ON ROUGH WATERS

[FUJI]

This was a chance shot.........I had my 200mm lens on the GX7 today, a lady was throwing bread for the Gulls and Ducks, this gull had just landed.

 

My shutter speed was way up and I used Focus Tracking, it worked.......I would have stayed longer but had an impatient walking mate with me.

 

FUJI

[ChrisLumix]

Nice capture.

[Karenp]

Love this!

[Denis]

That is a terrific image ...very crisp!

[FUJI]

Thank you all.....

What makes it jump out even more is the fact that, what looks like an eye catchlight isnt.......look closer and you will see that it is a lucky water droplet created immediately after a fast landing on the very rough surface.........you can see many more droplets around the bird.

My GX7 plus it's 200 mm can really produced the goods at times.

FUJI

[kev7d]

I did spot the water droplet on the eye and had to determine water or catch light. Nice shot.

[FUJI]

The amazing thing is .....

It's a pretty hefty crop from the bottom LH corner of the frame.......there are many other water fowl and gulls around, all heckling for food.

I am soooo pleased with the results from my GX7 and the LUMIX and SIGMA lenses I have.

Increasing shutter speed to around 1300 and the camera to Focus Tracking really came together to produce this very sharp result.

I just have to remember to re-set to my usual Aperture Priority and normal pinpoint focus afterwards.

 

Here is the original shot, totally untouched except being reduced for posting here..you can see I had to do a bit of cloning out too.

 

 

FUJI

 

 

[THELONGMAN]

Terrific " Don't mess with me" shot, I love it, nice one Fuji,

 

Geoff

[KateW]

Looks like he's saying "Boy, that water's cold!!".

[VWGolf]

Brilliant capture  :-)