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Take Off - High Tide +Original

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Posted by Craig Jones on September 22, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Take Off - High Tide +Original
Photography of those birds in the previous image taking off from the shoreland having stayed until the very last drop of sea water had covered the land,here their reflections can be seen in the sea as I lay level with the very calm sea water and planned with my camera focused the main body of the flock to get this image,again the noise and movement was breathtaking and it was a privlege to have been so close.

All Comments And Advice Welcome

Nikon D300
Nikon F4VR600
F4,1/30
iso 400,+0.3ev
Matrix
PP-CS3,Full Frame,No Crop

Thanks For Looking :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Liam Pauling on September 22, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Great shot Craig, the movement and colour work really well :biggrin:

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Posted by Craig Churchill on September 22, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Getting a bit arty in your old age!!!!! :wink:
Really nice, well thought out and conceived.


Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on September 22, 2009 at 12:28 PM
I've got to say that's quite impressive :wavey:

Don't know if the lilac colour wouldn't be better replaced by something slightly bluer - but it's a nice image.
Posted by Craig Jones on September 22, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Thank you all,Craig C I feel old!! I have had to do something after all these brillant Polar Bears images and Danny rubs it in with one of my favorite mammals :frown: :frown: :frown: So I've turned 'arty', Andy A,- have played with the 'Hue' alittle as I feared people would say this one, thats almost out of the camera is a little 'cold' I have posted it so people can let me know,but thank you for your comment,and a few more 'arty' ones can be seen on my 'www' site below :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Jeff Harrison on September 22, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Very nice work Craig - personally I prefer the original version :toast: :toast:
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on September 22, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Funny how just one bird can hold everything together in this sort of shot.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Jeroen Stel on September 22, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Lovely shot allthough i prefer your previous one and a horizontal crop.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by David Taylor on September 22, 2009 at 3:11 PM
First one for me as well, Craig. :smile: although the second one has merit as well. A great sense of movement has been portrayed. Excellent.

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Posted by David Kjaer on September 22, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Hi Craig

Very nice, colours in both images work - just the right amount of blur!

David :toast:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on September 23, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Very nice treatment - you got the movement spot on. Not that it matters, but I'd choose the first one.
Posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 24, 2009 at 6:27 AM
Fantastic image Craig, like them both but the first one just a tad more I think :wink: :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Duncan Armour on September 24, 2009 at 5:00 PM
It's an almost for me. Given that all the movement is lateral I'd really want to see a horizontal view (preferably another one of the above bolted on the LHS if you see what I mean, not a crop of this). And just to be difficult I'd like the colour halfway between the two !
Posted by Craig Jones on September 24, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Thank you for all your comments/Kind words :wink: :wink: