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Posted by David Salem on Tue Jul 28, 2015 2:09 am

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I really enjoy trying to capture fun and interesting take off and landing shots. It takes a bit of pacience and a good understanding your subject, but the results can be worth the effort.  This is a Western Meadowlark taking off from a natural situation and giving us a nice Look-back.  Hope you like it.

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Thanks as always for looking and for your input.  I appreciate it.

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by Tim Foltz on Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:17 am
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Dave, nice shot, sharpness, exposure, bg and action are all on point, very nice.

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by Square Man1 on Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:12 am
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Wow you certainly nailed this spectacular image David, the details, BG and eye contact are top shelf.

A big congrats ,

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by Gaurav Mittal on Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:13 am
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Excellent flight pose and wing position, good eye contact and the background compliments the bird nicely.
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by Carol Clarke on Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:56 am
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Superb capture of the take off action David! Everything spot on and tack sharp too.
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by Missy Mandel on Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:16 am
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Wow David. This was certainly worth your effort! Love the eye contact beautiful smooth background
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by ANIT MITRA on Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:42 am
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a terrific shot... nice head turn during flight and very sharp image with beautiful bg..
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by Biresh on Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:09 am
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Great pose and wing position. Lovely eye contact,details and bg.
 

by Karl Egressy on Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:56 am
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Great take off shot, David. Nice down wing pose and nice smooth background.
 

by David Salem on Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:03 am
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Thanks everyone for the comments. I appreciate you taking the time.
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by Debapratim Saha on Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:28 am
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Excellent down stroke,head turn,bg ,details....amazing take off shot David!
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by Axel Hildebrandt on Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:30 am
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I like the tilted head, dangling feet and wing position, the BG complements the plumage well.
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by peter makuch on Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:49 am
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good one from the flight to the bg, excellent.
 

by Rick Bowers on Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:53 pm
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Fantastic takeoff shot! Well done.
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by elauer on Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:37 pm
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Like everyone else here, I Iove it. Very impressed with your ability to get such a difficult shot.
 

by Denismalenfant on Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:23 pm
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Hi David,

A wonderful picture, the sharpness and the background are awesome.

Very well done.

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by Todd Bauer on Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:44 pm
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It's all very nice as stated. The "look-back" really makes it unique.
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by Graeme Guy on Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:48 pm
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Patience and understanding pays handsomely

This is a top notch take-off shot.

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by David Salem on Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:26 pm
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Thanks again everyone. I appreciate the comments.
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Excellent
 

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