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Herring Gull Diving

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Posted by Larry Corbett on August 9, 2006 at 6:43 PM
Herring Gull Diving
Taken on the sands at Brean. he was swooping down to the scraps of food I had spread out on the beach

EOS 1d2, EF 300mm f2.8L IS + 2xII extender 1/1250 f5.6, ISO 400
Posted by David Kjaer on August 10, 2006 at 4:02 AM
Nicely caught and composed!

David :toast:
Posted by Justin on August 10, 2006 at 4:19 AM
Great pose and positioning in the frame.Portrait format works really well here.
:toast:
Posted by PhilH on August 10, 2006 at 4:22 AM
Super, nice dynamics...

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Posted by Philip Kirkham on August 10, 2006 at 1:18 PM
Well caught, Larry, and nicely exposed too.
Best wishes
Phil :toast:
Posted by Danny Green on August 11, 2006 at 8:17 AM
Hello Larry

Great shot and well caught

:toast: :toast:

Danny
Posted by Rob Chace on August 11, 2006 at 11:20 AM
Aah, a Weston duck!
Well exposed Larry, nice composistion. :toast:
Regards Rob
Posted by Sean Bolton on August 11, 2006 at 1:47 PM
Hi Larry

A nicely caught flight shot. Good exposure and detail on the gull. Looks sharp too given it was shot wide open with the 2x converter.

cheers

Sean
Posted by Larry Corbett on August 12, 2006 at 2:37 PM
Thanks everyone for the kind comments :smile:

Sean in good light my 300 f2.8L IS with a 2x convertor is just as sharp as my old straight 500mm f4L IS...now some people may not believe this but as i've owned both (in fact I think Ii've owned most lenses...including 2x300f4's...2x500mm's..3x300f2.8's (don't ask :rolleyes:)) I have a chance to run some tests to confirm..sometimes i don't even have to sharpen images taken with the 300mm it's a fantastic piece of kit, so versatile too