A Rock Star for Howard!

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• gracious (12512)
• [2008-05-24 22:05]
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Hello Iris,
What a awesome bird with the nice feathers over the head with it's peak open!
the image is sharp with very nice colour and details
I just miss the bottom part of it's leg, hope I can see the whole part of the bird some day!
many thanks for this sharing
best regards
Tony

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• carper (8394)
• [2008-05-24 22:09]
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marvelous Iris,
I want to sing when I see this, a marvelous singing bird, good capture, very nice to look at. it makes the morning good, thank you, have a nice day.
gr. jaap

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• Argus (24333)
• [2008-05-24 22:14]
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Hello Iris,
A remarkable capture of a Brahminy Minah. This is sharp as any DSLR, though it would interesting to see the org. for comparison. I clone away items that would otherwise spoil the composition but I try to minimise this and do it in such a way as to avoid repetition, though this does not spoil the image here.
The pose, contrast with the green grass are what make the imgage excellent and a fine tribute to our top photgrapher and TN friend, Howard Cheek.
TFS and best wishes,
Ivan

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• Swats (472)
• [2008-05-24 22:15]

This is a fantastic capture Iris! Sure looks like a rock star. Liked the composition and colours as well.

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• loot (9313)
• [2008-05-24 22:34]
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Hi Silpa

A wonderful dedication to one of TrekNature's stalwarts and pillars. Meaning: leader, mainstay, support, guide, teacher, friend, tower-of-strength, committed, unfaltering, steadfast, resolute, courageous, bold (in more ways than one), and master. Very few of us on this site (and probably even many non-members who visit the site) have remained untouched by Howard. In some way or another he has moved and affected us all and made deep impressions through his amazing work, his friendship, his coaching, and his humility. I am sure he will appreciate this wonderful gesture.

This Brahminy myna is superb in its pose and somehow it reminds me a lot of Howard. The bird has just got much more feathers on its head (chuckle). Lovely sharp details and stunning colours. The composition is good, but there are probably some alternative options that were possible. However, taking note of your last paragraph I don't know how much you had to crop or how big the bird was on the original image. Making use of a vertical composition with slightly less grass in front of the bird and thus displaying a larger bird in the frame is one such option, but again, I don't know if the original would have sustained such display. Anyway, I think it looks great with the green grass making the myna stand out and placing all the focus on the bird. The exposure levels were spot-on ensuring excellent lighting on the subject.

Well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• anilnediyara (634)
• [2008-05-24 23:50]
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Hello Iris,
Amazing action caught at its peak. I really wonder how you managed with the P&S camera !! TFS, Regards
Anil

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• fragman (11898)
• [2008-05-25 0:36]
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great capture, TFS Ori

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• Gert-Paassen (6181)
• [2008-05-25 1:22]
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Hello Iris,

What a nice bird, he sit down and dances with the feathers over the head and with the peak open.
Good pov and dof.

Gert

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• gannu (11695)
• [2008-05-25 2:38]
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Hello Iris,
This is superb shot and good framing. But the bird is too cornered. Just an opinion. Lovely clarity and sharp Ganesh

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• mariki (8935)
• [2008-05-25 3:33]
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Hello Iris,

Very nice capture of this bird. Very good composition with an excellent timing. Excellent sharpness. Great colours. I think we see too much the "clonage" here. Generally I have a look to the picture before reading the note. And I saw you cloned immediately. That is a personnal point of view: I do not like too modify the pictures too much, a picture is good or not. Anyway, the picture of the bird is excellent.
Cheers,
Mariki

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• boreocypriensis (14244)
• [2008-05-25 3:36]
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Hi Silpa, What a cute bird which I have not seen before. Your capture is excellent in all way my friend! Also worthy dedication to Howard. TFS. Cheers,
Bayram

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• flashpoint (3671)
• [2008-05-25 3:40]
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hi Iris,
well captured....I have intention of to do them immediately a record contract!!!

best regards sERGIO

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• marhowie (34737)
• [2008-05-25 6:27]
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Good Morning Iris and thank you for your kindness.
I always wanted to be a rock star ;-}
Cool pose seen in your "punk" rocker - I like this alot.
Very good details, colors, exposure, and DOF..
It's an interesting comp with plenty of space for this rocker to "rock" out in :)
Well done & Thanx again,
Howard
PS - To try & answer your ?
It's the nature of the small sensor in a your point & shoot to produce more noise, especially when it sees so much green..I think it's the same for the blue pixels also..But I'm no expert :)
My only suggestion is to always shoot at the lowest ISO setting, for the least amount of noise :/

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• eng55 (1345)
• [2008-05-25 10:34]

Hi Iris,
Excellent capture.Sharpness,POV,pose of bird,framing and composition are wonderful.
Thanks for posting.

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• jaycee (15655)
• [2008-05-25 10:41]
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Hi Iris,

I love it!!!! The pose of this Mynah and the look on his face is priceless. The opened beak and the long plummage are wonderful. Excellent colors that looks so good against the green grass. Nice dedication to Howard who consistently presents amazing photos.

Jane

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• lawbert (0)
• [2008-05-25 10:52]
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Hello Iris
First of all the Title is superb and a fitting dedication to Howard.
Secondly I love the framing..Many may say there is to much space to the left...But I think its just about right..All it lacks is an audience!!
The subject is superbly sharp and captured just at the right moment as he lets rip!!
Fantastic work and Thanks for sharing this superb Picture.
All the Best
Paul

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• Hil (4949)
• [2008-05-25 11:28]
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Hi Iris

Great capture of the Brahminy Minah.
I like the composition with a good POV and a superb singing pose.
Very nice Feather details.
Lovely natural well saturated colours too.

Hil

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• haraprasan (13330)
• [2008-05-25 23:07]

Hi Iris,
Yes you are right. But it is not always true about the noise with sufficient light. Anyway a lovely capture of this rock star mayna. Superb details and a lovely composition. Very well done. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• jignasi (8950)
• [2008-05-25 23:31]

Primero gracias por tus comentarios. Tu toma es excelente, casi espectacular como muchas de las fotografías de tu galería. Un buen control de la luz, naturalidad en los colores y destacando un buen encuadre. Una toma preciosa de un ave desconocida para mí.
Saludos Iris: Josep Ignasi Tejedor.

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• waminda2020 (276)
• [2008-05-26 3:01]
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Iris - I agree with you - howard is special! although I didn't picture him with that sort of haircut!!
Nice capture - the eyes look like they are bulging through the effort!
thanks for your critique and thanks for sharing... mark

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• SueThomson (603)
• [2008-05-26 4:11]
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Hi Iris
Hey, this guy is super! Lovely colours and wonderfully contrasted against the lush green grass. Well done and TFS
Cheers
Sue

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• Silvio2006 (25479)
• [2008-05-26 5:56]
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Hi Iris, splendid bird with wonderful colors and superb sharpness, perfect focus and fantastic details, very well done, have a good week, ciao Silvio

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• ramthakur (25869)
• [2008-05-26 8:20]
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Hi Iris,
NeatImage does flatten out details but in your case here, it has not done much damage. The image is excellent, in fact.
How come I do not see this species (Brahminy Mynah) around here not too far from Delhi?
It is a good looking bird and you have captured it in an interesting pose. The colours are very charming.
TFS and keep shooting.
Ram

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• PaulH (11345)
• [2008-05-26 9:07]
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Hi Iris,
great capture, very well composed with superb sharp detail and clarity. Very good timing on your part to catch him in this pose too, well done!
tfs
Paul

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• pekkavalo1 (4611)
• [2008-05-26 13:58]
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Hi Iris,

Great capture of this magnificant bird. Good pose and composition, sharp details, good BG and bright natural colours.

TFS

Pekka

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• goldyrs (4842)
• [2008-05-26 14:25]
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hey Iris,
Nice to hear from you after sometime!
This is an excellent shot, you've chosen the POV very well and the environment of the bird is what takes the cake!
Very well done!@
Cheers!
Goldy

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• eqshannon (21395)
• [2008-05-26 18:48]
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It is a special image and makes me so happy that you are back.....jut so super and special Iris...all of life is coming together.....and to have you back is something very special!
Bob

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• CeltickRanger (7561)
• [2008-05-26 20:24]
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hello iris

WOW, what a wonderful shot you did, very fine POV, DOF
and specially the way you framed the bird on the image,
the photo was shot at the best bird's singing pose moment,
very beautiful luminosity of the image, great sharpness
and details, all that done with your 10x zoom canon point & shoot

i love your image Iris, TFS it

Asbed

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• Juyona (13475)
• [2008-05-27 4:55]
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Hola Iris,
precioso trabajo,
original pov,
detalles y encuadre...
saludos

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• pvs (11903)
• [2008-05-27 8:40]
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Hi Iris,

A very funny rocker,well seen and captured with great details,and off course a nice dedication to howard,

Regards,
Paul

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• marmottelolo (14479)
• [2008-05-27 10:00]
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bonjour iris
si le point de vue auvait été plus au niveau du sol,je pense que cela aurait été preferable neanmoins j'adore l'oiseau.
laurent

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• Mana (16816)
• [2008-05-27 10:21]
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Hi Silpa,
Outstanding shot of this beautiful Brahminy Myna singing aloud for everyone here on TN. Immaculate sharpness, colours and details on its plumage with perfect lighting and exposure. Among the green grasses it stands out nicely. Excellent POV and very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• oscarromulus (4762)
• [2008-05-30 17:19]
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Cheers Iris,
I have NEVER EVER SEEN THIS BEAUTY until today.
I wonder if it can mimick human speech as the common Indian Mynah does???
Congratulations my friend.
GREAT PIECE OF PHTOGRAPHY WORK.
Mario with warm regards.

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• elizabeth (74)
• [2008-05-31 2:23]

Awesome capture! I love the colours, the crispness, the excellent composition and the wee bird's attitude! Well done and TFS.
Cheers
Elizabeth

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• EOSF1 (22732)
• [2008-05-31 13:16]

Hello Iris! What a great bird, you've done a great job again on this one, I really like the pose and the beautiful background. Very sharp image with a perfect exposure, well done, thanks!

Mario

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• arfer (0)
• [2008-06-04 22:07]

Hello Iris

Just marking the post for now

Rob

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• Hormon_Manyer (1120)
• [2008-06-11 6:11]

Hello Silpa,
An awesome capture with great humour. Minimalistic yet very effective composition, and the bird's pose is something really fitting to the great title. :) Absolutely top notch photo (maybe except for the black sign, but it's a very minor trouble, and a question of personal taste), congrats and tfs. Great dedication.
Best wishes from Hungary, László

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• uleko (24475)
• [2008-06-12 0:54]

Hello Iris,
Looking back in your gallery there is a lot that I've missed! Sorry! This is a lovely capture of a Mynah displaying its plumage beautifully! Excellent focus, sharp details and beautiful colours that catches your eye in the green grass! Lovely!
TFS and regards, Ulla

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• hester (11052)
• [2008-06-13 11:35]

Hi Iris

I love it! what a great looking bird. You caught him in a great pose with the head thrown back as he makes himself seen. I love the composition, the low POV and the pin sharp details

TFS

Karan

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• AiresSantos (98)
• [2008-06-15 0:23]

Hi Iris
Lovely bird in special pose. Great POV and colours
Cheers
Aires

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• saguzar (6828)
• [2008-06-21 13:34]

Hi Iris,
A surprisingly amazing bird to me, I like its look, it´s true remember a punk rocker. Very nice composition and close up, with appropiate "void" space at left.
Greetings
Hernán

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• Alex99 (15287)
• [2008-06-29 1:39]

Hi Irishues.
Superb picture of the fine singing bird. I welcome wide DOF and crisp sharpness of the scene. Pictured bird and grass surroundings are looked perfectly. Lights and colours are so great as other parts of the shot. Bravo and TFS.
Alexei.

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• zumoduvas (2106)
• [2008-07-16 13:30]

Hello Iris.

Excellent image, nice composition and colors.
Fantastic bird expresive.

Regards.
Jose Luis.

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• lovenature (4568)
• [2008-09-25 20:51]

Hi Iris
You have a great album!
I love this portrait of your Myna bird, he looks like quite the character...just like Howard :) (Howards a very helpful guy)
The Myna looks so nice calling out in the field of green. I love the way his feathers are standing up. Great note!
TFS Janice

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• maurydv (5254)
• [2008-09-30 23:01]

Ciao Silpa,
splendido momento di cattura con un ottimo POV, bellissima la composizione con l'uccello immerso nel verde, eccellenti la nitidezza e la definizione dei dettagli, ottima la resa dei colori. Complimenti per la dedica a Howard che condivido.
TFS.
Maurizio