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Dick on Aruba wrote:
I'm speechless.
Very well done!

Thank you, Dick.
Andy

Jun 04, 2009 at 04:47 AM

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Lars Johnsson wrote:
Fantastic series, love it

Lars,
Thank you for the comment.

Andy

Jun 04, 2009 at 05:21 AM

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jloyo001 wrote:
wow these are simply amazing captures!

This is only my second time photographing Tern action. I guess it came out alright.

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Andy

Jun 04, 2009 at 06:42 AM

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tdong wrote:
Lovely new site Andy and awesome action shot as always.

Thanks Tu. How is it going? You ever see any Terns out at Leslie Split?

Andy

Jun 04, 2009 at 01:57 PM

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p.4 #5 · FAST ACTION Bird Photography (15x)

Oosty wrote:
What a "tern" on - superb!

. Thank you Oosty.

Jun 05, 2009 at 03:14 AM

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p.4 #6 · FAST ACTION Bird Photography (15x)

Andy...

Out of curiosity, were these terns being baited?

Also, with images of this caliber, you're doing yourself a disservice by not shooting RAW, unless of course you're simply happy to settle with what you hopefully perfectly either told the camera to do or what you relied on it to do for you.

There are plenty of things you just can't change once that image is recorded only as a jpeg.

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Jun 05, 2009 at 03:20 AM

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thunderbird wrote:
noelle wrote:
Beautiful series!!

Bo Derek.... LMAO

Thank you noelle.
You know the reference I'm trying to make, right? It's the shot that looks like one of those hair product commercials (Finesse or Revlon??)

Andy

Yes, I knew exactly what you meant and I got quite a chuckle

Jun 05, 2009 at 03:22 AM

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Phyfe wrote:
Andy, Loved the shots esp the B&W that is just captivating. Would love to know your settings on some of these. I am new to animal photography and have been playing for the past few days with a pair of Osprey nest about 10 miles from my home. I would love to catch the fishing this summer while I am on the coast of Rhode Island.

On another note I am on a Mac book and visited your website, Love it except that it does not allow me to scroll the enlarged photos. I tried three different browsers to see if there was something that was browser specific with no luck. Love the concept but it does make for unhappy views on the laptop screen when you have great shots that are cut off. Just an FYI.

Kent

Kent,
Thank you for the comment.

I use a fast shutter speed to freeze the action. Usually as high as the amount of given light allows. Aperture in general about 1 stop back from wide open for clarity. Basically everything else is pretty much played-by-ear meaning I change the settings on the fly as various factors change. It comes down to experience and practice.

About the website, I'm sorry. It was optimized for display resolutions of 1260x960 or higher. Nowadays most people use large screen monitors. It would be counter-productive not to take advantage of the higher resolutions of these monitors. I have a laptop too, but only use it when I'm on the road.

Andy

Jun 05, 2009 at 06:35 AM

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p.4 #9 · FAST ACTION Bird Photography (15x)

Andy, I will meet up with you someday and pick the heck out of your brain and techniques. If you see an old man with his Olympus focused on you and not the birds I am not a voyeur but just an old man studying. Great inspiration!

Jun 05, 2009 at 06:53 AM

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Rob Tillyer wrote:
Nice job Andy.

Rob

Thank you Rob for having a look.

Andy

Jun 05, 2009 at 03:14 PM

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p.4 #11 · FAST ACTION Bird Photography (15x)

Great work!!

Jun 05, 2009 at 03:39 PM

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p.4 #12 · FAST ACTION Bird Photography (15x)

soonipi1957 wrote:
Andy...

Out of curiosity, were these terns being baited?

Absolutely not. I've never used that method to get my pictures and will never do.

"Also, with images of this caliber, you're doing yourself a disservice by not shooting RAW, unless of course you're simply happy to settle with what you hopefully perfectly either told the camera to do or what you relied on it to do for you.

There are plenty of things you just can't change once that image is recorded only as a jpeg."

Could you help me by pointing out the flaws in these images (if any) as a direct result of not shooting RAW? Appreciated!

Andy

Jun 05, 2009 at 10:44 PM

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Old Jim wrote:
Andy, I will meet up with you someday and pick the heck out of your brain and techniques. If you see an old man with his Olympus focused on you and not the birds I am not a voyeur but just an old man studying. Great inspiration!

Jim,
Thank you for the high praise. My brain's up for the pickin' anytime.

As for taking my picture, I feel more comfortable being behind the camera, not in front of it.

Andy

Jun 06, 2009 at 03:18 AM

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CarlG wrote:
Great work!!

Thank you, Carl.
Andy

Jun 06, 2009 at 02:40 PM

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p.4 #15 · FAST ACTION Bird Photography (15x)

Andy your camera work is is just like your web design....GREAT I thought the opening of the web was really nice with the sound tract. If I may ask what type of file did you use for the sound? I have only had luck with WAV files on my own web (down right now server moved) as they tend to be smaller in size. This is a very fine post
Lou

Jun 07, 2009 at 12:03 PM

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p.4 #16 · FAST ACTION Bird Photography (15x)

Stunning Andy, sheer magic! Well done.
David

Jun 07, 2009 at 03:38 PM

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lbuscher wrote:
Andy your camera work is is just like your web design....GREAT I thought the opening of the web was really nice with the sound tract. If I may ask what type of file did you use for the sound? I have only had luck with WAV files on my own web (down right now server moved) as they tend to be smaller in size. This is a very fine post
Lou

Lou,
For all sounds on my website (music soundtrack, shutter click sound effects), I use high quality MP3 format. I created these sounds myself. For the camera click, I sampled a high speed exposure (1/8000) on the Nikon D200 then slowed it down using audio editing software to create that effect.

One of my goals for the photo gallery was to miniimize download times for users, while keeping the images at very large sizes that should fit on most monitors (19" or bigger).

Thank you for your comment and question.
Andy

Jun 09, 2009 at 10:46 PM

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p.4 #18 · FAST ACTION Bird Photography (15x)

These shots are the sickest I've seen yet! Just wonderful!

Jun 09, 2009 at 11:41 PM

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p.4 #19 · FAST ACTION Bird Photography (15x)

Fantastic work Andy, love the action captured and the perspective on these is great

Tom

Jun 10, 2009 at 12:09 AM

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p.4 #20 · FAST ACTION Bird Photography (15x)

Some super shots, first rate stuff.

Jun 10, 2009 at 12:19 AM

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