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Crab for breakfast.

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Posted by Justin on April 24, 2007 at 4:01 AM
Crab for breakfast.
Canon 20D, Canon 100-400mm L I.S. @ 400mm, 1/1000 sec @ f7.1,
Manual metering, Al Servo AF, Raw, iso 200, Gitzo 1548/B1.
Full frame width ways but cropped to pano format from bottom of frame.


Hi,

One from a couple of weeks ago.A couple of dead crabs had been washed up on an old jetty,much to the interest of a small group of turnstones.

All comments always welcome and appreciated.
Posted by Andy Astbury on April 24, 2007 at 4:21 AM
Justin - I really do like this shot, but did you get any of him actually picking at the crab - a bit of action is this super atmosphere would have been spot on.
Maybe a bit of extra canvass and some cloning down the left to bring the birds eye to the frame centerline.
Nonetheless a great image - very nice indeed :toast: :toast:

Best Regards

Andy
Posted by Brian McGeough on April 24, 2007 at 4:30 AM
Nice water!!!!! looks very smooth, gives all your attention to the bird and crab, i really like it.

Brian
Posted by Justin on April 24, 2007 at 4:30 AM
Hi Andy,
I did manage to get quite a lot of different images of him actually eating the crab and with beakfulls of food,in fact most of the images from that morning were of him actually eating,this one was from an infrequent moment where he actually stopped for a couple of seconds.
Thanks for looking and for the suggestion :cool:
Posted by Pete Etheridge on April 24, 2007 at 5:00 AM
Hi Justin,

I like as is. No crits from me.

Pete
Posted by Dave Courtenay on April 24, 2007 at 6:36 AM
Great colours and background-like it a lot :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on April 24, 2007 at 8:43 AM
Very nice Justin :cool:
Posted by David Taylor on April 24, 2007 at 9:33 AM
It would be interesting to see the crab being consumed, but this image is very nice nonetheless.

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark sellings on April 24, 2007 at 9:37 AM
Really like this - lovely composition and light, and a great subject - the crab really makes the picture for me!

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Michael Sayles on April 24, 2007 at 11:19 AM
Excellent shot Justin - crop works an absolute treat!
Posted by Alan Bryant on April 24, 2007 at 11:45 AM
Great shot Justin :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on April 24, 2007 at 12:55 PM
Beautiful - love the light and water!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on April 24, 2007 at 2:42 PM
Hi Justin,a great detailed image,excellent

:toast:
Posted by Paula Graham on April 24, 2007 at 3:21 PM
Excellent, pity there was no more reflection, but you can not have everything in life!
Posted by John Chapman on April 25, 2007 at 11:37 AM
Great picture Justin. :toast:
John
Aberdeen.