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Orcas and Gannets
Orcas and Gannets
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 300mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: Breiðafjörður, W Iceland
Date: Jun 3, 2006
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Animals, Water
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2007

 Shot from a whale-watching boat. Feeding frenzy of Gannets and Killer whales (Orcas). Note there are 2 Orcas (one is just a small tip of the back-fin, left end of frame, about middle). Marvellous experience.
Some tweaking in C1 and PS CSII
300mmF4L+1.4 TC = 420 f/5.6 Handheld (what else on a moving boat?)


Statistics
Place: 336 out of 712
Avg (all users): 5.7939
Avg (commenters): 6.1333
Avg (participants): 5.7309
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 972
Views during voting: 516
Votes: 359
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/24/2007 10:44:13 PM
Perfect in everyway.....
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 01/24/2007 05:33:23 PM
this strikes me more as a snapshot of a great opportunity than an effort to compose and wait for the exact perfect moment to click the shutter. maybe the best opportunity never presented itself. as is, it's a bit too cluttered and a bit too busy.
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 01/20/2007 11:53:58 AM
wow, cool shot
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 01/19/2007 06:17:54 AM
Great action capture
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 01/19/2007 04:58:05 AM
good attempt! It's never easy to catch the right moment in this kind of situation! Good luck in the challenge...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/16/2007 07:37:09 AM
Amazing capture, great timing. Whites are blown, shame. I might have tried cropping differently, it's a bit too centered.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/16/2007 04:43:20 AM
nice catch, cool compo
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 01/15/2007 10:48:48 AM
Love the grays, blacks, whites, touched by yellow.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/14/2007 12:51:51 PM
WOW, beautiful
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 01/14/2007 08:52:24 AM
wow! I wouldnt think this is the easiest of captures! Beautiful detail! :o)
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 01/13/2007 02:30:31 PM
Great focus and shutter speed to stop the action. An orca surfacing that close to me would likely cause cardiac arrest. Good tone range too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/12/2007 08:10:13 PM
Pretty amazing moment!
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 01/12/2007 06:39:41 PM
Beautiful shot. Very crisp.
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 01/12/2007 01:51:54 PM
Good capture
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 01/12/2007 07:40:35 AM
Best: Love the killer whales. Seemingly natural capture..unique to my eyes
Worst: image quality, exposure control
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 01/11/2007 07:20:01 PM
great capture. i know its hard to compose a shot like this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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