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• elizabeth (10)
• [2007-10-23 1:48]

You have done well, photographing birds in flight is not as easy as some may think. I know ...I tried it yesterday, and on manual focus! You have placed the bird nicely in the frame and the wing and tail feathers are nicely defined. Well done.
Cheers
Elizabeth.

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• Kathleen (232)
• [2007-10-23 2:03]

Hi Thorsten.
Ditto with Elizabeth. Great composition with lovely feather detail in the wings and tail.
I enjoy the way you have left good room in the composition for him to fly into with a lovely water pattern and colour to make him really stand out.
Wonderful flight image,

Kathleen

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• jignasi (14679)
• [2007-10-23 2:28]

Buen encudadre para esta preciosa garza. Buena luz y contraste con el agua.

Saludos Thorsten

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• horia (14900)
• [2007-10-23 6:24]

Hi Thor

What are you complaining about? You get terrific result as it is!!! ;)
But i know what you mean, my friend. I too would love a long les that has IS and if it's also one from the Canon "L" series it woild be fantastic...but we can't have them call, can we?...
Anyway, this is a splendid in-flight shot, one with great sharpness across the entire body and wings of this graceful heron.
The colors and textures you managed to get from its plumage are outstanding and that BG is just a bliss, complemening your subject very well.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• tiklod (3397)
• [2007-10-23 8:35]

Hi Thorsten,
Whatever you think, you make great action pictures :-)
As my father used to say : Just think other ones who don't have what you have :-)

This picture is really beautiful. The diagonal open wings are simply excellent and details on them are perfectly captured.
Great colours too.
Regards,

Claude

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• kessi (221)
• [2007-10-24 8:09]

Hallo Thorsten,
What an excellent shot of this majestic bird. The composition is perfect the way you let him swoop into the picture. The clarity of his wings show the spread feathers beautifully.
Great, great picture.

kessi

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• warnzy (20)
• [2007-10-25 12:33]

Hi Thorsten,

I have the 100-400 and it's a decent lens once you get used to it. But you'll find that with a 10 meg camera you can crop a fair bit without losing too much detail. Anyway, you've done a great job in capturing this Heron in flight, and birds in flight are never that easy. Excellent wingspan and I love the spanning of the tail feathers.

Kind regards,

Mike

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• StephenE (533)
• [2007-10-29 3:07]

Hi Thorsten,

I think this is an excellent capture. The detail and sharpness is good and the comp conveys a nice sense of space. Very well done indeed!

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• SchwebagMike (441)
• [2007-11-12 3:52]

Hallo Thorsten
Kein Grund für falsche Bescheidenheit ;-) die Aufnahme ist doch super gut gelungen! Schärfe und Farben sind super gut gelungen, wirklich besser hätte ich das auch mit dem Canon 100-400 IS nicht hinbekommen !
LG aus Luxemburg, Mike

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• undoredo (2740)
• [2007-11-24 2:16]

Hello Thorsten,
What an amazing shot of the in-flight Grey Heron you present here!
I personally love this pose and POV very much. :)
Also, outstanding composition here, with lovely blue colours of water.
Well presented and TFS,
Best wishes,
Kevin