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Lucky Seagull Unlucky Fish
Lucky Seagull Unlucky Fish
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Challenge: Serendipity (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM
Location: Montreal
Date: Apr 16, 2004
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Animals, Water
Date Uploaded: Apr 16, 2004

 Shot with a Canon 300mm f/4.0L IS with a Canon 1.4x II Teleconverter. Cropped, sharpened, converted to B&W, border added.

I was shooting the birds in the distance and it was not until I opened the pictures in my computer that I noticed that I had captured the moment a seagull was getting out of the water with a fish between its beaks. Serendipity?

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Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS II USM
 08/05/2004 12:45:22 AM
Definate WOW factor
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/24/2004 05:11:40 PM
love this photograph
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 04/24/2004 01:50:48 AM
Again, I love black and white photos!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Canon (Black)
 04/23/2004 08:18:51 PM
I like the tones of this photo
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/23/2004 02:43:03 PM
Excellent greyscale capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 04/22/2004 06:09:04 PM
Nice action shot. I almost couldn't tell it was grayscale!
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Canon EOS-50D
Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3,5-6,3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] macro for Canon
 04/22/2004 01:37:25 PM
Sorry, I don't see how it meets the challenge. It's not really unexpected for a sea bird to catch a fish, is it?
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
 04/21/2004 10:27:08 PM
I can hear them now...."Mine...Mine...Mine..."
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 04/21/2004 07:45:27 PM
I really like the choice of b/w for this shot. It's nice to have the three birds together like this....I think it meets the challenge. I even like the border.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 04/21/2004 12:09:55 PM
I think this photo really captures what serendipity means a truly remarkable picture by chance
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Canon EOS-20D
 04/21/2004 10:40:46 AM
well captured, and definately within subject. Not sure it needed the border though, as my eye was drawn to the white of the border.
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Canon EOS-50D
Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
 04/21/2004 09:42:16 AM
This is a really nice capture. Good frozen motion.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/21/2004 06:09:27 AM
Good catch, you and the bird!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/21/2004 05:11:22 AM
Excellent stop motion and fits the challenge.
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Nikon Coolpix 885
 04/21/2004 12:29:58 AM
Nice! 10
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