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When I took this photo of the pigeon my wife asked, “Why are you taking a photo of a flying rat?" I replayed that it is a very pretty bird. What do you think?

Photographed with a Cannon G1 + B-300. Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Morris
 
Thats a very pretty bird..I have one also :-)
Ivan
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morris said:


When I took this photo of the pigeon my wife asked, “Why are you
taking a photo of a flying rat?" I replayed that it is a very
pretty bird. What do you think?

Photographed with a Cannon G1 + B-300. Comments and suggestions
are welcome.

Morris
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A bat looks like a flying rat. Let me see you take a picture of a bat without killing it first! Very beuatiful picture--I hope your wife can provide as beautiful of an image.
 
Thank you Daniel. I have some photos of rats sleeping or hanging from branch limbs. They are nothing as pretty as this. Yes I do have some nice photos of my wife as well.

Morris
Daniel Craig said:
A bat looks like a flying rat. Let me see you take a picture of a
bat without killing it first! Very beuatiful picture--I hope your
wife can provide as beautiful of an image.
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What a shot! Hope I get that good some day.
morris said:


When I took this photo of the pigeon my wife asked, “Why are you
taking a photo of a flying rat?" I replayed that it is a very
pretty bird. What do you think?

Photographed with a Cannon G1 + B-300. Comments and suggestions
are welcome.

Morris
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Thank you hfhf. Just keep practicing and you will be able to do this.

Morris
hfhf said:
morris said:


When I took this photo of the pigeon my wife asked, “Why are you
taking a photo of a flying rat?" I replayed that it is a very
pretty bird. What do you think?

Photographed with a Cannon G1 + B-300. Comments and suggestions
are welcome.

Morris
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Very handsome shot; great clarity and colour in the feathers throughout the whole body. A very clean specimen of pigeon, too - making it less obvious why they're known as "rats with wings". But an environmental portrait of a cluster of scraggly pigeons in a city park, rioting around some tossed stale bread chunks or just loafing around a pigeon-decorated statue could be kind of gross...
morris said:


When I took this photo of the pigeon my wife asked, “Why are you
taking a photo of a flying rat?" I replayed that it is a very
pretty bird. What do you think?

Photographed with a Cannon G1 + B-300. Comments and suggestions
are welcome.

Morris
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Thank you WH, you hit it on the nose. That is the kind of seen that bothers her. She also gets angry as they come to our bird feeder and take food that the smaller birds eat.

Morris
WH Yi said:
morris said:


When I took this photo of the pigeon my wife asked, “Why are you
taking a photo of a flying rat?" I replayed that it is a very
pretty bird. What do you think?

Photographed with a Cannon G1 + B-300. Comments and suggestions
are welcome.

Morris
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I'm sure that NYC pigeons have kept many people from becoming bird lovers - "Oh no! Not those awful THINGS again!" There was a NOVA I saw on PBS a few years ago about the surprising amount of wildlife that lives within the confines of the 5 boroughs, birds like eagles and hawks that you'd think only hung out in Montana or someplace open like that. But for that, you'd probably have to trade up to a dSLR w/500mm tele + extender, mounted one of those Wembley Sidekick things...

Happy shooting; looking forward to more...
WH
morris said:
Morris
WH Yi said:
morris said:


When I took this photo of the pigeon my wife asked, “Why are you
taking a photo of a flying rat?" I replayed that it is a very
pretty bird. What do you think?

Photographed with a Cannon G1 + B-300. Comments and suggestions
are welcome.

Morris
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While I don't necessarily consider a pigeon to be a pretty bird, it IS an outstanding photo of a pigeon.

Julio
morris said:
When I took this photo of the pigeon my wife asked, “Why are you
taking a photo of a flying rat?" I replayed that it is a very
pretty bird. What do you think?
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I notice that the front edge (left side of photo) of the pigeon is very sharp, defined and stands out (lined?) compared to the out of focus background. Is this normal in such a shot? Will edge sharpening in PS cause or heighten this effect?
morris said:


When I took this photo of the pigeon my wife asked, “Why are you
taking a photo of a flying rat?" I replayed that it is a very
pretty bird. What do you think?

Photographed with a Cannon G1 + B-300. Comments and suggestions
are welcome.

Morris
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Yes, it is a handsome flying rat. I agree with your wife.

Paul
morris said:


When I took this photo of the pigeon my wife asked, “Why are you
taking a photo of a flying rat?" I replayed that it is a very
pretty bird. What do you think?

Photographed with a Cannon G1 + B-300. Comments and suggestions
are welcome.

Morris
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Is the background taken in the same shot is this a composite of two shots? The reason I ask is because the edges of the pigeon looks very sharp (like it was cut out) compared to the background.
Will said:
morris said:


When I took this photo of the pigeon my wife asked, “Why are you
taking a photo of a flying rat?" I replayed that it is a very
pretty bird. What do you think?

Photographed with a Cannon G1 + B-300. Comments and suggestions
are welcome.

Morris
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