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    I was observing several bottlenose dolphins slowly cruising back and forth close to shore near the Sanibel Lighthouse on a hazy day in January. Evidently, they were herding fish into the shallows as every few minutes one would suddenly make a high-speed maneuver with a lot of thrashing and splashing as it (I assume) pursued a fish. One of these instances is pictured here. I am not sure how well this image works given the less than spectacular light so I am interested in other opinions. 20D, 70-200 f/2.8 (at 100mm) +1.4X, 1/1,000, f/8, ISO 400. Cropped top and bottom for a pano look. Comments welcome and appreciated.

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    Alfred Forns
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    Hi Steve It must have been a treat watching them You did capture the action I like the water squirting up in the air to the right Must have been a tight turn

    You will often see them performing these maneuvers and they are chasing fish Have gotten them with persons standing less than three feet away !!!! They totally ignore the bathers !!!

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    Fabs Forns
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    Wonderful almost full view of the Dolphin, you really had good reflexed to catch him!

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    Robert O'Toole
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    Cool image steve, havent seen that behavior in a still image before, good reflexes!

    Robert

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    Gayle Clement
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    Super timing, Steve. I like the action in this one.

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    Robert Amoruso
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    Steve,

    Nice action. The image is lacking contrast. I tried some local contrast enhancement (USM amount 20, radius 60) and like the results. You can vary as needed.

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    Thanks for the suggestion, Robert. I tried it and it is an improvement - gives the image more punch.

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    Robert Amoruso
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Maxson View Post
    Thanks for the suggestion, Robert. I tried it and it is an improvement - gives the image more punch.
    Glad you liked it. I copied the image to PS and tried it and was happy with the result myself.

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