Audubon's Birds

Challenge #6 in the Eye of the Beholder series. Hosted by wrosenthal.

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John James Audubon painted birds in vivid color to emphasize their behavior, physical characteristics, and field marks. Often typical habitat was included. Audubon’s renderings were not ‘realistic’ nature photographs. For this challenge you should emulate Audubon and submit photos of one or several birds in a group that emphasize and even exaggerate their color and markings. See additional rules and examples below. Judges should have Audubon's folios in mind while evaluating the entries.

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Announced:

Monday, 19th April, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Monday, 26th April, 2010 – Sunday, 2nd May, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Monday, 3rd May, 2010 – Sunday, 9th May, 2010 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No multiple images or composites.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Background must be neutral or extreme bokeh. See examples.
Foreground can include minimum material showing habitat. See examples.
The bird’s name and location must be included in the title or comments.
No watermarks, borders, or frames.
Entries that violate the above rules will be disqualified.
If I miss something, and you see an entry that you feel does not qualify, use the complaint button and state your case, but do so well before the submission deadline ends. No complaints after that date will be considered.
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Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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Brothers' Keeper

by elroyie

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Little Owl chicks are so curious and this is a great advantage for a photographer after placing himself at the right spot... :) The picture was taken in nature. Those three are Little Owl chicks from Israel.

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D
Lens:	Canon EF 100-400L IS
Submitted:	Monday, 26th April, 2010 20:10 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 21st June, 2008
Focal length:	330 mm
Shutter speed:	1/250 sec
Aperture:	F7.1
ISO:	400
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Amazing shot...!!! Really nice... congratulations.

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well done, a truely great shot

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