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Great skua landing

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Posted by Adam Seward on November 7, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Great skua landing
This is from the summer I'm afraid, but I've still got lots of pictures from then to go through. I got a bit damp for these shots of great skuas (bonxies), lying on my front on the ground in a bag hide. This pond almost always had great skuas on it - I think they were unpaired ones. Anyway, here are the camera specs:

Canon EOS 1D3
300 f/4 L IS + 1.4 converter
ISO 400
1/640
f/5.6
Posted by David Clapp on November 7, 2008 at 4:46 PM
cracking shot, I like it even if many others who have viewd this are too lazy to say so! :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on November 7, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Very nice Adam I like the way the body is sharp and the wing tips are blurred giving a sense of motion. :smile:


Ian
Posted by Matt Cole on November 8, 2008 at 3:05 AM
nicely captured, a striking shot.

Matt
Posted by Austin Thomas on November 8, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Very nice David,

Great angle of view.

Cheers

Austin
Posted by Rob Howard on November 8, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Hi Adam,

Lovely shot and great timing. I think it could do with a bit of CW rotation just to level everything up.

Thanks for sharing

Reagrds

Rob
Posted by Magnus Hird on November 9, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Agree about the rotation and perhaps a little off the right hand edge to match up with the edge-wingtip distance on the left., but really nicely caught pose :smile:
Posted by John Chapman on November 10, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Well caught Adam. :toast:
Posted by Justin on November 10, 2008 at 5:01 PM
You've caught the moment perfectly. :toast: