A bad day for hair

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• Lesley (2988)
• [2005-02-01 13:08]

Very kooky and neat looking eagle. You have captured it well, Callie, and I have no nits...extremely well done. The note is terrific as well. And I did see the bee even before I read your note! :0)

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• ellis49 (28673)
• [2005-02-01 13:13]

Great shot Callie.
I thing she need a hairdresser.
Great colours and very pose, compostion and detials.
I like the WS too.
Great work.
1/1600 5,6 at ISO 200, it's what I can dream about.
1/400 4.0 at ISO 800 is more reasonable here at present.:-(((.
but soon will the light be back.;-)

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• sAner (4742)
• [2005-02-01 13:15]

Fantastic picture. Great composition, bright & strong colors and sharpness. The beetle is great. Ha! What are the odds!

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• liquidsunshine (11474)
• [2005-02-01 13:16]

Wonderful shot Callie,
so the sex pistols are making a comeback!!
excellent colours and sharp detail.
good notes
Thanks for posting

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• Fisher (8915)
• [2005-02-01 13:28]
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Is she your secretary? Callie. Nice legs. She's having a bad hair day, are you stressing her out. LOL
Excelent capture with the beatle coming in on the right side of the frame at beak level.
Well done with this composition.
Hey, how about a close up of the dung beatle, I think they are cool looking beatle.

Mike

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• willie (2083)
• [2005-02-01 13:37]

Snakes beware, Secretary birds get your hair done, here comes Callie with his D70.
Great one Vallie. Very good shot. Wish it was mine. Lovely

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• LordPotty (8124)
• [2005-02-01 13:37]

Hi Callie. I've always liked these bird (although I don't know if 'like' is really the correct word for it ... they intrigue me). Your note makes them even more fascinating. I was trying to make sense of the zoological handle. I think it translates as 'snake archer' or something like that. It certainly is a unique bird. You definitely wouldn't want to take a kick in the guts from one of these,if Steve Irwin (the crocodile hunter) is to be believed.***OOPS...thats the Cassowary I'm thinking of. Doh!
A great shot Callie,and good workshop pic.

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• elizemeijer (2007)
• [2005-02-01 13:38]

he het omtrent 'n slegte hair-day !!

It looks like the little dung-beatle is trying his best to get out the picture, before he is eaten.

Groetnis
Elize

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• kazan (158)
• [2005-02-01 13:49]

Callie, that's an awesome photo of a very interesting insect at flight! It trully amazes me how you managed to capture such a small flying object from that distance but it seems that the x2 TC does wonders! However, I would prefer a tighter crop so to avoid the useless space on the right...............
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;-))) I was refering to the fly on the upper-right spot of your photo, don't take me wrong!!!

Your Secretarybird,... well she should definately change her hairdresser!!!

Great photo as always!!!
Panos

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• edji (426)
• [2005-02-01 14:10]

Very cute and well photograph.

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• elroyie (6397)
• [2005-02-01 14:30]

Wow, I havn't seen that before, very good picture and very good catch. Thanks for sharing!!!

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• pompey (2762)
• [2005-02-01 14:42]

Great photo Callie, a strange bird indeed but very well caught here.
I love the legs and the hairdo.
The note is really informative as usual.
Great capture (and the Dung Beetle).

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• PDP (11751)
• [2005-02-01 15:01]

We were only talking about this earlier: "Callie's Fast Photo Joint, photos to order" :-)

Great shot Callie and thanks for the extra WS pic. I like the shot the black looks very black but the rest is all perfectly exposed.

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• extramundi (12682)
• [2005-02-01 16:26]

Amazing fauna you have. This ine must be impressing with that hight, I would love to see them in their natural enviroment, nice you bring them to us, a very nice pose and great WS too. thanks very much.

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• rlortie (2058)
• [2005-02-01 16:33]

Very nice capture of this funny looking "secretary". Perfect DOF and sharpness. Very interesting note.
Thanks for sharing.

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• europhoto (762)
• [2005-02-01 16:43]

Nice photo Callie, at first I think the bird may be a little left side of the frame (for more space in front of her and through the flying path of the bee) then noticed its tail feather just nearly touching the left side, so birds position is ok for me now :) congratulations.

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• NINIX (2764)
• [2005-02-01 18:43]

Hi Callie,

The bird looks quite disturbed. Did he saw you before you took the picture?
Amazing that you see those kind of birds. He looks like if flew by accident trough a carwash.

Nice anyway,

Hendrik.

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• azulu (374)
• [2005-02-01 20:17]

Very fun bird. It´s very fashion. Great shot Callie. Good composition. Very nice colours and sharpness. Great moment.

Congratulations

Alexandre

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• jossim (11868)
• [2005-02-01 22:45]

Original oiseau et superbe photo, tout est la. Les couleurs, la prise de vue, la netteté,et le cadrage. Félicitations !

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• Okan (518)
• [2005-02-02 2:26]

Great shot of an extra-ordinary bird. He has a strange charming on his face :) I can only watch them from documentary films. TFS.

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• jhm (622)
• [2005-02-02 2:44]

Ik deze vogel zelf in de dierentuin hier nog niet gezien Callie, zeer mooi gefotografeerd, het is een rare vogel maar inderdaad zijn haar (pluimen) zijn niet al te best.
Mooi Callie
John.

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• coasties (27492)
• [2005-02-02 3:20]

Okay, she has a few serious issues to deal with. The hair has too much gel, the fur coat was in the wardrobe without mothballs and the moths have had a monster buffet, the legs..... well maybe wearing long trousers would be advisable, she needs some tips on applying makeup and lets hope she doesn't ask 'Honey, does my butt look big?'

If my husband phoned and said he was out with the Secretary I know there would be nothing to worry about!

Great image of a very strange bird. Gosh Mother nature can be cruel. TFS.

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• cafecrem (9242)
• [2005-02-02 4:07]

I love your "african Indian" ;-) Is he at the path of war with his colours?
Great photo.

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• Janice (17197)
• [2005-02-02 5:06]

A Punk Eagle with legs of a ballerina. This is great Callie. He makes me laugh. Thank you for showing him Good notes too.

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• Hanssie (0)
• [2005-02-02 7:06]

What a funny bird, this secretarisvogel, Callie.
Also the pose of this model and its colours, nice one and....he's got more hair than me:-))

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• netfalls (9268)
• [2005-02-02 7:16]

Great post, that's a nice messy bird.
Well done. One for my favs
TFS.

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• gerhardt (11529)
• [2005-02-02 8:13]

This retro-punk ROCKS! I know you couldn't wait to get this one out here. Paul & I had a chat and "wham-bam" there it was! "fast photo joint" as Paul said, indeed. Thanks for showing off this exceptionally grand shot of this "snake charmer". I really wish I had only but one capture of it. Very well done in this desert sun too.

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• sandpiper2 (11177)
• [2005-02-02 18:46]

I like youre secretary Callie, I'll have to meet her one.
Cool image of this impessive snake-hunter.

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• deud (2083)
• [2005-02-03 4:20]

nice specimen! good pose.

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• puffy (1349)
• [2005-02-17 15:36]

Hahaha, a real bad hair day eh? gosh, he is a bit mess, and you have captured that. I am sure he is a good looking bird if he got his hair done well. Very good shot, great composition, is like the bird is waiting for you to take the shot. Very well done.

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• JeanMichel (2864)
• [2005-04-07 18:24]

I'm sad for this secretary. She goes to the wrong hairdresser, the wrong clothes shop, the wrong make-up artist. At 600mm, seems you were too far to whisper in her ears the good addresses. Well, nobody's perfect, and, if she likes it, ok. Now, this one is again a great personality you send us, an unbelievable character. Very well done, Callie. It's time to have a snooze. She'll be in my dreams!

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• marjan (2627)
• [2005-11-16 4:10]

Callie, on first look I think it is "roadrunner" (beep beep) from cartoon. Excelent shot, bright and ceeare.
Marjan

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• traveller (171)
• [2005-12-03 1:33]

Very funny and interesting, both photo and the title! Good sharpness too!

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• Tommysugar (600)
• [2005-12-16 5:33]

Funny picture!
You captured this bird in a beautiful position!
Bye Tom

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• anoop (106)
• [2005-12-27 11:23]

simply great secretary bird. Love these birds. the shot does full justice to thier majestic appearance. Thanks for sharing callie

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• Active (1231)
• [2006-01-09 4:52]

fantastic title and photo too :)
very well done!!!
TFS:-)
Barbara

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• rohitjpr (18)
• [2006-01-14 8:05]

Hey Callie,

this is an amazing image..
I'm dumb-founded after seeing this..
this is a complete picture in all terms..
Gretat work..

best wishes

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• jmp (8400)
• [2006-05-10 8:47]

Hi Callie,
Unsurpassable! Good in all the parameters you can imagine!
José M.

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• chbumann (72)
• [2006-11-14 9:48]

That's too a nice one. It seems to handle like an actor!!!!!! Very sharp and the colours are very good. Great work!!!

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• MiguelPappan (0)
• [2006-12-09 6:10]

Great shot.....Did you notice the big bumblebee close to the right image order?

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• crazycat (178)
• [2007-03-15 11:30]

he has hair problem, for sure. me too :-(
congrats for this shot!
anca

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• PeterDF (0)
• [2007-04-22 14:48]

Trememdous shot of the wonderful Secretary bird here! Just a great pose and wonderful colors that you've captured! Very nicely done.

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• keanhoon (1147)
• [2007-07-06 2:38]

Wow,.. great potrait. Exposure and DOF are great.
TFS

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• touristdidi (2409)
• [2007-12-01 20:28]

What a bird, what a "feather do"! He would be an outcast at an eagle convention! I never heard of this fellow before! Great shot!!!

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• zumoduvas (2016)
• [2007-12-22 10:06]

Hello Callie.

Excellent image, very good details.
Nice Bird.

Regards.
jose Luis.

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• caroze (21)
• [2008-01-05 11:56]
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• siislam (118)
• [2008-01-24 7:04]

Fascinating bird, good capture, well done.

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• mlines (2502)
• [2008-05-10 19:36]

Hi Callie, This is certainly a strange looking bird. Like a comic strip style. Good crisp photo of this and wonderful to see another form of nature. TFS.. Murray.

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• FunkyMunky (110)
• [2008-06-22 5:37]

Beautiful shot of this secretary bird! I usually see them walking in grass so I don't have a clesr full length shot like this yet. Well done!

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• zahoor_salmi (890)
• [2008-08-20 11:02]

Great composition, bright & strong colors and sharpness.