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Posted by KK Hui on Wed May 05, 2004 6:11 pm

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Having shown you a closeup portrait of a Greater Sandplover earlier, I thought a flight shot would be appropriate for now ... :roll:

The shot was captured early this week at a nature reserve here in Hong Kong. These are 'tiny' birds as well as being swift flyers.

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by Michael Dossett on Wed May 05, 2004 6:42 pm
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KK,

These flight shots are awesome. I really love the wing position here and I know how tough it is to get these guys. Looks like the sun wasn't the best from where the shadows are but the exposure is very good here. I'm curious how much of a crop is there on here? Was this cropped from a horizontal?

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by Alan Murphy on Wed May 05, 2004 6:58 pm
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KK, just one awesome flight shot after another. I like that one birds wing is up and the other birds wing is down.
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by Ed K on Wed May 05, 2004 7:10 pm
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KK, catching one of these in flight is great in my book, but two takes this over the top.

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by Greg Downing on Wed May 05, 2004 7:17 pm
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Great catch and tough to do!
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by chriscove on Wed May 05, 2004 8:26 pm
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Just outstanding. I love the wings here. Great capture!
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by Cindy Marple on Wed May 05, 2004 10:08 pm
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Another wonderful flight shot. I also like the wings up, wings down catch, it adds interest.
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by balazs on Wed May 05, 2004 10:42 pm
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Did i read in some other forums that the it is "impossible" to make flight shots with the 10D? Great shot witnessing your technique!
 

by Neil Fitzgerald on Wed May 05, 2004 10:52 pm
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Great work. I'm sure we all know the effort and practice that goes into a shot like this.
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by christoforos on Wed May 05, 2004 11:15 pm
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Awesome shot!
I love the positions of the wings. The BG is very nice also.
Do you have a horizontal with more room to fly into of these?
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by Mike Wilson on Thu May 06, 2004 2:00 am
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Ed said it for me. Two birds is just plain luck. :wink: 8)
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by KK Hui on Thu May 06, 2004 6:35 am
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Thank you all for the feedback!

This was a landscape original turning into vertical frame as presented ...
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by AlexC on Thu May 06, 2004 9:19 am
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Awesome synchronized flying by the Hong Kong Sand-plovers!!
Very nice, nice exposure and detail, nice colors too!! Congrats!!! 8)
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by AForns on Thu May 06, 2004 11:05 am
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Sweet KK ..... you are killing me with all the flight shots!!!!!..... Outstanding!!!!!

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by Mike Danzenbaker on Thu May 06, 2004 11:27 am
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KK,

Harsh light, but digital's wider latitude served you well here.
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by Jim Urbach on Thu May 06, 2004 12:39 pm
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Excellent to capture both with opposite wing beats.

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