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Seyed Babak Musavi
{K:496} 11/5/2005
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Dear Steve
Vey nice shot .
Well done.
Babak
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Tiger Lily
{K:10966} 3/9/2005
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I wouldn't want to be a Pacific loon. It sounds like a stressful life!
Beautiful capture. Thank you for sharing.
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Steve Kaufman
{K:2748} 1/17/2005
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To Hugo: the edges are natural. Reflections of trees and sky are in the water. The image was slightly cropped from the original but otherwise it's not been altered. I apply slight unsharp masking to all images I post on the web.
Eagles killed the chicks of the loons the two previous years. This past summer one of the two chicks survived through the season and flew away, the other was eaten by a herring gull when the chick was 6 weeks old. Eagles and herring gulls are common in our area in the summer, as we are close to a river with spawning salmon. During the first part of summer, the loons are protected by very aggressive arctic terns and two smaller gulls (bonaparte's and mew gulls) which nest nearby. They will chase away any predator that comes near the lake. Their chicks fledge by the first week of July, and they leave the area. Then, the loon chicks become easy prey to eagles and the larger herring gulls.
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Harry Eggens
{K:14804} 1/16/2005
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Simply beautiful image Steve. Very cute. Wonderful details and reflections. Hopefully the eagle did'nt get them....Best regards, Harry
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Gökhan KARAMAN
{K:8878} 1/16/2005
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wonderfull capture and very nice composition...
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 1/16/2005
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Hi Steve, Very elegant shot, and the subtle fade on the edges (at least that's what I think you applied here) is quite appropriate, it focusses the attention on the subject nicely.
Had to check the file size, and I now see exactly what you mean... I'll change my workflow in postprocessing... Thanks for pointing it out to me yesterday!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 1/16/2005
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This is beautiful, and enhanced by sharing the context with us.
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NN
{K:26787} 1/16/2005
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Oh ... LOVE it ... this is just too cute!!!
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Taco heikamp
{K:3030} 1/16/2005
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Excellent capture with great sharpness !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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. Icerock
{K:4873} 1/16/2005
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Excellent work and beautiful capture .. ir
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