Wow! Congratulations Bill. Quite a pretty bird. I hesitate to offer what might be construed negatively, but I might consider cropping slightly to remove the highlights at the bottom edge and the small portion of what might be one of the bird's legs.
This image jumps out and grabs you with color and will certainly draw attention. Perfect for a zoo. Some zoos have their own post cards and/or greeting cards for sale in the gift shop. Maybe... Tom C. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bill Sawyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Holy Sureshot, I Actually Won Something... > > > > And with a Pentax!! > > > > The Detroit Zoological Society publishes a quarterly glossy for it's > > 40,000 > > plus members called "Habitat." Each issue has a themed photo contest and > > at > > the end of the year they award a grand prize winner for the year. As > > camera-types like Zoos, they get several hundred submissions each issue, > > and > > the judging is done by the graphics firm that prepares the magazine. >This > > year's Grand Prize winner is here: > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5010343 > > > > Of course, it's mine, and I'm quite proud that I won the thing my first > > time > > entering a contest. Though the judges didn't know it, I'm a very active > > volunteer, and see a steady stream of Nikon, and worse, Canon, users >each > > time I'm there. Too many, particularly of the latter, are strutting, > > pretentious sots, camera club types, who seem bent on acting out some > > fantasy of being serious photographers. Harsh language, I know, but my >job > > is to engage them in conversation, and I get terribly tired of smilingly > > indulging that pretension. My revenge is the paragraph in the next issue > > that I get explaining that I shoot with Pentax, not Nikon nor Canon, >gear. > > In this case with an ist D, and 180mm f 3.5 Sigma lens. Take that, you > > weenies!! > > > > BTW, in the past year, I've been seeing more and more Pentax bodies > > amongst > > the Nikons and Canons, where previously I saw none.... > > > > Bill Sawyer > > Livonia, MI > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
