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a dog of starlings

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Posted by Mike Acreman on February 25, 2009 at 1:36 PM
a dog of starlings
another picture taken in taunton this evening canon 40d 15-55 lense 1/600sec/f4.5/ iso800
Posted by Dave Bartlett on February 25, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Another well spotted image Mike. I am waiting for the starling of starlings though ... :smile:

Dave
Posted by Dawn Monrose on February 25, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Nice, the colours in the sky aren't quite as intense as your previous shots, but I like the more pastely tones. I would crop the black blob off the bottom as it draws the eye. There also seems to be quite a lot of noise still.

It's amazing what shapes they make!
Posted by Chris Johnstone on February 25, 2009 at 3:53 PM
I'm going for a Lapwing of Starlings here. Lovely capture, pity it's not as common as it once was. Maybe we should borrow some of Rome's Starlings.

Chris
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Posted by Iain Tookey on February 25, 2009 at 5:05 PM
LOL! :biggrin:
Posted by Graham Goddard on February 25, 2009 at 5:38 PM
I'd like to see them do a bicycle next please, perhaps followed by a silhouette of Pamela Anderson..... :wink:
Posted by Terry Whittaker on February 26, 2009 at 4:59 AM
Admit it. These are specially trained starlings no?

Cheers

Terry
Posted by Bob Cox on February 26, 2009 at 6:56 AM
I’m pretty certain now that these images are not starlings at all, just black pepper sprinkled onto coloured Card.! Well done either way.

Bob.