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Spread your wings and soar like a... fish!
Spread your wings and soar like a... fish!
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Challenge: Free Study 2012-04 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: Gulf of Mexico
Date: Apr 18, 2012
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/500
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2012

 I captured these flying fish skipping away from our ship while on a cruise for Spring Break. Amazing animals... they look like a cross between trout and robins. Naturally I left my longest lens at home, but did have a 1.4X teleconverter with me. The fish are very fast and we were moving about 20 knots, so it was difficult to get sharp focus at a distance of around 150 yards handheld.

Processing: converted each fish and the water separately from the same original for maximum detail, Noise Ninja, USM, saturation, cloned out a few small water specks, added a dark background vignette and some dodge and burn on the water.

Statistics
Place: 33 out of 275
Avg (all users): 6.4409
Avg (commenters): 7.7273
Avg (participants): 6.4141
Avg (non-participants): 6.5357
Views since voting: 803
Views during voting: 215
Votes: 127
Comments: 14
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 06/01/2012 03:09:05 PM
I am so glad that these fish drew you into entering again!

I love them, Shannon.

(PS, I also love your current avatar) LOL!
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 05/08/2012 06:43:57 AM
How cool! Great job under tough conditions.
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 05/07/2012 08:12:47 PM
Well done! Such good detail in the fishes.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2012 07:57:16 PM
Wow
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 05/07/2012 07:39:29 PM
This is so cool, bump.
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 05/07/2012 07:00:57 PM
How cool! Great capture and beautifully rich color.
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 05/07/2012 10:30:01 AM
Amazing capture. Much fun to view and study. 10
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 05/07/2012 09:56:50 AM
Always good to see an unusual subject. Saturation looks a little strong.
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 05/06/2012 01:40:23 PM
Fabulous study, so unusual. WD.
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 05/05/2012 10:29:46 AM
Wow how cool!!!
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 05/05/2012 06:22:28 AM
Enchanting.
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 05/01/2012 06:22:51 AM
great!
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 05/01/2012 05:08:29 AM
What perfect focus!!
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 05/01/2012 02:12:23 AM
somehow surreal and very interessting. Like it!
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