A day at the beach

At the beginning of August, admittedly, but it was a good day...

Blyth beach, Blyth, Northumberland - all with the 30D + 100-400mm @ 400mm, handheld:

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amazing pictures, very well done

Excellent captures Keith R.

Keith, those all have very pleasing compositional qualities.

Hi Keith, nice shots particually like the Kittiwakes.

cannylad (aka cuddy)

a super set of shots and all have the right color/tone in the background love the wing shadow on that seagull.
Rob.

Excellent composition on your first shot.

Wonderful series there Keith - the Tern is the stand out for me.

Very good shots Keith, the kittiwakes shot is a cracking good shot. This shot surely should have a caption. Good clarity in all the shots, well done.

Great series Keith, they are all amazing.

Thanks, all.

Cannylad, did you see my comment about your snow bunting?

Very nice series, I even like the shadow pattern on the gull.

Thanks Paul.

I freely admit that the "zebra striping" caused by the shadow of the bird's primary feathers - while still (flukily!) getting a decent catchlight in the bird's eye - made it for me too.

I'll take luck over ability any time!

very nicely done. with the 100-400 are you going handheld mostly, or is a tripod necessary with the smaller max. ap?

Cracking set of pictures TFS

Tim