Animal colours : Black predominant Birds [ rules below, dont make me DQ you for the sake of a few moments to read the rules ]

Challenge #39 in the The Company Of Animals series. Hosted by Patchandcrew.

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Next in the animal colours set, lets see your best shots of any species of bird whose feathers are predominantly black [ other colours/markings are fine but there must be clearly more black than other colours *within shot*, , if the balance is too far from black predominant I will DQ ;) ]. If unsure please ask ;)

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Announced:

Sunday, 3rd July, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 10th July, 2011 – Saturday, 16th July, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 17th July, 2011 – Saturday, 23rd July, 2011 (GMT)

Processing rules:

FULL COLOUR ONLY
No special effects.
Borders/frames are ok for this challenge.
HDR IS allowed in this challenge
Basic processing, and cloning out of distractions, is allowed.
No watermarks or any other identifying marks/text
No reference to the entrant`s ID in title or any other text option

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

No images depicting animal abuse, suffering or death [ nor potential injury or death ], of any animal including fish.
People or other animals can be in view but the predominantly black bird must be the primary subject.
Entries which do not adhere to the rules as written will be DQ`d
VOTERS :
0.5s should only be given on images of poor quality or for being outside the rules [ if I miss DQing any ].
If giving any 0.5s, reasons should be given, if you give it stand by it.
Voting on thumbnail is lazy and disrespectful, entrants deserve to have their images viewed properly.
Sandbagging / vote manipulation / spite voting - don`t even think of doing it !

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Winter Raven

by citori525

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Camera:	Canon EOS 7D
Lens:	Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Submitted:	Wednesday, 13th July, 2011 01:41 (GMT)
Taken:	Wednesday, 3rd March, 2010
Focal length:	200 mm
Shutter speed:	1/320 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	100
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Galleries:	View this photo in citori525's gallery

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