Skill of hunting

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• fiyo (8370)
• [2007-05-15 8:04]

Hello Alexei,
Excellent shot!
Great composition with nice POV,
very good details and nice colours.
Well done!

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• GLEM (5739)
• [2007-05-15 8:11]

hi Alexei,
waoo great shot in perfect moment, it's start to kill it's sure.
Very nice sharpness and diagonal comp. My friend you could erase in PP the iron stalk which cuts the beak :)

gl

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• falke (1590)
• [2007-05-15 8:13]
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This is a beautiful photo! I am curious about the specie of the gull... do you not that?

It is a technically near perfect photo, hats of for that. But I find this also very artistic and interesting because of the unusual composition.

Well done, Alexei!

Regards/Bengt

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• saeedabbasi (4182)
• [2007-05-15 8:46]

Hi dear Alexei ,
what a nice shot at interesting moment.
excellent composition and details is great.
A perfect capture.
thanks for sharing
Regards
Saeed

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• Jamesp (14332)
• [2007-05-15 8:54]

Hi Alexei

Excellent action shot. The composition is terrific, showing strength and grace at the same time. Great detail also.

James

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• horia (12468)
• [2007-05-15 9:11]

Hi Alexei

What a terrific scene and lovely set of photographs!
I really like your timing in all of them as well as the excellent skill you showed us here in managing all of them...because in fact they all have different lighting conditions.
The sharpness is impeccable and the natural colors are well saturated in all of them (maybe except the flying one, when the focus is better on the BG).
A very nice note to go with it all :)

Bravo, my friend and TFS
Horia

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• jcoowanitwong (11461)
• [2007-05-15 9:45]

Hello Alexei,
Wonderful series. The whole episode just lasted for a few seconds. Great pov and composition. Perfect timing for this action shot. Regards,
JC

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• Mana (16346)
• [2007-05-15 9:51]

Hi Alexei,
Superb action shot. Very neat and sharp. Perfect natural lighting and natural colours. Very nicely composed and presented. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• oscarromulus (4672)
• [2007-05-15 10:43]

Alexei,
Love your notes giving a detailed explanation of your journey, exact location of register etc:
The photography is as always BREATHTAKINGLY great. Almost 3D effect.
Love your work.
Best regards from Canada from your good friend, Mario.

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• marmottelolo (14467)
• [2007-05-15 12:13]

bonjour alexei
ce doit etre l'heure de la seance de yoga!
a voir vos reglages j'imagine que le soleil devait etre tres present et pourtant les blanc sont correctement exposés.
la neteté est parfaite et j'aime vraiment beaucoup la pose de l'oiseau.
laurent

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• kokos101 (439)
• [2007-05-15 13:03]

hello alexei!
excellent shot, great catch, i like it.
tfs
zoran

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• wishnugaruda (13860)
• [2007-05-15 13:12]

Hi Alexei,
you catched a beautiful moment, the wide open wings are wonderful, I like it very much
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• peter_stoeckl (9369)
• [2007-05-15 16:23]

Dear Alexei,
skillful seagull meets skillful photographer.
Perfect capture of the right moment, crisp and clear, artistically well composed.
Thank you! My best regards,
Peter

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• mogens-j (20)
• [2007-05-15 17:30]
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Hello Alexei – my friend

This is a great series – the actual post and the 2 ws. They all show the natural behaviour of these funny birds – meaning funny to look at for quite some time because there are always something going on when they are around.

The main picture is a wonderful capture of this young - Larus canus I believe (Common Gull in English – Stormmåge in Danish). Excellent sharpness on the bird with very nice details in the plumage, Well blurred background and very natural colours. Great composition too. I really like the wide spread wings which adds some kind of action to the picture. Very clever handling of the light too.

WS 2 – very good timing. Yes, the gull is out of focus but the picture is still well captured in time. You could try to use Multiple Focus (if your camera offers this setting) for these shots and may be get a more accurate focus as the bird is within a range where the Multiple Focus will hit the target with at least one focus-point and the bird is closer than the bridge.

WS 1 – well you have already said it yourself. It would have been nice without the grass.

Yours
Mogens

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2007-05-15 18:30]

Hello Alexei,
it must have very keen eyes to see the prey from above. Excellent shot, with a wonderful "ready set go" pose even the feet are placed like a divers.
Very sharp details and excellent POV.
I also like the rest of the sequence.. very interesting action going on.
TFS..Sky

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• claudine (9803)
• [2007-05-16 5:05]

Hello Alexei,
I always like your elaborated and interesting presentation. Those pictures in WS are indeed useful to see how a great "fisher bird” it is :)

Details, exposure and pose of the bird in the main picture are superb. You managed very well with those pale tones of colors and you did a great composition. This is a nice, complete and informative post. Thanks,
Claudine

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• uleko (23432)
• [2007-05-16 7:02]

Hello Alexei,
You've caught this Gull in an interesting and rather funny pose! He seems to be standing on his own foot!! I like the spread of the wings and the POV. Excellent light has brought our the colours and sharpness is great too.
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

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• mikou (5265)
• [2007-05-16 8:16]

Hi Alexei.
I thought first as though she's in beak some stalk,but now see as though is that a steel wire :-))
I like your thinking and description your work with photographs.Interesting and beneficial for me.
Your capture of this gull has dynamism,good sharp details and very beautiful colors with good light too.I like his pose and also interesting position wings.Well done!Thanks for sharing.
Best greetings Milos.

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2007-05-16 9:13]

Privet Alexei,
Lovely capture.I liked moment you caught,details
and composition a lot.
TFS..:-)

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• clnaef (6452)
• [2007-05-16 9:51]

Bonjour,
Tout en finesse, charmante pose.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

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• jeanpaul (13845)
• [2007-05-16 10:31]

Salut Alexei
Une très belle prise,l'exposition est parfaite et fait bien ressortir les belles couleurs de l'oiseau.Les détails dans le plumage noir sont parfaits.

Félicitations et merci pour l'envoie.

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• ramthakur (24860)
• [2007-05-16 12:45]

The gull is poised on its toes like a ballerina, Alexei :-).
The elegance of the wing posture also affirms my presumption.
What a marvellous capture!
The grey sky provides a fitting backdrop.
TFS.

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• arfer (0)
• [2007-05-16 15:05]

Hello Alexei

An interesting pose you have captured here.It looks like the gull is using his wings to balance while he stands on tippy toes to look for food.The focus and details are sharp with well saturated natural colours.Very good lighting.well timed .TFS

Rob

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• JORAPAVI (10077)
• [2007-05-17 4:59]

Hola Alexei,
Preciosa imagen, se asemeja interpretar un paso de danza, la composición artística, excelente la luz y nitidez conseguida. Saludos
José Ramón

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• Ken52 (4179)
• [2007-05-17 10:05]

I like your photo from the dark blue sky to the great light on your subject. It's a great nature shot in a natural setting with the gull in hunting mode. Composition is good and focus is razor sharp. I enjoyed your story illustrated in workshops.

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• Argus (23169)
• [2007-05-17 11:19]
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Hello Alexei,
In your case, 'skill of shooting' with a camera. Excellent sharp and well composed action shot of a gull. Beautiful lighting.
I think this species is a two-year old Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans).
Well done mf!
TFs and best wishes, Ivan

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• ridvan (5140)
• [2007-05-17 15:15]

selam Alex; great shot ,nice colours and beautiful bird with well presented POV . good details and BG. TFS well done.
all the best ,
ridvan

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• metcher (4113)
• [2007-05-17 15:52]

Hi, Alexei.
Looks like somebody is dancing ballet. Superb pose. Very sharp and well exposed.

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• Silvio2006 (23765)
• [2007-05-17 16:16]

Ciao Alexei, wonderful photo with splendid sharpness and great details, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• Maite (4888)
• [2007-05-17 17:32]

What a marvellous capture, Alexei!
I like a lot the pose of this curious seagul! And the composition is so beautiful!
Those that you call blunders are perfectly reasonable. Man, you can't always be so perfect! :)
But they are so interesting anyway!
Congratulations and TFS.
Greetings
Maite

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• cecilia (4628)
• [2007-05-17 23:25]

Encore! Glorious image!... almost 3D...great shot...
Well captured...
Cecilia

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• Juyona (13253)
• [2007-05-18 2:24]

Hola Alexei,
interesantes trabajos,
buenos detalles y
simpática nota informativa,
saludos amigo.

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• juanjo (1140)
• [2007-05-18 9:37]

hello Alexei

you have got this seagull in a very interesting position+
framing is very good
sharpness and colours too

regards

jjo

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• jmp (8400)
• [2007-05-18 11:23]
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Hi Alexei,
Capture is really perfect: colours, light, pose, sharpness and composition are very good. But what is doing the gull?
TFS, José M.

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• pablominto (15468)
• [2007-05-19 2:38]

Hello Alexei,
Beautiful gracious action is well captured!
The bird comes with great details, and the composition is very attractive...
Excellent light and fine colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• captainsgirl (4078)
• [2007-05-19 7:23]

Hello Alexei,
Good action shot, I like how the wings are spread wide and hes ready to grab something for sure. TFS
Donna:o)


Thanks for your comments on my photo " Héliconius Erato Pétivérana (9) " :o)

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• izler (7848)
• [2007-05-19 16:56]

merhaba my friend
good job with sigma lens
wonderful close-up working on this beautiful bird while it is in activity
i like dynamic composition, point of view, depth of field, background, lighting, colours, details, sharpness and note
thanks for sharing
greetings
izler

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• sily (1859)
• [2007-05-19 18:01]

Hi Alex!
Nice moment, I really admire your DOF managment it's great and colors are very natural and clear,excellent details and POv,I wonder what's he doing captured so in this half movement...

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• nainnain (6249)
• [2007-05-20 6:10]

hello alex
magnifique cette prise devue, bonne posture de l'oiseau, couleurs nettes et bon POV et BG
bravoencore une fois de plus, merci, amitiès
edith

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• stevkds (1673)
• [2007-05-20 14:14]

Hello Alexei.
Very pretty shot. Excellent coloured presentation. Picture is good arrected. Very pure and sharp shot. Very well done . Tfs. Stev

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• Luis52 (10142)
• [2007-05-20 19:55]

Hola Alexi.- Bella pose de esta hermosa Gaviota, lista para atrapar a su proxima presa. Foto muy clara y con un exelente manejo de la iluminacion. Luis52.

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• cataclysta (4495)
• [2007-05-21 15:55]

Hello Alexei
Very nice moment great comosition. I wonder maybe the light would be better with a shorter exposure time. And as always a very good note
Best wishes
Krzysztof

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• pvb (1813)
• [2007-05-22 12:57]

Hi Alexei,
In this picture it looks like the starter had just shot the gun beginning the game.
A very nice moment you captured here. Very good sharpness and focus and nice colours.
TFS Paula

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• hester (10944)
• [2007-05-22 15:00]

Hi Alexei

Nice behaviour shot. Excellent POV, lovely colours and nice sharp details

TFS

Karan

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• XOTAELE (8)
• [2007-05-25 11:59]

Hola Alex.
Muy buenos detalles, nitidez, contrastes e iluminación, como es habitual en todas tus imágenes.
Tus WS nos muestran otras perspectivas de un mismo momento, por lo que son útiles para valorar la escena elegida como la principal.
Saludos amigo, JL.

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• blakitan (5449)
• [2007-05-27 0:43]

Hi Alex,
Great capture! Sharp and aesthetic.....

BL

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• lemoineth (2284)
• [2007-07-09 14:46]

Belle photo de cet oiseau superbe bien pris,très net et ces couleurs sont bien restituée car je viens d' en voire a la mer ce week end, vraiment bien faite cette photo comme la plupart de vos photos d' ailleurs. Amitiés Thomas

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• marhowie (34529)
• [2007-09-05 4:12]

Hi Alexei,
Very clear and sharp, excellent DOF, color, and exposure. What makes this one great is the gulls pose..I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it. Perfect timing :)
Very well done.
Howard

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• jusninasirun (5128)
• [2008-09-26 15:39]

Hello Alexei. Splendid shot with this faithful Sigma optics. I like the perch with wings wide open. The bright light allowed for high shutter speed which you capitalized well in making this image tact sharp. Nicely framed and well metered depth. Thanks for sharing and have a nice day. Warmest regards. Jusni