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11/27/2005 07:23:13 PM · #1 |
Check out this gull. Sun was setting on the lake. Sun was below the horizon behind me. The glow is a high cloud in the background. Gull lit with SB800 flash.
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11/27/2005 07:29:21 PM · #2 |
Totally bizarre! Looks like a taxidermy gull in a diorama... It doesn't look "real" at all. Strange effect, dude.
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11/27/2005 08:57:40 PM · #3 |
This shot is alsmost directly out of the cam...very very little PS.
Originally posted by bear_music: Totally bizarre! Looks like a taxidermy gull in a diorama... It doesn't look "real" at all. Strange effect, dude.
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11/27/2005 09:00:21 PM · #4 |
It looks great I love it. |
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11/27/2005 09:03:36 PM · #5 |
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11/27/2005 09:06:15 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by kenskid: This shot is alsmost directly out of the cam...very very little PS.
Originally posted by bear_music: Totally bizarre! Looks like a taxidermy gull in a diorama... It doesn't look "real" at all. Strange effect, dude.
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I think the fill-flash and extreme sharpness contribute to this effect.
I have some similar shots of a duck I took recently, but mine was stuffed -- I have to find a nice sky to drop into the BG : )
Message edited by author 2005-11-27 21:07:04. |
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11/27/2005 09:06:39 PM · #7 |
Do you have a strong flash? That could cause the effect bear was referring to... |
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11/27/2005 09:08:23 PM · #8 |
I know it is a STRANGE looking shot. I was shocked when I got home. I can post the unedited one if you like! However, like I said, very little PS...USM, Crop...that's about it.
Thanks for the comments!
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11/27/2005 09:09:08 PM · #9 |
Flash was an SB800.
Originally posted by DrAchoo: Do you have a strong flash? That could cause the effect bear was referring to... |
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11/27/2005 10:40:32 PM · #10 |
Bump for my self proclaimed king of all Thanksgiving Weekend seagull shots! |
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11/27/2005 10:54:44 PM · #11 |
I have one of those flash-filled shots that made a bird look fake to. Almost like it's pasted in or something.

Message edited by author 2005-11-27 22:55:21.
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11/27/2005 10:56:32 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by kenskid: This shot is alsmost directly out of the cam...very very little PS.
Originally posted by bear_music: Totally bizarre! Looks like a taxidermy gull in a diorama... It doesn't look "real" at all. Strange effect, dude.
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I'm well aware of this :-) See also my comment on the actual image. I was just remarking to the strange, otherworldly quality of it.
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11/27/2005 11:06:33 PM · #13 |
Thanks for the comment bear...always good to get your opinion on one of my crazy shots!
KS
Originally posted by bear_music: Originally posted by kenskid: This shot is alsmost directly out of the cam...very very little PS.
Originally posted by bear_music: Totally bizarre! Looks like a taxidermy gull in a diorama... It doesn't look "real" at all. Strange effect, dude.
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I'm well aware of this :-) See also my comment on the actual image. I was just remarking to the strange, otherworldly quality of it.
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11/27/2005 11:10:30 PM · #14 |
Same bird? :

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11/27/2005 11:20:22 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by faidoi: Same bird? :
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Looks like the same bird I believe.
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11/27/2005 11:42:16 PM · #16 |
Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
My best "sunset gull" is a silhouette 
Message edited by author 2005-11-27 23:48:43. |
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