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Axel Hildebrandt
05-01-2010, 01:17 PM
Photographed at Barnegat Light, high clouds helped with the exposure.

http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/123948628/original.jpg

1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1000s, f/8, EC +0.33, ISO 400
Arthur Morris
05-01-2010, 06:30 PM
Love the inquisitive look, the bow and aft wavelets, the perfect EXP, and the soft light. All in all, very loverly.
Ilija Dukovski
05-01-2010, 09:24 PM
I think I like the water, texture and colors, the most in this one.

Very nice...
Mike Milicia
05-01-2010, 10:54 PM
Great swimming pose. Love the water and the waves.
Excellent detail in the whites. Nicely done!

Had a flock of about 1000 of these guys off of Plum Island last week.
Way too far to photograph but nonetheless an impressive sight.
Karl Egressy
05-02-2010, 09:51 AM
Lovely shot, Axell.
I would have liked to have seen the colour of the beak a bit more as they have beutiful blueish coloured one.
Joe Senzatimore
05-02-2010, 11:27 AM
Everything woks on this. The water is outstanding and compliments the subject very , very well.
Axel Hildebrandt
05-02-2010, 11:44 AM
Great swimming pose. Love the water and the waves.
Excellent detail in the whites. Nicely done!

Had a flock of about 1000 of these guys off of Plum Island last week.
Way too far to photograph but nonetheless an impressive sight.

Over a 1000? That must have been a great sight. There were maybe 100 at Barnegat.
Axel Hildebrandt
05-02-2010, 11:46 AM
Lovely shot, Axell.
I would have liked to have seen the colour of the beak a bit more as they have beutiful blueish coloured one.

Thanks, Karl! The bill of the female was a bit greenish as in this image. I haven't seen a female with a blueish bill around here but then, I have never seen one in full breeding plumage.