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Red-throated Loon with lunch
Red-throated Loon with lunch
jakobs


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
Location: South Iceland
Date: Jun 11, 2005
Aperture: 4
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/2500
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 11, 2005

On a small pond in south Iceland there where 2 adult loons with one young. One adult went fishing and the other waited with the youngster. This photo is of one of the adults coming home after a successfull fishing trip.

Photo is cropped, sharpened and histogram is modified slightly. No other modifications made.

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 289
Avg (all users): 6.9887
Avg (commenters): 8.4333
Avg (participants): 6.9245
Avg (non-participants): 7.0841
Views since voting: 4693
Views during voting: 397
Votes: 266
Comments: 37
Favorites: 7 (view)


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01/14/2006 07:57:35 AM
Very nice!
06/20/2005 06:54:19 AM
Til hamingju Kobbi.
à top 10 með fyrstu mynd, það er ekki lítill árangur.

Congrats, top 10 with first entry, good work. I actually thought this was gonna be a top 5 entry. The focal plane is just perfectly on the loon.
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06/20/2005 04:29:21 AM
Love this one. Congrats on a top 10 placement.
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06/20/2005 03:00:19 AM
til hamingju með árangurinn Kobbi
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06/19/2005 11:08:58 PM
Congratulations Jakobs! I told you so! Your first entry and #9 hope to see many more.
Til hamingju Kobbi, ég vissi að þú áttir heima í þessari keppni, ekki slæm útkoma en varð smá fyrir vonbrigðum að þú skyldir ekki ná enn hærra.
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06/19/2005 08:25:35 PM
Congratulations on your top ten finish. This image rocks.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/19/2005 06:45:28 PM
Very nice
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06/19/2005 12:01:24 PM
Great action shot.
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06/19/2005 11:06:34 AM
Superb capture..clean, uncluttered & nice exposure.
Good luck
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06/19/2005 08:02:53 AM
Nice capture and excellent image.
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06/18/2005 08:48:58 PM
Nice capture! Action, clarity and color. What more can we ask for?
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06/18/2005 08:27:44 AM
nice capture.
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06/18/2005 12:40:42 AM
a very good action shot. Exciting to look at.
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06/16/2005 02:57:31 PM
ok this is beautiful and hopefully will end up in the top ten... amazing capture. 10
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06/16/2005 12:52:43 PM
good moment you've caught there. nice frozen spash. /8

Message edited by author 2005-06-20 00:04:33.
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06/16/2005 07:21:58 AM
Great action and stop motion
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06/15/2005 07:53:43 PM
wonderful capture!
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06/15/2005 05:42:33 PM
Good job catching the action here.
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06/15/2005 05:15:26 PM
The water makes this dynamic and what great focus! 10
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06/15/2005 12:43:53 PM
Great capture, focus is spot on
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06/15/2005 05:28:35 AM
A great action shot. Sharp focus. 9
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06/15/2005 04:43:59 AM
amazing shutter
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06/14/2005 07:53:23 AM
Beautiful, love the water splash, nice capture!
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06/13/2005 10:52:10 PM
beautiful shot well timed
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06/13/2005 09:37:05 PM
Although I'm not really nuts about the placement of the subject in the photo, I think that this capture is exceptional and the focus is great. Good luck!
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06/13/2005 08:43:31 PM
Excellent timing. A 10 just for the timing :)
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06/13/2005 07:14:53 PM
Good capture; the splashing water and fish in mouth are well photographed.
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06/13/2005 05:03:08 PM
Great capture! Focus is really good for the action and the timing is wonderful!
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06/13/2005 10:59:43 AM
I smell a ribbon, I think. Lovely shot of a beautiful bird with great focus and stop motion. How did you get enough light to shoot this? My camera is grainy at high ISO and I assume you have quite a long lens to have captured this?
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06/13/2005 09:42:18 AM
Wow! Pretty amazing capture, nice moment there and I love the frozen moment in time feel of it. I would have given it a 10 but I feel it´s composed a bit too tight towards the right side, I would have wanted to see the whole splash but I gave it a 9 and I don´t give out many of those. Love the sharpness and clarity of it.
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06/13/2005 07:56:23 AM
Nice and clear for stop action. I like it alot.
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06/13/2005 05:23:12 AM
Excellent in all ways, a ribbon is due to come your way
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06/13/2005 03:35:23 AM
Gasp! HOW awesome is THAT!!! I didn't think I'd be handing out a 10 so fast, but this is a 10+ Great capture!!! I LOVE this!!!
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06/13/2005 12:34:55 AM
Brilliant stop motion capture, excellent DoF, would grace any wild life magazine. 9
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06/13/2005 12:12:25 AM
Awesome capture ... well done and good luck
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06/12/2005 09:09:38 PM
wow sharp focus there bud, excelent!
9
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06/12/2005 08:11:46 PM
Killer lens! great capture, love it 9
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