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Flyin At Ya!


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest SECOND PLACE Winner   Flyin At Ya!
Flyin At Ya!
ISO-100, f/8 Shutter 1/250, 100-300 lens.

Got this shot of one of the hummingbirds this evening. There's something about the way he's facing me that I like.

Dot K.

 
 
 

Cathy Laurenzi
 

Another great humingbird photo, Dot. How in the world do you get such sharp photos of moving birds? I like the perspective - it makes the photo unique.


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April 22, 2007

 

Kathy L. Clark
  I'd like to know the answer to the above questions as well. This is so wonderful.


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April 22, 2007

 
dmd-photo-art.com - Dominick M. Dimacale

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  This is an amazing capture of this swift flying bird, and the caltiry is awesome Dot, I tell you we will see this again next month...Dominick


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April 22, 2007

 

Dot K.
  Thanks everyone,

To answer the question about sharpness, I delete many blurry, or no bird in the frame photos. But here's basicaly what I am doing, is taking lots of shots. My camera has a sharpness setting which I keep at +2. Whenever possible I try my best to keep the light behind me, and on the bird. Exposure, FStop, and focus are all set to manual. The ISO setting has a lot to do with how sharp the photo will be, so I use 100 as much as possible, but change it to a higher number if I realy need to. I always have the steady shot feature on, not sure it's realy needed when the light is good, but it sure couldn't hurt any.


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April 22, 2007

 

Richard D. Cox
  This is a unique shot! Very well done, Dot.


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April 23, 2007

 

Harris Qazi
  Once a whole day I had tried to capture sharp focus on flying Seagull. After shooting hundrades of images I have got non like you have produced. Very nice and lucky capture.


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April 23, 2007

 

Cheryl E. Molennor
  OMG!! Amazing. Just love it!


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April 23, 2007

 
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  Dot, excellent detail, colors, clarity, lighting and point of view.


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April 23, 2007

 

Anna Diederich
  WOW Dot! This is amazing!


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April 30, 2007

 

Kurt Hawkins
  gorgeous capture dot .. well done .. B)


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May 01, 2007

 

Michelle L. Frick
  This is beautiful Dot! Amazing clarity and detail - and I love where you have him framed in the shot too! Awesome!


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May 01, 2007

 

Michelle L. Frick
  Congratulations on your finalist Dot!


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May 23, 2007

 

Sharon King
  WOW, Awesome shot! Congrats!


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May 23, 2007

 
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  I love it!! Congrats on your finalist, Dot!


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May 23, 2007

 

Blake T. Lipthratt
  This picture cracks me up, but it's amazing.


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May 24, 2007

 

Kurt Hawkins
  congrats dot on your win .. this is such an awesome and beautiful capture .. very well deserved .. B)


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May 24, 2007

 
dmd-photo-art.com - Dominick M. Dimacale

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  Congratulations here Dot , as I have told you before, you deserve this win...Dominick


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May 25, 2007

 
- Claudia Kuhn

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  Wonderful capture Dot, congrats on your win!!


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May 25, 2007

 

Bill Houghton
  This is quite a unique shot. Once in a lifetime. Great job. Congratulations. Bill

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May 25, 2007

 
- Kay E. Mahoney

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  Dot,Congratulations on your second place winner.


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May 25, 2007

 

Dot K.
  Thanks everyone! Not just for the congrats on this photo but for all the encouragment I recieve from your comments on all my photos as well. Dominick you sure were correct about this one!

I realy owe a huge thanks to Better Photo, I have learned so much from this site, and from the other photographers here. I am so thrilled to have a premium gallery, I had been seriously thinking about getting one, but looks like I won one instead.

Thanks again, to all of you, and to BP!


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May 25, 2007

 

Anna Diederich
  I was so happy to see this one win Dot! It blew me away first time I saw it!

HUGE Congrats to you!


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May 25, 2007

 
- Lisa J. Boulden

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  BIG TIME CONGRATULATIONS!!!
This bird is so cute and the image, AMAZING! --Lisa


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May 25, 2007

 
photosbyjanine.com - Janine Russell

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  Dot, BIG CONGRATULATIONS on your SECOND PLACE WIN!


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May 25, 2007

 
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  Bravo! Great capture!


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May 27, 2007

 

Ariel Lepor
  Congratulations twice: Once on winning, and once on a TOTALLY AWESOME CAPTURE!!

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May 27, 2007

 

Madhu Ramaswamy
  Oh dear god! I am falling short of words to praise this. Congrats!!!


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May 27, 2007

 

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  Congratulations, Cathy. wonderful shot. last evening two of them were dancing in front of the feeder. By the time I got the camera out, they flew away. Please have a look at my posting and let me know what you think of it.


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May 28, 2007

 
- Shelly A. Van Camp

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  Beautiful....nice capture in moion. He is tooo cute!!! Well done!


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June 04, 2007

 

Patrick R. McMullen
  Beautiful shot Dot! Congratulations on it! Great selective focusing too..
Pat


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June 17, 2007

 
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