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Turnstone

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Posted by Calum Dickson on April 19, 2010 at 3:54 PM
Thought I would try and do something a little different with the Turnstone, it was so still using the reflections were the obvious choice.

40D+EF500 F8 ISO200 1/640th sec

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Calum
Posted by Justin on April 19, 2010 at 5:08 PM
Excellent image. :toast:
Posted by Fran French on April 19, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Absolutely stunning....

Fran :toast: :toast:
Posted by Karen Summers on April 19, 2010 at 5:29 PM
thats a beauty Callum
Posted by Ian Mason on April 19, 2010 at 5:35 PM
Absolutely superb! Great timing, low POV and nice reflection. Complementary colours too.
Posted by Dave Courtenay on April 19, 2010 at 6:03 PM
Good to see something different-nice one

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Posted by Bob Hastie on April 19, 2010 at 6:48 PM
Great image, maybe just a little too central for my liking, do you have any more room in front of the bird?

Bob
Posted by Brett Lewis on April 20, 2010 at 4:34 AM
I echo Bob's query but think this is really very nice indeed regardless. They are difficult to capture at the best of times but in flight take it to a different level.

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Posted by PhilH on April 20, 2010 at 8:38 AM
Like this a lot... my only wish would be for all the water to be that earthy brown colour, but that is out of your hands... position in the frame is ok for me...

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 20, 2010 at 9:22 AM

Superbly caught Calum, top draw image imo.

Andy...
Posted by Ian Stickland on April 20, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Really quite like that :smile:
Posted by Craig Jones on April 20, 2010 at 12:12 PM
Great catch and different to the normal pose of these birds,I love the trail behind the birds legs,gives the image a sense of movement for me,very sharp too :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on April 20, 2010 at 1:39 PM

Hi Calum,

Lovely shot with a great pose and colour palette. Perhaps a tiny bit of cw rotation, hard to tell if its just an illusion though with the sloping brown bank at the top and angle of the ripples towards the bottom of the frame.

Cheers,

Lewis.
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Posted by Stephen Kaluski on April 20, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Hi Calum, just back, so will be brief :smile:

Great capture and well handled under difficult conditions. The pose, reflection and strong comp really makes this image a real cracker, the water droplets add to the icing. Agree with Lewis about a slight 'rotation', and might try to even up the top part of the image.

Think it's your best to date. :toast: :toast: :toast:

Steve :wavey:
Posted by Mark Davies on April 20, 2010 at 4:17 PM
Nailed for me .
Posted by Graham Goddard on April 21, 2010 at 2:32 AM
What an image to break your duck with :toast:

It looked good on the back of your camera, and even better processed. They fly in so quickly and so low, you did really well to get this.

Personally, I'd give it more room on the LHS for the bird to fly into but as said above, a cracker ! :wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Calum Dickson on April 21, 2010 at 4:41 AM
Thanks for all the comments some good suggestions in there for improving the image which I'm very grateful for. No more canvas on the left unfortunately,,, a canvas extension would be the only answer there.
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Calum
Posted by Andy Gregory on April 21, 2010 at 6:38 AM
A cracking shot Calum :toast:
Posted by Suze McGarrigle on April 21, 2010 at 7:49 AM
Your best so far, beautiful shot, its all been said, well done.
Suze
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on April 22, 2010 at 1:42 AM
Wonderful shot. Very well done. :smile: :smile: