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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Dark- Eyed Junco Composite

The same junco gave me two different poses from the stand he was perched on early afternoon of 3/16/2024, and I combined the two pictures in photo shop. It looked like he might be talking to his own inner self about the weather while lifting one foot off the cold metal stand:-) Truthfully, it was the only position I could place him to face himself when experimenting with a composite. Both feet were on the stand in the original picture. That's the fun part of doing a composite to improvise a different way of doing things through trial and error for the artistic category, and I have enjoyed the challenge!

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2024
Date Uploaded: 11.2024
Photo Location: Ellsworth, Wi, United States of America
Camera: COOLPIX P1000
Copyright: © Andrea Petersen