Motif: Laughing Gull at Sunset

Posted by E.J. Peiker on Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:47 pm

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Laughing Gull - Cape May, New Jersey
EOS 1VHs, 600mm, Provia 100F

This shot was taken in 2001 on the weekend after the 9/11 disaster, just moments before the sun went down. I remember this trip well because I was on the very first flight cleared to go out of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport after the airways were re-opened. It was a US Airways A320 that had 5 people on board.

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by Len Maltese on Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:56 pm

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Sweet capture, and thanks for the memories. I have a son in the service, so I never forget.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:44 pm

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Lovely image, EJ.

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by Mike Wilson on Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:26 pm

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Sweet light, would like this even better with more DOF to get the feet sharp. That time was a tough one for a lot of us.

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:36 pm

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Mike Wilson wrote:Sweet light, would like this even better with more DOF to get the feet sharp.

Yeah me too but the shutter speed was down to 1/20 at f/5.6

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by Mike Wilson on Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:53 pm

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E.J. Peiker wrote:
Mike Wilson wrote:Sweet light, would like this even better with more DOF to get the feet sharp.
Yeah me too but the shutter speed was down to 1/20 at f/5.6

Yikes! That's getting dim. Good work getting the head sharp.

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by whf4 on Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:38 pm

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Hi, EJ,

it's very very rare for me to pipe up with a nit on one of your images, but the image seems to lose a lot of detail around the eye. I am not sure why. I like the light.

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by KK Hui on Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:09 pm

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Given the light condition you did extremely well, EJ! :roll:

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:21 pm

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whf4 wrote:it's very very rare for me to pipe up with a nit on one of your images, but the image seems to lose a lot of detail around the eye. I am not sure why. I like the light.

It's rare that I post a film image, this was shot on pushed slide film so there is a dynamic range of only about 4 stops which is 2-5 stops less than digital (depending on the camera) so blacks tend to block up more.

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by whf4 on Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:12 pm

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Aha....

thank you for the explanation.

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by Cindy Marple on Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:18 pm