POTW - 5th May, 2010...

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POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby fozzie on Wed May 05, 2010 9:49 pm

Image this week comes from BigV...congratulations.

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This is a great nature shot, requiring extremely good skill set. Shooting a Pelican in flight coming into land is diffuclt enough, but with light disappearing, as sunset would have been about 15-20 minutes away shows the quality of this image. A clear blue sky provided good even light, assisting with the reflection of the Pelican in the water.

Original thread can be found here:
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=39243
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Re: POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby biggerry on Wed May 05, 2010 10:14 pm

Great shot and top choice :)
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Re: POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby DanielA on Wed May 05, 2010 10:47 pm

It certainly is a great shot. Well done.

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Re: POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby aim54x on Thu May 06, 2010 12:11 am

Congrats BigV....cracker shot and well deserved POTW
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Re: POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby surenj on Thu May 06, 2010 11:25 am

Nice indeed! Congrats.
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Re: POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby spesh on Thu May 06, 2010 12:31 pm

As I said in the original thread, love this shot... so well done BigV :)

Great choice Fozzie and a worthy winner of POTW :)
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Re: POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby DebT on Thu May 06, 2010 3:41 pm

After all the sensational shots you take I'm glad one has finally cracked POTW - I think you post such a great consistent quality we take them a bit for granted - Well deserved win !!
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Re: POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby Mr Darcy on Thu May 06, 2010 4:48 pm

I wish I could come close to your average shot. And this is well above even your average.
Well deserved.
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Re: POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby zafra52 on Thu May 06, 2010 10:02 pm

Lovely picture. I like the reflection and the
golden colours. Congratulations.
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Re: POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby Big V on Fri May 07, 2010 6:28 pm

Thank you for your kind words
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Re: POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby colin_12 on Fri May 07, 2010 9:41 pm

Oh nice shot that
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Re: POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby ozimax on Tue May 18, 2010 5:23 pm

Nice shot, nice bird.
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Re: POTW - 5th May, 2010...

Postby alexparker on Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:18 pm

Nice work!
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