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morris
Registered: May 22, 2002
Total Posts: 17545
Country: United States



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D200 + 80-400 VR @ 400mm, ISO 400, 1/1600, f 8, fill flash (SB800 + Better Beamer)

See it 1280 pixels wide:

http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~maltman/101009DSC_6538-1280w.jpg



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D200 + 80-400 VR @ 400mm, ISO 400, 1/1600, f 8, fill flash (SB800 + Better Beamer), - crop

See it 1280 pixels wide:

http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~maltman/101009DSC_6539-1280w.jpg

I photographed this gull breaking open its dinner at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Sanctuary here in New York City about a month ago. The sun was breaking out behind me while the clouds from a passing storm departed to the east.

For the last photo the gull almost dropped out of the frame when it released and I barley tracked it so I added cropped off the top and created the bottom in Photoshop. I call this a negative crop as I’m adding to the frame rather than removing.

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

Mick Haensler
Registered: Nov 13, 2008
Total Posts: 673
Country: United States

It's nice to see the gulls observing the "catch and release" policy

Great captures Morris.


danjacquitaylo
Registered: Jun 13, 2005
Total Posts: 14654
Country: United States

Very nice captures Morris. Would have been a 'Gull HG' if you had captured the whole thing . Just kidding, Morris.
Dan


Karl Witt
Registered: Jul 11, 2007
Total Posts: 25594
Country: United States

Man that clam is big enough to be dinner for two Morris! Nice find and good shooting

Karl


Rob Tillyer
Registered: Nov 17, 2007
Total Posts: 10090
Country: Canada

Cool shots Morris, great timing.

Rob


thehotel
Registered: Jul 18, 2006
Total Posts: 9776
Country: United States

A fun action capture Morris.

Wacky roger
Founding Member Of OOOPs


KirkB
Registered: Sep 13, 2008
Total Posts: 5436
Country: United States

Very nice tracking on these Morris as both look pretty sharp.
I like #1 a lot... well done.

Kirk


trenchmonkey
Registered: Oct 22, 2004
Total Posts: 28906
Country: United States

Baygulls and clams....who'd a thunk


Martin Good
Registered: Mar 16, 2008
Total Posts: 19291
Country: Switzerland

Great action captures Morris!
Martin


Hide Takahashi
Registered: Nov 03, 2006
Total Posts: 2527
Country: United States

Excellent shot,Morris. This is one of the reasons why wildlife photography
is fun and addictive.

Hide


morris
Registered: May 22, 2002
Total Posts: 17545
Country: United States

Mick Haensler wrote:
It's nice to see the gulls observing the "catch and release" policy

Great captures Morris.

Thank you Mick.

Morris


morris
Registered: May 22, 2002
Total Posts: 17545
Country: United States

danjacquitaylo wrote:
Very nice captures Morris. Would have been a 'Gull HG' if you had captured the whole thing . Just kidding, Morris.
Dan

Dan,

Thank you,

Morris


morris
Registered: May 22, 2002
Total Posts: 17545
Country: United States

Karl Witt wrote:
Man that clam is big enough to be dinner for two Morris! Nice find and good shooting

Karl

Thank you Karl,

It ate at least a dozen of them.

Morirs


morris
Registered: May 22, 2002
Total Posts: 17545
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Rob Tillyer wrote:
Cool shots Morris, great timing.

Rob

Thank you Rob,

Morris


morris
Registered: May 22, 2002
Total Posts: 17545
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thehotel wrote:
A fun action capture Morris.

Wacky roger
Founding Member Of OOOPs

Thank you Roger,

Morris


morris
Registered: May 22, 2002
Total Posts: 17545
Country: United States

KirkB wrote:
Very nice tracking on these Morris as both look pretty sharp.
I like #1 a lot... well done.

Kirk

Thank you Kirk,

Morris


morris
Registered: May 22, 2002
Total Posts: 17545
Country: United States

trenchmonkey wrote:
Baygulls and clams....who'd a thunk

Not much of a suprise trenchmonkey?

Thank you,

Morris


morris
Registered: May 22, 2002
Total Posts: 17545
Country: United States

Martin Good wrote:
Great action captures Morris!
Martin

Thank you Martin.

Morris


morris
Registered: May 22, 2002
Total Posts: 17545
Country: United States

Hide Takahashi wrote:
Excellent shot,Morris. This is one of the reasons why wildlife photography
is fun and addictive.

Hide

Thank you Hide,

I agree.

Morris


trenchmonkey
Registered: Oct 22, 2004
Total Posts: 28906
Country: United States

trenchmonkey wrote:
Baygulls and clams....who'd a thunk

morris wrote:
Not much of a suprise trenchmonkey?

Thank you,

Morris


Grew up on L.I. Morris....dodged my share of mussels and razor clams over the years


BearCreekLar
Registered: Sep 22, 2009
Total Posts: 4854
Country: United States

Wonderful capture Morris! Well done
Larry


lbuscher
Registered: Sep 19, 2004
Total Posts: 16599
Country: United States

Hey Morris this is nice catch (you and the gull) I always watch them doing that down by the Cape Canal and have tried a few time to catch it but with no luck. You did this one very well.
BTW I found a map in my car of the upper Delaware Valley which is not all that far from you. I will try and photograph it for you and if that does not work I can mail it to you if you want. You should get some eagles there and there is several nice blinds from the DEC.
Let me know by email or PM
Lou


Mr Zoom
Registered: Jul 03, 2006
Total Posts: 13927
Country: United States

Cool capture, Morris

Ken


z06jim
Registered: Jun 18, 2009
Total Posts: 5015
Country: United States

Great looking captures Morris and nice job with the photochop.....


Hungtran10
Registered: Nov 20, 2007
Total Posts: 3101
Country: United States

cool capture morris. how high was it up when it dropped the clam?

- hung


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