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Jul 20, 2016 17:08 |  #1

Not sure what to make of this. I'm not usually one to go for these kind of shots but I liked it at first. The more I see it the more I wonder if it's me being delusional about it though, so would very much appreciate some constructive critique.

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Jul 20, 2016 18:51 |  #2

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Jul 20, 2016 19:40 |  #3

Like many if not most I have many of these IF ONLY shots and have shared the temporarily illusion of a potential keeper. I'd sigh and delete. But it might take a while.


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Jul 20, 2016 19:43 |  #4

I like it. No such thing as a bad kingfisher pic.




  
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Jul 20, 2016 21:30 |  #5

I think it's interesting.


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Jul 20, 2016 21:49 |  #6

I'm enjoying it; nice colors, good sense of motion. The 'frozen' bird, had you used a faster shutter speed would have looked even more odd, I suspect.


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Jul 20, 2016 23:39 |  #7

I like it. Shows the motion well. Nice light and colour. I don't know if it would have been better or worse 'frozen', but this is an interesting shot all by itself.


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Jul 21, 2016 01:05 |  #8

Thanks for the feedback - whether for or against. Appreciate it immensely!


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Jul 21, 2016 07:17 |  #9

I'm unable to see the image. I'm getting an 'image failed to load' message. Any dea why that would happen?


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Jul 21, 2016 07:18 |  #10

It's a shame it can no longer be seen.


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Jul 21, 2016 10:04 |  #11

his website is giving a 503 error, the server is probably down.


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Jul 21, 2016 12:37 |  #12

smallick wrote in post #18073320 (external link)
I'm unable to see the image. I'm getting an 'image failed to load' message. Any dea why that would happen?


saea501 wrote in post #18073321 (external link)
It's a shame it can no longer be seen.


Left Handed Brisket wrote in post #18073454 (external link)
his website is giving a 503 error, the server is probably down.

Server was down indeed. Apologies for that.

Image should be back up, hopefully for good :)


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Jul 22, 2016 04:42 |  #13

Glad I can see the image! Worth seeing, but not quite a great image - I magine it would be hard to get a really good iage simila to this - hopefully someone will show us the way :)


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Jul 22, 2016 07:10 |  #14

I like it, I think there is just enough motion blur for it to be interesting. I have to say that as a stand alone image it is not exceptional, however I think it would be a great addition to gallery as part of a set of images telling the story of the kingfisher.

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Jul 22, 2016 07:21 |  #15

really tough capture, pretty darn good pic!


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