Orcas and Gannets by Gauti - DPChallenge

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Orcas and Gannets

Orcas and Gannets

Gauti

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Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V) Camera:* Canon EOS-20D Lens: Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L 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 Add photograph to your favorites Add photographer to your favorites	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?)

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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/25/2007 03:44:13 AM

Perfect in everyway.....

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Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM

01/24/2007 10:33:23 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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Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

01/20/2007 04:53:58 PM

wow, cool shot

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01/19/2007 11:17:54 AM

Great action capture

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Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

01/19/2007 09:58:05 AM

good attempt! It's never easy to catch the right moment in this kind of situation! Good luck in the challenge...

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01/16/2007 12:37:09 PM

Amazing capture, great timing. Whites are blown, shame. I might have tried cropping differently, it's a bit too centered.

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01/16/2007 09:43:20 AM

nice catch, cool compo

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS

01/15/2007 03:48:48 PM

Love the grays, blacks, whites, touched by yellow.

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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

01/14/2007 05:51:51 PM

WOW, beautiful

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Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

01/14/2007 01:52:24 PM

wow! I wouldnt think this is the easiest of captures! Beautiful detail! :o)

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alien2thisworld

Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Nikon

01/13/2007 07:30:31 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.

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Apple iPhone 12 Pro

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM

01/13/2007 01:10:13 AM

Pretty amazing moment!

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Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM

01/12/2007 11:39:41 PM

Beautiful shot. Very crisp.

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Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

01/12/2007 06:51:54 PM

Good capture

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Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

01/12/2007 12:40:35 PM

Best: Love the killer whales. Seemingly natural capture..unique to my eyes
Worst: image quality, exposure control

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Olympus PEN E-P3

Konica Minolta MF 85mm f/1.7

01/12/2007 12:20:01 AM

great capture. i know its hard to compose a shot like this.

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