The Pecking Order by bmac62

Photography • Animals • posted on May 04, 2009

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Believe it or not, this is a color photograph. While experimenting with my infrequently used 70-300mm zoom lens yesterday, I was shooting anything that moved. These birds (Starlings) were perched at the very top of a tree a couple of backyards away. I'm always fiddling with A, S and M settings when I have time. This shot was originally overexposed resulting in a sky background that was brilliantly white...almost discarded the entire thing. Dropping the exposure a level during postwork resulted in what you see here. I like it...hope you find some redeeming value in it too. Bill:)

Comments (26)

PD154

8:58AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

Came out well Bud!, looks like an illustration, nice work!

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Fidelity2

9:02AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C-. 5+.

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timtripp

9:28AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

excellent

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durleybeachbum

9:55AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

It is FANTASTIC! I thought it was an Art print when I first looked!

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flavia49

10:07AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

I like it!! The shot and the postwork give a "gothic" mood to it! And the red spots are a nice touch!

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moonrancher

10:14AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

When it's ready to snow, the sky looks like this from our window, and lots of birds gather on those branches.

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drace68

10:44AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

Different, for color.

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Digitaleagle

10:56AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

Interesting shot nice work!!!

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kansas

10:59AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

I really like this. Very artistic photo composition.

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tennesseecowgirl

11:08AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

Beautiful job!!

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sandra46

11:09AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

I also shoot at still targets (;D)!!! I like this photo very much!!!!it has an almost ikebana quality!

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MagikUnicorn

11:21AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

Really Marvelous

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kenmo

11:47AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

Fantastic experiment....!!!! Love the sketchy look...

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Osper

1:36PM | Mon, 04 May 2009

Well done. Sometimes the camera see's what we can't!

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cfulton

1:43PM | Mon, 04 May 2009

I love the title! Great compo, Clive

MrsLubner

2:36PM | Mon, 04 May 2009

I really love the little red feet for accents! A good feel-good shot.

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Richardphotos

2:38PM | Mon, 04 May 2009

easy to over expose pictures. you recovered it really well

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CavalierLady

3:56PM | Mon, 04 May 2009

Gray skies are always hard to do, but you got really nice detail of these starlings, and nicely composed, too!

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goodoleboy

6:22PM | Mon, 04 May 2009

What at first appeared to be a pen and ink drawing turned out to be a color photo, saved from the trash and then postworked into a very interesting and unusual display, Bill! Capital effort!

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MrsRatbag

8:22PM | Mon, 04 May 2009

I like it very much! Great work!

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npauling

9:59PM | Mon, 04 May 2009

You must have a great lense to achieve this wonderful shot. If I take one of birds with my little camera they look just like a black spot on the branch. I love the dramatic look of this one.

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debbielove

6:14AM | Tue, 05 May 2009

Looks just fine to me as well! almost like a line drawing. Such is the way if you point a lens at a 'normal' sky! White Out! Still came out fine, great title too. I like it. Was it on a tripod? Rob.

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