Taking a dive
Just a seagull but when the sea is dead calm I like to sit on the end of the key and chuck a bit of bread out just to get such images. ...
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Just a seagull but when the sea is dead calm I like to sit on the end of the key and chuck a bit of bread out just to get such images.
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May, 2016Views
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Contest Finalist in Celebrating Reflections Photo Contest
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jimfbauty
August 23, 2016
Person with same likes... great practise for timing, exposure and ISO setting etc etc etc. You get to know your camera and abilities in a hurray. Very nice work... you raised the bar for me.
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RDVPhotography
August 26, 2016
Beautiful catch, mirror mirror who is prettiest of all. Congratulations on making the finals have one in the mix myself
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fernridge
August 31, 2016
awesome shot, have tried several of these, but never managed quite as crisp a reflection - well done on making contest finalist
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Location
This was captured from our boat dock. That is in the Vesterålen islands. North Norway.Time
Midday with the sun reflecting from a perfectly calm sea.Lighting
The sun was diffuse from some light clouds.Equipment
My now dead d810 was used for this. 120-300 f2.8 sigma lens at 220mm My favourite combination for bird photography.Inspiration
The inspiration for this shot came from the mirror like sea and watching the seagulls. I threw some bread out for them to encourage them to perform for me.Editing
Light contrast tweaks and a little lightning of the reflection was necessary. Seagulls are not easy to get the exposure right due to their whiteness.In my camera bag
I take my macro lens everywhere 105 f2.8 because you never know what might crop up. The rest I put it together for what ever situation might crop up. for birds its my 120-300 f2.8. For landscape 16-35 and a bunch of filters. I do like to play with the big stopper.Feedback
Watch nature and see how it reacts. If you see something good encourage it. In this case I watched the seagulls natural behaviour and encouraged them to do it for me with bread.
