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Oystercatchers

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Posted by Kevin Lewis on April 6, 2006 at 6:17 AM
Taken at Cemlyn Bay on Anglesey. Fascinating to observe the behaviour of the birds before, during and after :)

Canon 20D
Canon 600mm f4 + EFIIx1.4TC
1/500@f9 iso 200 raw
PRocessed in CS2 with 5% shadow/highlight adjustment
Posted by Tim Munsey on April 6, 2006 at 7:37 AM
:redface: Blimey :redface: It must be all those oysters.

:toast:

Tim
Oh nice shot
Posted by Rob Ashton on April 6, 2006 at 7:43 AM
It's definately that time of year :redface:

Very well timed capture.

Rob :toast:
Posted by Vincent Jones on April 6, 2006 at 8:00 AM
Nice one Kev lol, nothing like being watched when your at it lol, its called dogging ain't it :biggrin:

Well captured :toast:

Vince
Posted by Dave Courtenay on April 6, 2006 at 8:38 AM
Very nice well caught and well positioned in the frame :toast:
Posted by Niall Riddell on April 6, 2006 at 9:28 AM

Awesome shot both behaviourally and compositionally - I wonder if they were playing up for the camera?!!

Exhibitionists :biggrin:

Niall
Posted by Michael Sayles on April 6, 2006 at 9:30 AM
Pervert. It amazes me how some people get their kicks... :wink: :biggrin:

Only kidding (of course!). Love the composition - shame the light was a touch harsh, but that's no cause to criticise a shot like this. Good one.

Michael S
Posted by Kevin Lewis on April 6, 2006 at 4:50 PM
just seen this on a proper monitor and the compression on my website hasn't done this any favours at all :(

This was the file uploaded to my gallery at 1000px (200kb)
http://thelewiss.co.uk/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core:DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7806&g2_serialNumber=1

and is then processed to 640px automatically, I think I need to take a look at the routines and compression levels again

Update: the last few images I've uploaded to my gallery were via a mobile phone with gprs. It applies its own compression!! Apologises for the loss of the image at the top I had to delete the original file and reupload a 'good' version