Some photos for Celebration. Sometimes those blurry birds make the shot.

JeffR

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Thu May-14-09 11:52 PM
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Some photos for Celebration. Sometimes those blurry birds make the shot.

Not sure which of these are the best, so I'll post a few.

Downtown Toronto from the eastern end of the harbor. With gulls.

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Fri May-15-09 12:07 AM
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1. you have a flash?

would make the gulls better

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JeffR

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Fri May-15-09 12:14 AM
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2. I wasn't carrying it. It certainly would have frozen them a little

but then some of the Hitchcockian suspense might have been lost. What I really was missing here was Tippi Hedren trying to feign the emotion of terror, which was an absurdly entertaining thing to watch.

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Fri May-15-09 12:16 AM
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3. I dig... I had a similar encounter

a couple of weeks ago...

no skyline there, just beach... but... well, just saying

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JeffR

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Fri May-15-09 12:29 AM
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4. That's a superb photo.

Wow!

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Fri May-15-09 12:33 AM
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5. you had better clouds

and one of the best skylines in the western hemisphere... you could do it... give it another shot... keep that flash with you

flash loves seagulls

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Celebration

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Fri May-15-09 12:37 AM
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6. Thanks!!

Birds gotta move, don't they?

I love the one with the skyline.

Would a flash have reached that far? Really?

Most of mine are blurry not because the birds are moving but because the boat is moving (or I am moving, LOL).

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JeffR

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Sat May-16-09 05:29 PM
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11. The speedlite would have reached the birds, or most of them.

I just didn't have the foresight to have it with me. Of course, I could have flipped up the onboard flash, but that too would have required reasoning apparently beyond my capacities. Maybe next time.

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HappyCynic

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Fri May-15-09 02:29 AM
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7. Cool pictures!

I especially like the second one. The bird "formation" is somewhat similar to and gives a bit of emphasis to the cloud pattern.

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JeffR

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Sat May-16-09 05:30 PM
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12. Thank you.

I wish I could say I did that on purpose, but the birds get the credit, slippery buggers.

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NV Whino

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Sat May-16-09 12:24 PM
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8. I like the blurry birds

And I like the second one best. I think it's that bird in the center that makes it for me.

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JeffR

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Sat May-16-09 05:32 PM
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13. I like that guy too.

Quite a performer.

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Tindalos

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Sat May-16-09 01:05 PM
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9. Cool

I like the dramatic sky and bird formations in the second and third shots best. My favourite silhouette is in the last one. I love the wing feather details. It looks like some ominous portent of doom (ok that's not a good thing but I like the symbolism).

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JeffR

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Sat May-16-09 05:34 PM
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14. It does have a sort of menacing quality, doesn't it?

I was taking these with the thought of entering them into a city-run photo contest, but this one might not capture the civic image they're hoping for.

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Maestro

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Sat May-16-09 05:22 PM
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10. Nicely done

The B&W and blurry gulls are my favs. BTW, Wannajumpmyscooter has pics of laughing gulls I think. Not sure what yours are though.

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JeffR

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Sat May-16-09 05:37 PM
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15. Thanks! These are ring-billed gulls, I think.

Here's a stationary one:

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Sat May-16-09 08:11 PM
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16. In the US, that is a violation of federal law

don't know about you almost-socialists up there though.

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JeffR

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Sat May-16-09 08:17 PM
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17. No coincidence that all the expats I know are leftists.

We all came here seeking the workers' paradise.

Added bonus, fireworks on Monday to celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday. Weird but true.

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Sat May-16-09 08:32 PM
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18. Better have some good fireworks pics

iso 400 8sec at f 16 or 22

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JeffR

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Sat May-16-09 08:39 PM
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19. Thank you. Noted.

It's going to be cold, but as long as it doesn't rain, I intend to be there.

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Sat May-16-09 08:55 PM
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20. if your city lights are too bright with 400

chimp that downward to 200 or whatever... you need the time and the f stop for the fireworks

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