Taking the plunge

LYN EVANS

Taking the plunge

I use a Canon EOS 400 D
Practising with my new 100-400mm zoom lens.
Again I’ve removed the lake and added the flood filter for the reflection

ORIGINAL PHOTO

FLOOD FILTER


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Taking the plunge by LYN EVANS
Taking the plunge by LYN EVANS
  • LYN EVANS
  • FelicityB

    FelicityB

    Wow – love your new lens and what you’re achieving!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Felicity

  • Sensiworld

    Sensiworld

    Great !

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Silvia

  • LudaNayvelt

    LudaNayvelt

    and you got gorgeous result.

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Luda

  • terezadelpilar

    terezadelpilar

    oh Yes you do the most beautiful work I have seen!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you dear Teresa

  • handprintz

    handprintz

    Not only a fabulous shot but great use of the flood filter as well! lovely work Lyn looks great x

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you dear Trudi x

  • MaeBelle

    MaeBelle

    Beautiful work.Lyn, you are so talanted. I wouldn’t have a clur how to do what you do!! God Bless,Mae

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Mae

  • presbi

    presbi

    Great work Lyn, also with the filter! You catch the right instant! A superb shot! I’m speachless. Sergio

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Sergio

  • ej29

    ej29

    Wonderful work…detail is great..just beautiful!!!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you kindly

  • jesika

    jesika

    One day I have to get a really fast camera, teach the dogs to be patient (fat chance!!!!!!!!!!!) and produce work like this.
    Superb image, Lyn.
    j

  • LYN EVANS replied

    LOL. Thank you Jesika

  • Clive

    Clive

    Another piece of Lyn Magic, excellent use of the new lens and the filter my friend, well done xx

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Clive

  • lorilee

    lorilee

    What an amazing capture!!!! Beautiful!!!!!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you lorilee

  • Kathy Reid

    Kathy Reid

    Fantastic shot! thanks for adding in the original shot, it’s great to see what can be achieved through the flood filter!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Kathy

  • bluefern

    bluefern

    Wow, I love this shot.

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you so much

  • ldeiter78

    ldeiter78

    Outstanding!!!! Fantastic image Lyn!!!!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you hon

  • AnnieSnel

    AnnieSnel

    WOW fabulous shot Lynn!!!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Annie

  • Heabar

    Heabar

    WOW what a great shot !!!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you

  • Judy O'Neil

    Judy O'Neil

    WOW Lyn this is fantastic!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Judy

  • DottieDees

    DottieDees

    Just a fantastic capture…so beautiful!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Dottie

  • cdudak

    cdudak

    Lyn this is a wonderful shot, love it.

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you

  • Renee Dawson

    Renee Dawson

    I love this image Lynnie. Great timing & great focus hun! xo

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you honey bun..we were just watching him sitting on the water, then he flew up and dived…up and dived…don’t know what he was doing. I had one eye on the gull and the other eye on the swan that was peering into my face bahahahha

  • Neil Boucher

    Neil Boucher

    Well seen and captured Lyn! You have inspired me to dust off mine and get out there!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Neil…yes you do that. lol

  • clickinhistory

    clickinhistory

    This needs to be entered into something like the BBC wildlife competition, well timed capture

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you so much

  • Lois  Bryan

    Lois Bryan

    • THUD ** ... WOWZER ALERT WOWZER ALERT!!!!!!!!! Ohhhhh, Miss Lynnie … what you doooooo do with that new lens!!!!!!!
  • LYN EVANS replied

    Ooooooooooh thank you Lois…he was fun to watch

  • Tessa Bishop

    Tessa Bishop

    Beautiful work Lyn :o)

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Tessa

  • flyfish70

    flyfish70

    WOW, that is awesome work Lyn, very beautiful and it even looks like the bird is standing on it’s beak!!!!!!!!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you hon

  • Josie Jackson

    Josie Jackson

    Great result Lyn, don’t you just love that flood filter…. and a great capture, well done with your new lens..

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Josie

  • Irene  Burdell

    Irene Burdell

    Fabulous work and effect.

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Irene

  • Sarah-fiona Helme

    Sarah-fiona Helme

    Oh, Lyn – this is stunning – and very clever. You bird photography skills are excellent – I’m not quite there with birds in flight yet – lol!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you so much. lol

  • Richard Veal

    Richard Veal

    Nicely done Lyn.

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Richard

  • Béla Török

    Béla Török

    Splendid wor, dear Lyn! Your new zoom lens is working perfect in your hand!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Bela….I can’t believe I’ve got this beautiful lens

  • Pat Lucas

    Pat Lucas

    Mind you don’t drop that lens in the water Lyns…......teeheehee!!

    Fantastic shot with perfect timing!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Than you hon…you are wicked Pat….just full of wickedness LOL

  • Cora Wandel

    Cora Wandel

    Lyn, this is a stunning photo, love the position of the bird as it is plunging, and what you did with the water makes the image all the more beautiful. – Cora

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Cora

  • Brendan Schoon

    Brendan Schoon

    WOW, amazing shot Lyn!! Super timing and a great composition!! Wonderful how I’m trying to imagine what will happen after this frozen moment!! Great shot and the flood filter is truly great and adding this great reflection!! Super work. Very well done.
    Brendan

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you so much Brendan

  • Corina Daniela Obertas

    Corina Daniela...

    Amazing Lynnie! How many time you have to spend near the water in order to be able to take such a shot? And I think you have a very fast camera. I’m impressed!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    Thank you Corina…Happy New Year to you.

  • brian pendrey

    brian pendrey

    stunning image

  • Ingz

    Ingz

    fabulous capture Lyn xxxx

  • mlynnd

    mlynnd

    Wow, this is great. I love how you used the flood filter to add reflection in the image.

  • Ann7f

    Ann7f

    how flawlessly superb!!

  • DJ LeMay

    DJ LeMay

    I’m speechless… all I can say is BRAVO!! BRAVO!! BRAVO!!!!

  • eseffpe

    eseffpe

    amazing capture!!

  • Beve Brown-Clark

    Beve Brown-Clark

    Woozer, this one is a cracker LYN! Like the way you have presented this one…with the accent on the reflection…lovely capture, full of wonderful details!!

  • tonymm6491

    tonymm6491

    is not easy to kiss itself… :)

  • Kent Burton

    Kent Burton

    Dear Lyn, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This is just another fabulous job!!!!! SO very exceptional! – most excellent one ! – I hope this finds you well and smiling – You just get “gooder and gooder!” – Greetings from Georgia – Kent

  • LYN EVANS replied

    LOL….Thank you Kent, its lovely to see you here, what a lovely surprise. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year to you too

  • Michael Rowley KeepsakesPhotography

    Michael Rowley...

    hi lyn, this a superb capture, just brilliant well done . cheers !

  • deannedaffy

    deannedaffy

    Just beautiful lyn. Perfect timing!
    Congrats on being featured.

  • Blair Wainman

    Blair Wainman

    Wow! I thought i had commented on this one when you posted it! Now I get to comment and congratulate you! CONGRATULATIONS on a fabulous feature in “Freedom to Shine”. Beautiful work on this one Lyn!!!

  • Beve Brown-Clark

    Beve Brown-Clark

    Congrats on another fab feature!! WTG…GF!!

  • Stan Wojtaszek

    Stan Wojtaszek

    Great shot, Lyn.
    Congrats on the feature as well.

  • sigfusson

    sigfusson

    Hey Lynnie – Congrats on the feature my dear. Hope you are having a wonderful Christmas Holiday and wishing you the best for 2009. Hugs, S,

  • Josie Jackson

    Josie Jackson

    Congratulations Lyn, so well deserved its a gorgeous shot

  • Meike

    Meike

    Wow, congratulations! Great timing ;)

  • Corina Daniela Obertas

    Corina Daniela...

    I was sure that this work will take a feature! Too beautiful! Congratulations on being featured in Freedom to Shine group!

  • rodsfotos

    rodsfotos

    Perfect timing and you froze the motion well with very good feather detail, the reflections are a super bonus in this beautiful action shot, well done Lyn,
    Regards, Rod.

  • David Clark

    David Clark

    wow – you are going to have a great time with that lens – you have such a great eye to start with a little equipment upgrade and you are downright dangerous - great shot and then to visualize the result and be able to pull it off - well magic – congrats on the feature – dave

  • trueblvr

    trueblvr

    whoa, Lynnie, how is your foot?

  • trueblvr

    trueblvr

    thank you for showing us the difference that the flood filter can make, quite the difference. I had no idea. Di

  • Claire  Farley

    Claire Farley

    Wow! This is really beautifully stunning excellent work! Congratulations Lyn!

  • Trevor Needham

    Trevor Needham

    This is a fantastic photograph – well done, you!

  • PeterBusser

    PeterBusser

    Thanks for putting the original and the edited picture online together. Love the edited picture. This really makes a difference and a wonderful shot!

  • Lynda  McDonald

    Lynda McDonald

    a different take !....................it is nice with the ripply water removed and then the bird is really clear

  • Rosy Kueng

    Rosy Kueng

    Excellent Lyn! Wonderful work…Congratulations on your feature!!!!! Well deserved…

  • Steve  Buffington

    Steve Buffington

    What a unique and humorous take. Great clarity Lyn.

  • Heloisa Castro

    Heloisa Castro

    glorious photo

  • Louise Robinson

    Louise Robinson

    Fantastic capture!!

  • Cranston Reid

    Cranston Reid

    Thank you for taking the time to help us learn from your experiences and mastery of your art. These remarkable images are some of the very best that I’ve seen, and I’ve spent a most delightful morning learning from your creativity. Bravo!

  • LYN EVANS replied

    What a lovely thing to say…thank you :-)

  • Karen Kaleta

    Karen Kaleta

    This is awesome. What a great shot and the changed effect kicks it up several notches, if you know what I mean! I am unfamilar with a flood filter (is that part of any specific software program?) Great Work!

  • Pam Moore

    Pam Moore

    Stunning shot! I love how you graphically changed the lake and added the reflection. Excellent!!!

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