{"id":11153,"date":"2012-09-04T06:12:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T10:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=11153"},"modified":"2012-09-04T13:41:46","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:41:46","slug":"portrait-category-voting-analysis-and-related-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2012\/09\/04\/portrait-category-voting-analysis-and-related-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait Category Voting Analysis and Related Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portrait Category Voting Analysis and Related Comments<\/h3>\n

Totals of the Judges’ Votes (each of 5 judges awarded each image 1-5 points):<\/h2>\n

1-Jacana chick on Lily-leaf by Lou Coetzer: 24
\n2-Short-toed Snake Eagle with snake by Kiran Poonacha: 23
\n3-Resplendent Quetzal by Judd Patterson: 22
\nT4-Songbird on teasel: 18
\nT4-Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl: 18
\n6-Sparrow: 17
\nT7-Raptor drinking: 15
\nT7-Fledgling Red-winged blackbird: 15
\nT7-Kingfisher sky-pointing: 15
\n10-Tropical Songbird: 14
\nT11-Common Yellowthroat: 13
\nT11-Long-eared Owl: 13
\nT11-Giant Kingfisher: 13
\n14-Francolin: 12<\/p>\n

Public Voting Totals (each of you was asked to vote your five favorite images 1-5 points with 5 being your favorite):<\/h2>\n

1-Jacana chick on Lily-leaf by Lou Coetzer-192
\n2-Raptor drinking-133
\n3-Ferruginous Pygmy Owl-88
\n4-Short-toed Snake Eagle by Kiran Poonacha-87
\n5-Songbird on teasel-70
\n6-Common Yellowthroat-61
\n7-Sparrow-60
\n8-Kingfisher sky-pointing-45
\n9-Resplendent Quetzal by Judd Patterson-43
\n10-Francolin-25
\n11-Giant Kingfisher-8
\n12-Tropical Songbird-7
\n13-Long-eared Horned Owl-5
\n14-Fledgling Red-winged Blackbird-1<\/p>\n

Analysis of the Voting<\/h3>\n

Once again there was–as I predicted when the images were presented for public voting here<\/a>, lots of correlation between the judge’s results and the public voting with the Jacana chick the clear choice of both panels. If you missed the announcement of the winners along with their comments, click here<\/a>. Short-toed Snake Eagle with snake (2, 4), Songbird on teasel (4, 5), Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (T4, 3), Kingfisher sky-pointing (T7, 8), and others further down the list showed high correlation between the two votes. The public might have gotten the better of the judges with their placement of Raptor drinking but on the other hand, I was mystified by the public vote that placed the magnificent Kingfisher sky-pointing 9th and awarded only a single fifth place vote to Fledgling Red-winged Blackbird. Thanks, however, to all who voted. <\/p>\n

The images below are presented in the order of finish as per the judge’s voting. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jacana chick on Lily-leaf by Lou Coetzer <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Almost without exception, everyone who has seen this image has been blown away by the killer sweet light, the killer-perfect reflection–I\u2019ve never seen such a still morning, the sharpness, the beautiful lily pad, the impeccable composition, and the too-cute chick staring right down the lens barrel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Short-toed Snake Eagle with snake by Kiran Poonacha<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Wow! This image has is all: a beautiful bird on a lovely and unique perch; a lead grey background; some tiny flowers; the snake wrapped around the bird\u2019s far leg, its bloodied head below; and the raptor\u2019s yellow eye staring; soft, sweet light. All nicely framed by some out-of-focus vegetation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Resplendent Quetzal by Judd Patterson<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

There is not a lot to say here with an absolutely stunning bird in an absolutely stunning setting. In nice, soft light. I love the pose, the killer tail, and especially how the greens and plum colors on the avocado fruits match the colors of the bird. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Songbird on teasel, Rodrigo Moraga.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Take a stunning, colorful bird and put it on a killer perch in sweet light and set the whole thing against a lovely soft background and you have one mighty fine image. A bit more head turn towards us would have resulted in a sharper eye and a bit more light on the bird’s face. Barring that lightening and sharpening only the face would have improved this one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl with prey by Rolf Nussbaumer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

This is a hard to photograph species. Getting it with a prey item in its bill is obviously a great moment captured. Image quality and critical sharpness are somewhat lacking. That said I would be proud to have this one in my files. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Sparrow by Jack Williamson<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

This image is plain and very simple but the pleasing image design, the beautifully toned background, the soft light, and the over-the-shoulder pose with enough depth-of-field and the perfect head angle for the pose made this one a deservedly popular choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Raptor drinking by Bence Mate. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

With its near-perfect symmetry, the sweet background, nice reflections, and those killer yellow eyes I was a bit surprised that this one did not do a bit better with the judges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Fledgling Red-winged blackbird by Gary Shackelford.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

I loved this image. It shows that it is possible to make great images of even the most common birds. In my book it is too, too cute. With the open bill, the sweet background, and the interesting perch I was mystified as to how this image garnered only a single fifth place vote in the public tally….<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Kingfisher sky-pointing by Jakob Damborg<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Take an evocative image design and combine it with some interesting behavior and set the whole thing against a sweet background in soft light and you will have a very pleasing image. And oh that reed. Lightening and selectively sharpening the face here would have made this strong image a bit stronger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Tropical songbird by Rafael Rodriguez<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Too centered with a hint of flash eye and lots of background noise but the incredible beauty and colors of this little gem make it a winner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Common Yellowthroat by Kevin Hall<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Stunning light, the ready-to-take-flight pose, a killer sweet background, and those lovely flowers all add to the success of this very strong image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Long-eared Owl by Niranjan Sant<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

A great bird with the ear tufts erect and the sweet light and lovely background are the strengths here. A few too many grasses are a small distraction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Giant Kingfisher by Stuart Bowie. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

In this fine image I love the bird, the upper right rule of thirds subject placement, the sweet light, the head angle, and the mottled tan background. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Francolin by Isak Pretorius<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The lovely perch, the pose and head angle of the subject, the soft light, and the yellow and green background are all pluses here. <\/p>\n

Congrats!<\/h3>\n

Congrats to the three winning photographers and to those who created the eleven other spectacular images that made it to the final round of judging. Getting a single image to the final round was a great accomplishment. With 1153 images entered, this category was, as expected, hugely popular, the most popular by far. Thanks to all who entered.<\/p>\n

The End is in Sight<\/h3>\n

In a very few days we shall present the eleven winning images for a public vote to determine their top Contest image. The actual Grand Prize winner will be announced shortly thereafter and we will be done. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Portrait Category Voting Analysis and Related Comments Totals of the Judges’ Votes (each of 5 judges awarded each image 1-5 points): <\/p>\n

1-Jacana chick on Lily-leaf by Lou Coetzer: 24 2-Short-toed Snake Eagle with snake by Kiran Poonacha: 23 3-Resplendent Quetzal by Judd Patterson: 22 T4-Songbird on teasel: 18 T4-Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl: 18 6-Sparrow: 17 T7-Raptor drinking: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-147","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}