Mating Avocets

Posted by Bart Breet on Mon May 03, 2004 3:25 pm

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Photoghraphed last weekend on Texel, a Dutch island well known for birds.

Canon 10D, 500/4L IS, groundshot/ballhead/sidekick, 1/1000 @ f/8, ISO 200

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Mon May 03, 2004 3:55 pm

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Great light for shooting these mostly white birds.
Are all of those muted grey spots at the top things in the water or dust on the sensor?

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by Marc Oliver on Mon May 03, 2004 6:14 pm

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Nice shot! The light's great for the subjects. I'll vote that the dark spots at the top of the frame are OOF water/waves.

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by Mike Wilson on Mon May 03, 2004 6:30 pm

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Incredible image!! I really like the wings up and the open bill, they really add a lot to this story telling image.

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by Mpresti on Mon May 03, 2004 8:40 pm

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Greatly composed and exposed.
Additionally ther is action, poetry and intensity.

Great shot!

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by Laura Stiefel on Mon May 03, 2004 9:11 pm

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Excellent capture! I love everything about this one.

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by christoforos on Mon May 03, 2004 9:33 pm

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Beautiful capture!
Very nice exposure to keep the detail in the whites.
Congrats!

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by Alan Murphy on Mon May 03, 2004 9:59 pm

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This is an incredible image. Excellent exposure.

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by Jill on Mon May 03, 2004 10:06 pm

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A very impressive action image, Bart !!! Simply magnificent!!!

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by almac on Mon May 03, 2004 11:38 pm

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Great image Bart, exposure is spot on.

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by LHays on Tue May 04, 2004 5:56 am

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What a fantastic shot. Excellent exposure and detail with obviously great action!!!

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by Peterh on Tue May 04, 2004 9:19 am

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Yeah, this sure is a great shot Bart. Amazing how much better it looks on a PC screen than on the 10D screenlet.

The oof blurs at the top of the image are indeed waterwaves. The wind picked up out there. The spot where this was taken was in wind silent region just behind a big dyke.

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by Bill Whala on Tue May 04, 2004 9:22 am

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Great action and exposure. Awesome image!!!

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by AlexC on Tue May 04, 2004 1:00 pm

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I agree, great action, exposure, light , detail and composition!!
Very nicely done, congrats!!!

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by Mike Danzenbaker on Tue May 04, 2004 5:50 pm

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Fantastic, Bart; perfect exposure to my eyes, and taken at the right moment.

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by AForns on Tue May 04, 2004 6:21 pm

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Bart this is a Fantastic image!!!! Congratulations

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by Arthur Morris on Wed May 05, 2004 2:40 pm

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Superb. I love everything about this one. Keep 'em coming. Best, Artie

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by Michael Dossett on Wed May 05, 2004 6:51 pm

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Very nice clean image. Love the pose and composition. No nits from me. Maybe we should have a copulating birds motif some week? Sure seems like there has been a lot of them posted lately.

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