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25-APR-2009 Rod

3rd- Birds by Rod

Welly Point Brissie Oz

Canon EOS 40D ,Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
1/500s f/8.0 at 35.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time25-Apr-2009 09:34:02
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 40D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length35 mm
Exposure Time1/500 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-1.00
White Balance
Metering Mode (-1)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge28-Apr-2009 07:16
Rod
Thanks Tweaty:-)
ctfchallenge28-Apr-2009 01:42
Rod, This is a great lighting capture, this challenge is going to the birds....Yvonne
ctfchallenge28-Apr-2009 00:35
Rod
Thanks Doug:-)
COAmature 27-Apr-2009 22:51
The contrast is pushed to the max in this one and it suits the picture well. -Doug
ctfchallenge27-Apr-2009 20:40
Rod
Thanks Carole:-)
ctfchallenge27-Apr-2009 01:01
Really nice shot of the gulls Rod and with a difficult lighting situation too which you handled very well. I like seeing the birds in all the different postures from walking on the ground to being in full flight. Good one! :-) CJ
ctfchallenge26-Apr-2009 20:06
Rod
Thanks Brent & Penny:-) Mind you I did have to level the horizon in PS to stop it looking too ahrty:-)
ctfchallenge26-Apr-2009 15:32
I see the light like this and I turn my back the other way.You, on the other hand..... well..... make a masterpiece out of it (as much as could be made anyhow). The birds, with all the different wing spans, look terrific against the shimmery light and I can even see some shadowy bits and pieces. Great job.
Penny Street
ctfchallenge25-Apr-2009 22:41
I think shooting into the light worked very well here. The positioning of the birds looks great in the composition. Well done mate :-)
~Brent
ctfchallenge25-Apr-2009 19:15
Rod
Thanks Debi & Tommy:-) Gawd if I ever got a perfect picy it would be a lucky shot a. This was lucky in a way, I was shooting these gulls amongst the white lines in the carpark to my right when a family sat down at a picnic table to my left to have something to eat. On cue the gulls stopped posing for me & went close to the picnic table where a kid would throw them titbits to eat, so I had to shoot into the light. I quite like the composition of the gulls as they start off ready for flight in the bottom right & gradually gain in hight diagonally across the picy on up to the top bird.
ctfchallenge25-Apr-2009 15:26
Great light and handling of it. I'm not going to say it's perfect but near. Even the sailboat on the horizon works its magic. -tv
ctfchallenge25-Apr-2009 14:32
I like this - Debi