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Posted by LHays on Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:06 am

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Things around here have certainly slowed down. About the only thing that I could find were some Coots at a local lake.

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by Harvey Edelman on Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:43 am
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Nice exposure and good shooting angle.
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by Alan Murphy on Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:59 am
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Perfect exposure Lana. Love the alert pose and the low angle.
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by Wil Hershberger on Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:14 am
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Wow, great exposure. It is difficult to keep the white bill from blowing out. Great angle and pose too.
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by Brian L. Zwiebel on Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:23 am
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Digital sure is the way to go on these guys. The exposure lattitude provided by digital allows for proper exposure on the bill and the dark body. Nearly impossible to do this right with film. Especially since the sun angle appears to be fairly high. Nice low perspective too.

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by Bill Whala on Wed Oct 22, 2003 8:34 am
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The low angle makes it for me. These birds are a riot to watch them chase each other around the lake.

Great exposure and composition. :)
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by AlexC on Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:04 am
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Wonderful low angle and masterful exposure, not an easy task on these morsels, excellent detail to boot!! , You have mastered the exposure metering very well!!! Congrats!!! 8)
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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:12 am
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A tough bird to expose well and you did just that.
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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:19 am
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This is excellent. Nice low angle and perfect exposure.
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by Alan Melle on Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:07 am
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An excellent Coot image! Perfectly exposed and a nice habitat shot too.
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by Rob Palmer on Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:39 am
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Ditto on everything previously said. A real keeper.
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by Neil Solomon on Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:49 am
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For a Coot image this may be as good as it gets. Good job.
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by Penney Goodwin on Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:48 am
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Very nice, Lana. I love that you got him out of the water and at such a low angle - I've only seen one - and he was floating - surprised they look more "hen" like in body shape than duck. They are really beautiful ducks and he is presented here in a lovely way.
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by Bill Keown on Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:35 pm
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Nice one lana, Low angle and exposure right on.

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by Anthony Medici on Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:21 pm
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Just some "old Coots" huh? I think this is very nice and you nailed the exposure. Lots to detail everywhere. :D
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by Dennis Olivero on Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:42 pm
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One of the nicest Coot images that I have seen..I like the water plants..
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by Laura Stiefel on Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:20 pm
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Hi Lana. Great exposure here! I love the clear bright eye. :)
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by Jim Urbach on Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:53 pm
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Lana, Great detail in the blacks. It looks like you must have been down and dirty.

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by Sheri Whala on Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:16 pm
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This is a very nice image of a coot! Like Bill says, they are great fun to watch! Especially when they run on water! :lol:
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by Sandy Mossberg on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:40 am
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Nothing wrong with an ole' coot, Lana (and I should know), especially when it's done as well as this.
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