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Seagulls in flight...

Postby ChaPPy on Sun Dec 26, 2004 4:26 pm

Hi All,

Thought you guys might like (or not) this snap of a seagull I took with the standard D70 kit. Not post processing except for little levels..

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Postby sheepie on Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:03 pm

In a word - WOW! Amazing shot, especially for the kit lens.

Make sure this is one you print out and put on display - it is all too easy to have these on the computer, but never really use them to their full potential by printing them and (for the really good ones) framing.
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Wow...

Postby Geoff on Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:30 pm

Great shot..wait until JordanP (craig) sees this!! He has a fettish with seagulls....*smirk* :).



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Postby dciscool on Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:39 pm

wow, definitely frame it
even sell it!

those eyes are clearly seen!
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Postby robw25 on Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:31 pm

NICE ! i've taken a few of seagulls but none like that one

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Thanks !

Postby ChaPPy on Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:39 pm

Thanks guys, really enjoyed taking this one..the responsiveness of the camera made it a bit easier.
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Nailed it!

Postby the foto fanatic on Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:48 pm

Well done ChaPPy - the colours are stunning.
Did you shoor RAW or JPEG?
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Postby ChaPPy on Sun Dec 26, 2004 7:00 pm

The image was shot with JPG hi. I find RAW to difficult to work with - to slow even on a pretty fast PC.

I'll hope to post some more images shortly!
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Postby bago100 on Sun Dec 26, 2004 8:31 pm

You nailed that one all right ChaPPy

Well done! That is a keeper for sure.

I love the eye expression.

I can't think of a funny caption though :D

Someone else is sure to oblige

Congratulations

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Postby mudder on Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:39 pm

G'day,
That's a great shot! The sharpness and focus on the eyes is excellent... And his bluued mate seems to set the background off too, much better than plain blue sky behind him (or her?)... Good catch...

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Postby Photodude on Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:48 pm

WOW!

thats a commercial shot for sure

well done!
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Re: Wow...

Postby Raydar on Sun Dec 26, 2004 10:14 pm

Geoff wrote:Great shot..wait until JordanP (craig) sees this!! He has a fettish with seagulls....*smirk* :).
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Yep he an't guna be happy!!!! :lol:

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Postby BBJ on Sun Dec 26, 2004 10:27 pm

Hey Chappy, great shot mate, they can either be hard to take pics of at time or easy in the right place. A bit of coaxing with some chips goes a long way at times,well down here it does.
Well done, better than mine, first try at seagulls, maybe ill stick to DUCKS. LOL
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Postby nodabs on Sun Dec 26, 2004 11:43 pm

excellent pic :) expecially with the kit lense you must have more patiance than most to get a seagull that close to you excellent work on the composition with the framing of the second gull

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Postby the foto fanatic on Sun Dec 26, 2004 11:56 pm

bago100 wrote:I can't think of a funny caption though :D
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Keep your mouth closed! :lol:
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Postby Raydar on Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:59 am

Chappy that would look great blown up to a poster & hanging on the wall :shock:

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Postby kipper on Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:40 am

Great shot chappy, can't almost believe you used the kit lense

You must of had a chip on your head or something to get that close :0
I swear the shot looks like it was taken at 200 or 300MM with VR :)
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Secret is out...

Postby ChaPPy on Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:41 pm

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the nice comments...I think the secret is out...

Image btw - Nice one John!

Enjoy

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Postby christiand on Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:48 pm

Absolutely great photos.
Now the first seagull looks a little bit bewildered. (oh my God, he's taking a photo of me !)
Tell us: how much time are you spending catching these photos ?
How is your partner coping with this ?
Well done.

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Postby BBJ on Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:52 pm

HAHAHA so Richard i hit the nail on the head, it's amazing what some nice hot chippies can do to these scavengers.
Great shots still the same i didn't have any when i took mine and was 300mm with the 70-300 G.
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Postby Matt. K on Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:59 pm

Chappy
Nice pics! Seagulls make great practice and when you nail them they make great pics.
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Postby nodabs on Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:24 pm

ah-ha i knew there was a secret hehe just like everything else the secret is in the stomach. also another use for photography assistants/wife/GF hehe.... pull
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Postby BBJ on Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:33 pm

Yeh like shooting clay pigeons, you throw i'll take the pics, damn good idea though and it works, now if only we could get ducks to do that!!! LOL
It's good to have partners in crime sometimes, i know i will try that next time at least i know the kids wont scare them away.
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Postby JordanP on Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:54 am

I thought it was time to break my silence..... :cry:

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Great shot ChaPPy! The colours are sensational and with the kit lens. Well done! I tip my hat as the seagull king - the title is all yours. Time for me to move onto another animal.... hmmmm maybe ducks would be something fresh (hehehe)

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Postby ChaPPy on Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:28 pm

Thanks guys. Yep, the kids got busy throwing chips in the air for the seagulls. I took about 40 shots with about 1/2 looking pretty ok. The ONLY one that was really good was the one I posted first. The rest are all ok but nothing spectacular.

..............Now let me go find some ducks... :P
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Postby Vicareyus on Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:32 am

Great shot chaPPy. Good capture and great colour also. BTW, how do you get such nice borders and your signature and a photo title on the photo. Ive been looking for a way to do this - is there a simple program or plug-in that you can use?
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Postby Raydar on Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:39 am

JordanP wrote:I thought it was time to break my silence..... :cry:

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Great shot ChaPPy! The colours are sensational and with the kit lens. Well done! I tip my hat as the seagull king - the title is all yours. Time for me to move onto another animal.... hmmmm maybe ducks would be something fresh (hehehe)

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mmmmmmmmmmmmm NOT

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RE: Vicareyus question..

Postby ChaPPy on Fri Dec 31, 2004 4:27 pm

Hi Vicareyus,

It's just a simple border you do in something like Photoshop or any other package. If you would like to know exactly, lemme know..

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