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p.2 #1 · A very high tide

TX300D wrote:
Awesome! Great work...

Hi Kyle,
Every once in while everything comes together, defeating Murphy's.

Thank you for commenting and for the compliments,

Steve

Jan 12, 2005 at 05:40 PM

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p.2 #2 · A very high tide

Fred_S wrote:
Terrific images Steve. Love the mouse trap.

Fred...

It sure is a beautiful mousetrap, I never thought of it that way.

Thanks for your very nice compliment. I am glad you enjoyed them,

Steve

Jan 12, 2005 at 05:42 PM

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p.2 #3 · A very high tide

avaneendra wrote:
Wonderful Shots steve. I liked the number 2 better. Curves accentuated.

Did you use 300mm lens for these shots.

-Avaneendra

Avaneendra,
nice to hear from you. I used my new 400mm f/4 DO, most of them with the 1.4 TC. This reminds me, I should add it to my profile.
The tide will be still pretty high the next couple of days, so if you can get away it still should be good and there might be a chance to see some clapper rails.

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Steve

Jan 12, 2005 at 06:05 PM

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p.2 #4 · A very high tide

fivecat wrote:
Wow, those are fantastic images. The second pic is one of the nicest heron pictures I've ever seen. There is something about it that I really love.

Tammy,
Appreciate your compliment very much. I am glad you enjoyed the series. It probably is the wind that made the difference in #2. It was cold at the time but it was worth it.
Best regards,

Steve

Jan 12, 2005 at 06:09 PM

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p.2 #5 · A very high tide

Steve :

wonderful shots.

What time did you go there? I may go there as well tomorrow morning on my way to my office.

Jan 12, 2005 at 09:37 PM

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p.2 #6 · A very high tide

that number two just may be one of my all time favorite heron shots...

Jan 12, 2005 at 09:48 PM

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p.2 #7 · A very high tide

They are all beautiful Steve. But #3, WOW

Jan 13, 2005 at 12:42 AM

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p.2 #8 · A very high tide

Like Trey said, you outdid yourself, and that's saying something since you had some outstanding stuff to compete against! Wonderful shots of the GBH. Love the water droplets as the GBH takes off, love the water reflection on the wings, love the wing shadow on the neck...just love the whole series. Congratulations!!

Jan 13, 2005 at 01:37 AM

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p.2 #9 · A very high tide

Wow, these are just unreal! Super job!

Carl

Jan 13, 2005 at 03:01 AM

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p.2 #10 · A very high tide

sonix wrote:
Holy cow! That's very very nice!

I would love to print this one big and put it in my cube

Thanks for your kind reply. I did not get a chance to print it big, but I am pretty sure it will look much better than the downsized version.

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Steve

Jan 13, 2005 at 03:27 AM

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p.2 #11 · A very high tide

phili1 wrote:
Steve there is not much you can say but wow, awsome shots. I like no 2 as well but three is right there with the rest.

You have to tell us your secret. I have been practicing on gulls. I figure if I can get good shoets of gulls the big guys will be easier. I still have not gotten the tech, down yet.

Thank you for commenting and for the compliment. You already know the secret: practice. these big birds were a lot easyier than gulls that are much smaller and fly faster.

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Steve

Jan 13, 2005 at 03:33 AM

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p.2 #12 · A very high tide

Very nice shots Steve. I assume you got your 400 mm F4 lens back? The MK II is really nailing those flight shots! From the title of the posting I thought that you were going to post shots of clapper rails at high tide.

BTW, I was the visiting bird photographer from Texas that tried together with you last week in the baylands to get some harrier inflight shots.

Jan 13, 2005 at 03:56 AM

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p.2 #13 · A very high tide

Johnny Bravo wrote:
Outstanding work Steve, that second one is amoung the best gbh shots I've ever seen.

Johnny, thanks for that very nice compliment. Sometimes I think that the probabilty of coming back with a better shot is not very good, so why bother to go out shooting again. But mother nature keeps surprising me over and over again.

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Steve

Jan 13, 2005 at 03:57 AM

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Brendon wrote:
Great Job, I really like number 2 as well very cool!

Thanks Brendon,
#2 is my personal favorite too.

I am glad you enjoyed them,

Steve

Jan 13, 2005 at 04:00 AM

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p.2 #15 · A very high tide

Trey Neal wrote:
Well crap Steve, you just keep outdoing yourself. Great series. I really like #2 - it's hard to get a shot of a great blue that hasn't been done already but that one is unique. Well done.

Trey, what created that unique situation was that high tide with high wind and all that torrential rain for several weeks making the birds hungry when the rain finally stopped.

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Steve

Jan 13, 2005 at 04:06 AM

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p.2 #16 · A very high tide

jmcfadden wrote:
unreal work Steve , some of the best ever ! the last with the water reflecting on the underside of the wings is TOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOD

J
Hi J,
appreciate your compliment very much. Being able to freeze moments like this makes it all worthwhile and thrilling. It makes me forget all the other times when I return with an empty memory card.

Best regards,

Steve

Jan 13, 2005 at 04:24 AM

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p.2 #17 · A very high tide

cradley wrote:
Simply outstanding Steve. Some of the best I have ever seen. wonderful work.

I am having a lot of fun doing this and getting a little better at it everytime I go out for a shoot.
Thanks for looking and your kind reply,

Steve

Jan 13, 2005 at 04:28 AM

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p.2 #18 · A very high tide

Incredible shots. Excellent.

Jan 13, 2005 at 06:52 AM

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p.2 #19 · A very high tide

Very nice work Steve those look great!

Jan 13, 2005 at 07:53 AM

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p.2 #20 · A very high tide

jxsq wrote:
Steve :

wonderful shots.

What time did you go there? I may go there as well tomorrow morning on my way to my office.

It seemed best right ay high tide. Today it is at 2:16 pm, but it is about a foot lower than Tuesday. Went there yesterday and it was not as good as the day before, but I came back with some Clapper Rail pictures.

Thanks for your reply,

Steve

Jan 13, 2005 at 05:19 PM

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