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Posted by Bart Breet on Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:28 pm

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Photographed on Saltee Island, Ireland last June.
This razorbill had it's burrow underneath this lichen covered rock. Every day we were there it did perform some wing exercise before flying off to sea to fish.

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by Glenn Bartley on Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:31 pm
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Beutiful shot. Love the pose and complimentary colors. Great job!

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by pleverington on Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:33 pm
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Seems like only an anhinga will give you this pose and look back at you with a head turn completely, oh and vultures. My dream is to get a wood duck doing this....Good luck--- huh. That blue is interesting it's the water Bart? I like the stark color contrasts. A little head turn is all for this one , but it's really cool anyhow.
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by Kim Steininger on Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:46 pm
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Wow! Amazing capture Bart!!! Great detail, unbelievable pose, awesome water color and I love the lichen on the rock. This is beautiful! :)
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by dfrench200 on Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:54 pm
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Beautiful!! Like the head gurn back to the viewer. Great job on the exposure too!!!
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by Brian L. Zwiebel on Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:02 pm
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Bart,

The wings, the water, the rock, the bird, This ROCKS!

Great job on a difficult exposure. What method did you use to come up with the desired exposure?

Great Job!

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by Karl Günter Wünsch on Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:08 pm
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Absolutely marvelous! Razorbills are so much harder to get right than puffins... I especially like the reflex of light comeing from the eye.
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by Gerald J Romanchuk on Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:43 pm
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Beautiful shot Bart!! I love the pose, the bg, the perch - everything!
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by whf4 on Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:05 pm
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Great colors and pose!!!
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by Bart Breet on Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:09 pm
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Brian L. Zwiebel wrote:What method did you use to come up with the desired exposure?
Thanks for your comment Brian, I used spotmetering for this shot (metered a couple of shots previous to this one when the bird was facing us). Exposed for the whites and used fill flash to get detail in the dark plumage.
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by AForns on Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:04 pm
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Over the top image !!! Great shadow detail and awesome water !!! Big Congrats !!! :)
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by Bruce Sherman on Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:07 pm
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Super shot, Bart. The lichen covered rock adds a lot to this shot!
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by Paul Fusco on Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:30 pm
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Very nice, Bart!
Great pose, perfect exposure.

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by Ofer Levy on Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:42 am
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Lovely shot Bart! :wink: :wink: Excellent details in the black and awesome light and colors! sweet pose too! :wink:
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by David Hemmings on Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:05 am
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Great capture of a very beautiful bird. Feathers look so smooth. Wonderful exposure considering the huge tonal range here. I would like to see the crop perhaps a bit tighter along the bottom and the bird a little left in the frame if you had the real estate :)
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by Herman Blockx on Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:53 am
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cool pose ! and a tough exposure , handled well! :) :)
 

by E.J. Peiker on Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:02 am
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Excellent shot - love the rock and lichen and the water background.
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by Phil Shaw on Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:42 am
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Very nice, Bart. I especially like the clean rock - know what I mean? :mrgreen:
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by chriscove on Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:48 am
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This is just beautiful!
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