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19 Comments | Report
Carli
 
Carli March 03, 2012
fantastic shot, love this!
blhartman
blhartman March 20, 2012
Thank you Carli
playingwiththecamera
 
playingwiththecamera March 03, 2012
Lovely shot great timing and depth of field
blhartman
blhartman March 20, 2012
Thank you playing
itcpictures
 
itcpictures March 19, 2012
ahhh-ha! no kidding! great shot
blhartman
blhartman March 20, 2012
Thank you itcpictures
melda
 
melda May 08, 2012
AWESOME SHOT!!!!!
blhartman
blhartman May 09, 2012
Thank you melda
Anu4photography
 
Anu4photography June 24, 2012
Great shot,voted!
blhartman
blhartman June 26, 2012
Thank you for the vote pereraap
steo PRO+
 
steo June 27, 2012
nice one
blhartman
blhartman June 27, 2012
Thank you Steo
beadznmore PRO+
 
beadznmore June 28, 2012
Perfect timing!
blhartman
blhartman June 29, 2012
thank you beadznmore
ArtQ
 
ArtQ June 30, 2012
great capture!
blhartman
blhartman June 30, 2012
Thank you ArtQ
gymmybob PRO+
 
gymmybob July 03, 2012
WOW! Voted
blhartman
blhartman July 03, 2012
Thank you gymmybob
Mo-Jo
 
Mo-Jo July 27, 2012
Amazing capture!
blhartman
blhartman July 27, 2012
Thank you moelli
chipbhi
 
chipbhi August 15, 2012
This is fantastic. I voted!
blhartman
blhartman August 16, 2012
Thank you for the kind comment and the vote chip.
PSJPhotography
 
PSJPhotography August 15, 2012
Neat shot!
blhartman
blhartman August 16, 2012
Thank you Sammie
chipbhi
 
chipbhi August 19, 2012
I keep coming back to look at this shot. Fantastic!
blhartman
blhartman August 20, 2012
I see that = ) , thanks Chip so glad you enjoy it.
MirelaPilko
 
MirelaPilko April 06, 2013
great capture, nice timing :) Voted!
blhartman
blhartman April 07, 2013
Thank you MirelaPilko for the comment and the vote.
vesipenkova
 
vesipenkova September 11, 2013
Great capture!
blhartman
blhartman September 11, 2013
Thank you
Zeattle
 
Zeattle October 22, 2013
Great shot! Is this at Seacrest Park?
blhartman
blhartman October 23, 2013
Thanks, yes it is.
hollyh
 
hollyh May 02, 2014
Great shot. Did you take this from a ferry boat? I recognize Seattle in the background.
shema PRO
 
shema May 06, 2014
love the dof and focus, great comp, wonderful shot!
blhartman
blhartman May 07, 2014
Thanks so much schema.
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman June 08, 2014
Lovely Brenda...voted
blhartman
blhartman June 08, 2014
Thank you Kathleen. I just wish viewbug was not changing the quality. This is much crisper on my computer. I do not know what they are doing with the photo's lately but nobodies look very good anymore.
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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken on the West side of Seattle Washington in a community called Alki.

Time

This image was shot at 1:36 in the afternoon.

Lighting

It was just another normal cloudy in Washington State.

Equipment

The camera was my much missed Nikon D40, the lens was a not so much missed quantaray 18-200mm lens, which I have replaced with my Nikkor 18-200mm VR lens, flash was not on, and this was handheld, no tripod, monopod, etc. I was fairly new to photography so I either shot this in Aperture priority or Program/Auto Mode.

Inspiration

I saw the seagull sitting on the post and new he was about to take off, and wanted to practice shooting birds in flight and panning. I did not even realize until I got home and started post-processing that I had caught the iconic Seattle Space Needle in the background, WOW what a pleasant surprise.

Editing

Yes but nothing drastic. I shoot in RAW so everything goes through Lightroom mainly because it is an easy way to covert it over to JPEG. But I also did some basic processing, things like Clarity, positioning, leveling,

In my camera bag

In my bag I have my Nikon D300, A Nikkor 18-200mm VR Lens, a Sigma 10-20mm Lens, a Sigma 105 Lens, Nikkor 50mm lens, many different filters, extra battery, several extra memory cards, cleaning brushes, clothes, etc, gloves, with index finger cut off, handi-wipes, aspirin, sinus medication, note pad, pens, hair ties.

Feedback

Gosh I wish I could be more specific but this was just a matter of being in the right place when the seagull decided to take off and capturing a good shot. I guess I would just have to say practice shooting birds taking off using a panning technique and always, always keep your eyes open for opportunities to arise.

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