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Posted by Neil Solomon on Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:32 am

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10D 500/4 1.4X 1/125 f20 -1/3EV ISO200
Gitzo, sidekick, BB, flash @ -1 1/3. full frame

Photo taken at the La Jolla tide pools.

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by Alan Murphy on Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:16 am

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Neil, Love the bed of mussels in this shot. I would have gone with less DOF giving a softer, more OOF blue BG. Nice shot.

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by taylorm on Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:30 am

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What great light you had there!

The bird is sharp an the pose is really interesting.

Those are alot of shells there

One question/suggestion. Did you try shooting at a higher shutter speed and larger aperture to throw more of the water out of focus?

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by Neil Solomon on Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:38 am

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taylorm wrote:What great light you had there!

The bird is sharp an the pose is really interesting.

Those are alot of shells there

One question/suggestion. Did you try shooting at a higher shutter speed and larger aperture to throw more of the water out of focus?

At 1/125 I was just below the synch speed. I think that I was too distant for high speed synch and needed the fill because the sun was actually quite high in the sky at the time. I was in Av so the aperture was going to be small no matter what.

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by Bill Whala on Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:13 am

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I think the DOF is fine on this one. The pile of mussels behind the left leg needs it to be where it is, IMO.

This is a wonderful shot!!

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by Colin Inman on Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:25 am

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I agree with Bill. Less d.o.f. could have spoiled the foreground, and I like the background as is.

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by Jim Zipp on Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:26 am

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Nice shot Neil. Wouldn't change a thing.

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by Jim Urbach on Fri Mar 12, 2004 2:09 pm

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Neil,

Neat to see him on these mussels. Boy, do I miss the tidepools.

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by AlexC on Fri Mar 12, 2004 2:15 pm

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I agree with Jim, would not change a thing!!! Cool bird and very similar to the Curlew structure wise!! Congrats!!

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Fri Mar 12, 2004 2:48 pm

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Neil,

This is excellent. The mussels make a great perch. Well done.

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by Tom Bentley on Fri Mar 12, 2004 4:51 pm

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I love those mussels. Outstanding shot. Don't change anything.

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by Mike Wilson on Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:13 am

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I like it as is. Great detail throughout and getting it on those mussels is a definite bonus. I think when you have a perch with a lot of detail and is as unusual as it is, the extra DOF in the bg is almost unnoticable.

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by Laura Stiefel on Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:37 am

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I love these birds and I think this is an excellent shot!

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by Sandy Mossberg on Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:29 am

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Outstanding shot, Neil. I recently saw a Whimbrel at Fort De Soto, but he never got close enough to shoot. I'm itching to get one of these guys.

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by Harvey Edelman on Sun Mar 14, 2004 5:55 pm

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Excellent. Good detail even in the shadows.

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