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Guillemot flight

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 18, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Guillemot flight
Hi to all,

Another Guillemot from Bempton , I'm quite pleased with this one , I like the wing position and it's trailing feet , it's not totally nailed but i'm slowly getting there :biggrin: , thanks for looking.

Converted in DPP / Processed in CS2 (Cropped)

Canon 1D3 , 500F4IS+1.4T/c , Gitzo1325 , Wimberley v2
1/800th @ F8 +1-1/3rdE/comp iso400 RAW

All comments welcome

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Tim Taylor on May 18, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Good work Andy - fast little critters and tricky to expose. Very nice pose and crop. Possibly a bit of a halo partic under the head but it might be me/my monitor?

Cheers

Tim :toast:
Posted by Justin on May 18, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Hi Andrew,

Looks pretty good from where I'm sitting. :toast:
Posted by Paul Hillion on May 18, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Another cracking flight shot Andy - unfortunately there's a well defined halo running underneath the bird which is a little off-putting. I find that if I re-size using Bicubic it tends not to leave a halo in these type of shots, although if I use Bicubic I also find I have to sharpen a little more.


:toast: :toast:
Posted by Laurie Braman on May 18, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Great job. Black & white birds are tricky.

Laurie :smile:
Posted by Tim Munsey on May 19, 2008 at 1:46 AM
Good to see you've got the canon cracked Andy, must have been a worry. Nice one

Tim
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on May 19, 2008 at 2:04 AM
Great shot and nice composition. Well done!
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 19, 2008 at 3:30 AM
These little blighters had me in stitches the other day - the splash they make when they hit the water is comparable to that of a pick-up truck, and when they hurl themselves into oblivion off the cliff their trajectory really does resemble that of a base-jumper :eek: :biggrin:

Another belter of a capture Andy :toast: :toast:
Posted by Frederic Desmette on May 19, 2008 at 4:20 AM
Nice flight shot!
Frederic
Posted by David Kjaer on May 19, 2008 at 4:27 AM
Another super flight shot!

David :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 19, 2008 at 7:35 AM
I would be pleased with this as well-very nice

Dave :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on May 19, 2008 at 8:20 AM
Hi Andy,

Another belter! Nice one!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Barry Southon on May 19, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Andy

Yet another great flight shot the 1D3 tweak has enhanced my efforts as well thanks for sharing the info.

Barry :wink:

Eastbourne / Kansas
Posted by Alan Woolnough on May 19, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Great angle Andy, and another fine shot of this chap :toast: :toast:

Alan
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 19, 2008 at 11:58 AM

Thanks for the comments guys , appreciated as always.

I've just replied to you're e-mail Mr Hillion.

Cheers :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by eric weight on May 19, 2008 at 2:25 PM
perfectly exposed - great shot.
Eric :toast: :toast:
Posted by Chris Jones on May 19, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Great Andy.... setting a few bench marks for me with these

Regards Chris