lol:

That green is a killer color, but it makes the other colors look even duller by comparison. Amazing that you got the focus crisp on the eye. I think it would have worked better if the focus had extended to include all of the green of the "forehead." Nice pic, but not a "10.0"
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Postby KerryPierce on Tue May 03, 2005 12:22 pm

Beautiful colors and great exposure, Mic. :D A few more meters of DOF would make it perfect... 8)

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Postby sirhc55 on Tue May 03, 2005 12:28 pm

Mic - a normal pic :o

Great colour, the eye is perfect and I can almost see him/her saying ”pretty polly” with a lisp (through the offset beak) :lol:
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Postby mic on Tue May 03, 2005 3:02 pm

Thanks dooda, :wink: Glad you like the colour.

Thanks Arthur, :wink:

Thanks Steve, :wink: Can't keep ya happy all the time :roll:
I'll keep you entertained in other ways :shock: :shock:

Thanks Kerry, :wink:

Thanks Chris, :wink: Lisp :D :D He he ha

Glad you liked Polly, the bent beaked bird. :D :D

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