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Tree swallow landing

© Anupam Pal

Tree swallow landing

Uploaded: May 03, 2003

Description

9 separate images shot with Nikon D100 and joined together in PS7

Comments

Carl D. Miller May 03, 2003

Truely awesome! This has to win something. #33515

Evy Johansen level-classic May 26, 2019

Great work, Anupam! #91823

Anupam Pal May 26, 2019

Thanks for your encouraging comment. I really appreciate it. #91826

Nancy L. Ferrell May 26, 2019

This is wonderful..great job.. #91851

ricky A. riddle May 26, 2019

Just Perfect. #91868

Kathleen Clemons May 26, 2019

Outstanding!!! #91886

Carolyn M. Fletcher level-classic May 26, 2019

INCREDIBLE !!!!!! #91893

Viveca Venegas level-classic May 26, 2019

Fantastic Anupam, Bravísimo!!. Viveca #91899

Ronald Balthazor May 26, 2019

This is just excellent! #91915

Jill Battaglia May 26, 2019

Love it!! Great job! :-) #91917

Judith G. Secco May 26, 2019

Fantastic! Each bird shot is incredible. What a wonderful job!
Judy #91933

Murry Grigsby May 26, 2019

I agree with all the above!! This is really STAND-OUT work. Is it nine frames of the same bird? Wonderful!! #91998

Gary W. Lake May 26, 2019

I love it! Outstanding! #92029

Anupam Pal May 26, 2019

Thank you very much everyone. This was a fun picture which took 2 hours to shoot and another 5 hours to put together. There were a 4 birds playing together. I am not an expert in bird identification. So its hard to tell any differences between them. But most of the shots were probably of the same bird, because among 4 there was one bird which seemed to be the bravest and would come closest to the camera. #92052

Debbie S. May 26, 2019

Incredible image! How were you able to blend the images together? #92264

Michael F. Millay May 26, 2019

WHAT The ????

YOU - Dude -are WAY Ahead of the Pack !!
You must have Way More Free Time Than the
Rest of the "Pack" too ... But -
WAY TOO COOL !!
... Sharpshooter #92784

Lawrence A. Whitaker May 26, 2019

I have to say... that all the time you put into this project has paid off.
I did not notice the difference in the birds until I read your comment. Keep it up you can really make a lot of cool images with this idea. #93639

paulina michaud May 26, 2019

This is awesome!!
Paulina Michaud-Socwell
#93744

Damian P. Gadal May 26, 2019

WOW - Great job!!! #93757

Rod D. Gray May 26, 2019

Just discovered this image when browsing this months entries. Truely outstanding. Each bird is so sharp. Must be a winner #101934

Murry Grigsby August 14, 2003

Congrats, Anupam! #166127

Gary W. Lake August 14, 2003

Congrats Anupam! I'd wish you luck in the finals but I don't think you'll need it with this wonderful piece of work! 8^) #166311

Carl D. Miller August 14, 2003

Bout' time this showed up in the finals! Congrats! #166331

Evy Johansen level-classic August 14, 2003

Congrats to you! Well derserved. #166759

mariette geest August 15, 2003

absolutely great! are these all the same bird? congrats! great shot. thanks for sharing. #166888

Colette M. Metcalf August 15, 2003

Congrats, Anupam!!! #167190

Mette Vendelboe Allison level-classic August 15, 2003

Very cool, inspiring and really well put together and thought out! Congrats and good luck! #167221

Wolfgang Dolak August 15, 2003

Fabulous, Anupam!! All the work has surely paid off!
birdie #167883

Mark Oxley August 15, 2003

A Masterpiece Anupam. I'm so glad this won 1st place!! It may be 4 different birds, but the way you have put it together is very convincing!! #168789

Kerry Drager August 16, 2003

Hi Anupam: Excellent shot! A well-deserved congrats on your First Place!! Kerry #168819

Gary H. Minish level-classic August 16, 2003

An absolutely incredible piece of work, Anupam! Excellent photos and a great job of combining them. Congratulation on a very well deserved First Place!! #168846

Carl D. Miller August 16, 2003

This was one I had no doubt about the first time I saw it.....Way to go, Anupam! #168935

Mette Vendelboe Allison level-classic August 16, 2003

Congrats -most deserved1 #168950

Colette M. Metcalf August 16, 2003

Congrats to you, Anupam!!! #169016

Connie I. Chandler August 16, 2003

Congratulations! Fabulous photograph and well deserved WIN!! #169044

Connie L. Carpenter August 16, 2003

Congratulation on this truly outstanding image! #169194

Susana Matos August 16, 2003

Absolutely deserved!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations,
cheers from Portugal, Su #169252

Tony Gough August 16, 2003

Congrats Anupam on your win, you must have fantastic patience to not only take this but spend time on PS putting it all together. All worth it for a great image. Keep up the good work. #169293

Jean Papo August 16, 2003

Congratulations, Anupam, on your great work!!!! #169380

Wolfgang Dolak August 16, 2003

Hip hip hurray from Austria!!
birdie #169385

Murry Grigsby August 16, 2003

Congrats for a great WIN and image, Anumpam!! #169502

Murtaza H. Saeed August 16, 2003

"The 9 simple steps to first place"-By Anupam Pal.


Congratulations!:) Your efforts have really paid off, in what looks like the steps needed to get there. Well done, you had this one a long time ago. #169539

Anupam Pal August 16, 2003

Thank you all and betterphoto. I am so thrilled and honored to get this prize. This was a fun image to make and I am glad that all of you liked it including the betterphoto judges. #169601

Sal August 16, 2003

Outstanding, Anupam. Congratulations! #169664

Evy Johansen level-classic August 16, 2003

Congratulations on your win, Anupam! #169742

Lem Metro August 17, 2003

Without a doubt, July's best photograph, in my opinion. Perhaps some extra work in PS7, would have earned it the top spot. Background lines, that may only be evident at 72DPI, or a result of combining several frames, could have been cloned out or otherwise overcome. I think that minor flaw, may have been the difference. This is a brilliantly designed & executed photograph, Anupam. Congratulations! #170486

Anupam Pal August 18, 2003

Lem, thanks for your comments. I very much appreciate it. I agree the edges of the seams could have been cloned and mixed better. This is one of the earlier versions of this image, and I was pretty happy that I could put it together. I didn't check the background carefully at that time. I have fixed it later. But by that time I had already submitted it here.

Comments like yours are very helpful, because it helps the photographer to improve. Thanks. #171176

Monika Sapek August 18, 2003

Many congratulations on your First Place Win, Anupam!
Monika
#171371

Rahul Sharma August 19, 2003

Great Work Anupam Ji. I didnt see this picture earlier but I m really pleased on your win. This is really a great work. What else a learner like me can say. But I must say you are really a great photographer.
Rahul #172419

Darren M. Alexander August 22, 2003

Amazing! Fantastic work!

Congratulations! #175195

September 05, 2003

Great shot. It really caught my eye.

I'm sure you love your Nikon toy. From the sharpness and depth of field, I assume you are using Nikon lens as well? What were your settings for the shots?

Tom #188924

Anupam Pal September 05, 2003

Yep, I love my D100, especially when using with a long lens because of the 1.5x crop factor. I used Nikkor 80-200 f/2.8 AFD lens for this one. Exposure was f4 at 1/2000s at ISO 400. Thanks for your comment. #189062

November 04, 2005

wow! this is an awesome photo!!! #2036663

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic May 28, 2007

WOW!!!
This is beautiful.... simply amazing captures!
Well, well done! #4340967

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