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Phildan
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Hi,

the first pic was taken from the upper deck of a moving catamaran. The bird didn't flap it wings although it followed us for ten minutes. The other pics have been taken from an island. The last one is my favorite although the bird is too centered. I cannot tell if these are Maginificent or Great Frigatebirds.

Sep 02, 2013 at 01:28 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Frigatebirds in flight

Great work Phil. I love the bright red in the first and last

Morris

Sep 02, 2013 at 02:19 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Frigatebirds in flight

They are really something to see. Nice set.

Birdie

Sep 02, 2013 at 02:43 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Frigatebirds in flight

Sweet shots Phil, well done

David

Sep 02, 2013 at 03:05 PM

Phildan
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morris wrote:
Great work Phil. I love the bright red in the first and last

Morris

So do I!

Sep 02, 2013 at 04:23 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Frigatebirds in flight

birdied wrote:
They are really something to see. Nice set.

Birdie

Indeed. Very impressive. Thanks.

Sep 02, 2013 at 04:24 PM

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David Leask wrote:
Sweet shots Phil, well done

David

Thanks you David.

Sep 02, 2013 at 04:24 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Frigatebirds in flight

lovely shots Phil

Sep 02, 2013 at 06:45 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Frigatebirds in flight

Nicely done Phil ~ Ron

Sep 02, 2013 at 08:08 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Frigatebirds in flight

Lovely set. Well done.

Sep 02, 2013 at 10:58 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Frigatebirds in flight

Black birds on a bright sky are a nightmare most often especially with light from above. I took a few moments on your favorite to tinker...........will remove it later. #1 is a nice work up
Curves to bring up the darks to a comfort level and a bit of overall brightening as it seemed a bit underexposed overall.

Added some canvas too, easy to do on an image like this and it allows you to re-crop as desired

Big birds and not friendly to other birds if I remember correctly, likes to steal young ones.

Must have been cool to have that bird sailing along overhead!
Karl

Edited on Sep 03, 2013 at 08:58 AM · View previous versions

Sep 02, 2013 at 11:03 PM

Phildan
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Frigatebirds in flight

Hi Karl,

Thanks, its cool like that, I like it.

I definitively should try to improve my post processing skills.

Thanks.

Sep 03, 2013 at 05:19 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Frigatebirds in flight

This bird is on my wish list

You did good on these, Phildan.
Hard to ID! Especially in flight it is very difficult to distinguish the Magnificent Frigatebird from the Great one.
I believe these were not shot in Canada

Socrate

Sep 03, 2013 at 09:40 AM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Frigatebirds in flight

Cool looking bird Phil!

Phoo

Sep 03, 2013 at 11:36 AM

Phildan
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Shasoc wrote:
This bird is on my wish list

You did good on these, Phildan.
Hard to ID! Especially in flight it is very difficult to distinguish the Magnificent Frigatebird from the Great one.
I believe these were not shot in Canada

Socrate

What! But of course, I took these pics in my backyard.

Well actually, they were taken in the Galápagos Island. I went on vacations in Ecuador and of course, you just cannot go over there without visiting these islands. It is actually almost disturbing to see these animals, birds included, behaving in such a strange manner. They just ignore you. They don't run or fly away.

Thanks.

Sep 03, 2013 at 05:11 PM

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mallardg500 wrote:
Cool looking bird Phil!

Phoo

Thanks mallard.

I live in a development where all the streets bear names of birds (in french) . And there is a mallard street very close to my mine. I guess the developer was an amateur ornithologist.

Sep 03, 2013 at 05:15 PM


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