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GU-eleven at 1 o'clock
GU-eleven at 1 o'clock
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Challenge: Shutter Speed (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Kodak DX7590
Location: Hawk Island Park, Lansing, Mi.
Date: Oct 26, 2005
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Animals, Water
Date Uploaded: Nov 1, 2005

 For anyone that thinks this didn't fit the challenge, I don't know about you, but I found it's not easy and you definitely need a fast shutter speed to catch a shot of a bird in flight, especially seagulls zipping along the beach and water at low levels :-) Oh, and the gulls don't like to cooperate or make it any easier either...haha.

My original title for this shot is 'Take Me to Tommorrow'.

This title is just a reference to a joke we used to pull on new guys in the Navy. When they were on lookout duty, we would hang out and chat with them, then frantically tell them to report a contact with an aircraft to the bridge. They said they didn't see anything, we would just say it's a gu eleven, a gu eleven, etc. etc. After they reported it, the guy on the bridge would say "GU eleven? that's a G-U-l-l you idiot! "

Anyway, I like the shot. Taken at 1/1000. In ps- cropped, arbitrary rotation, tri-tone, levels adj, curves adj, and a little usm.

Thanks for checking out my pic :-)

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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 11/08/2005 10:42:26 PM
Nice photo, weird title
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Canon PowerShot Pro1
 11/08/2005 01:43:11 PM
very nice shot. You gotta tell us how you took it. 10!
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 11/08/2005 02:34:10 AM
A potentially boring shot made much more interesting by your processing choices. Nice job!
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 11/04/2005 09:57:54 PM
Interesting choice of colors....I like it though. 9
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Fujifilm FinePix S9000
 11/04/2005 07:37:57 PM
I'd luv to see the original of this, it is too over processed for my taste, but I love the shot
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 11/02/2005 02:49:29 PM
I can feel the freedom the bird is experiencing. Loved how you exposed to make the sky black.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 11/02/2005 09:11:09 AM
This is very emotive. I like the large spance of water. The grape filter is effective. The light bouncing off of the gull's wings is eye catching.
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/02/2005 02:06:10 AM
Lke the shot ... but you have to change the title ...
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