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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..

Regards
ChaPPy

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.

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



Geoff.

wow, definitely frame it
even sell it!

those eyes are clearly seen!

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

cheers rob

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

Well done ChaPPy - the colours are stunning.
Did you shoor RAW or JPEG?

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!

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

Someone else is sure to oblige

Congratulations

Graham

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...

Cheers,
Mudder

WOW!

thats a commercial shot for sure

well done!

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

Yep he an't guna be happy!!!!

Cheers
Ray

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

Cheers
John

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

bago100 wrote:I can't think of a funny caption though
Graham

Keep your mouth closed!

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

Cheers
Ray

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

Hey Guys,

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

 btw - Nice one John!

Enjoy

Richard

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.

Regards
CD

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.
Cheers
John

Chappy
Nice pics! Seagulls make great practice and when you nail them they make great pics.

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

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.
Cheers

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

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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)

cheers,

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...

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?
Thanks
Vic

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

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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)

cheers,

mmmmmmmmmmmmm NOT

Cheers
Ray

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..

ChaPPy