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Tai Dao
{K:416} 12/8/2005
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amazing shoot!
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Alicia Popp
{K:87532} 12/8/2005
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Felicitaciones por tan excelente captura. Saludos!!!
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Marcus Armani
{K:36599} 12/8/2005
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Wow great capture of this low flying gull, the light and water behind him really does make for a great background, but I really love the perfect capture and shadow..
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Angela Freed
{K:10061} 12/6/2005
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Gorgeous David! Angela
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Janet B
{K:16139} 12/6/2005
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Lot more dramatic with the shadow...my preference :)
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Gustavo Scheverin
{K:164501} 12/6/2005
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Otra excelente captura David! Un 7!
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Marusnik Bela
{K:11611} 12/5/2005
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Phenomenal work, beauty details, incredible shot (especial the shadow!).Outstanding shot!Congrats!
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kike Calvo
{K:11291} 12/5/2005
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WOW David! Impresionante! 7++ Un saludo kike
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David Hofmann
{K:22223} 12/5/2005
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thanks a lot Casten, I agree after going back and forth I like the darker version better, too.
For some reason I still think the vertical crop works better, but its a matter of personal taste.
Yep the 28mm lens was a mistake. It was a 300 mm.
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 12/5/2005
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I am quite sure you didn?t dodge the gulls shadows deliberately. First I voted for Gayle?s version, but then your shot grew on me. Kind of mysterious feeling, more interesting, the dodged version looks more common. BTW, not really 28 mm eh ?
Cheers
Carsten
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Filippo Giorgio
{K:2158} 12/5/2005
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Great capture, i love it!!!
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Yazeed Al Ghuraibi
{K:4588} 12/5/2005
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Great shot you have here !
love it
Yazeed
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Claude Tenot
{K:9960} 12/5/2005
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L'absolue maītrise David...impressionnant et beau ą la fois
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stingRay pt.4 .
{K:250401} 12/5/2005
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Great capture David,,Warm regards..Ray
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sanjeev jain
{K:8763} 12/5/2005
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beautiful david u did excellent work.....
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Dina Marie
{K:-1410} 12/5/2005
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what a catch!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Janet Marie ;-)
{K:-2076} 12/5/2005
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David I really like the version you have posted. The colours are awesome and he seems to be suspended in time. Cheers Janet Marie ;-)
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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 12/5/2005
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Stunning ,everything is perfect A7.best wishes vanessa
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whoiswho t
{K:10700} 12/5/2005
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wonderful... so beautiful seagull.
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Gayle's Eclectic Photos
{K:91109} 12/5/2005
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hi,thanks for reply...i like to play with crops,so here is my version...quite different from yours,eh? i changed color balance slightly to blue,levels and gamma for face after selecting the area and as wide a format as i could get without putting gull dead center...regards,gayle
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WAEL HAMDAN
{K:7476} 12/5/2005
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Simply great wael
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David Hofmann
{K:22223} 12/5/2005
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thanks a lot Gale. The original is a lot wider. Initially I thought the same thing, give the gull more space to move into and I tried that crop, but it felt unbalanced in the horizontals. I have attached the original. If you have a different crop, feel free, I'm always open to ideas!
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Gayle's Eclectic Photos
{K:91109} 12/5/2005
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hi, i like the low position of the gull,the shadow,clarity and that pretty boke...yeah, a little fill on the face would be nice,but still works without...only prob i have is with the vertical format as i want more room for gull to move into or from...but just my pref as i like wide format for movement....regards,gayle
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David Hofmann
{K:22223} 12/5/2005
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thanks a lot Pat, actually the original has more detail in the bird's face. I added a little more contrast and of course the face went dark. For a moment I thought about creating a quick mask to lighten up just the face, but I thought it might not look good. Maybe I'll give it a try. :)
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 12/5/2005
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Nailed it! The shadow, the highlights... Oh.. for just a spot of fill flash on his face.. oh well you can't have it all... Great shot, really!!
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John William
{K:775} 12/5/2005
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Simply beautiful.
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anandaroop ghosh
{K:1787} 12/5/2005
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Hi David, incredible shot. great clarity, tones and detail. Love the way the shadow mirrors the bird's flight. Exquisite.
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