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Cormorant's Catch
Cormorant's Catch
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Challenge: The Letter C (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR
Location: Tracadie Bay, PEI
Date: Aug 21, 2011
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Aug 21, 2011

 I was on holidays in PEI when I took this picture. I was at a wharf in Tracadie Bay when this cormorant popped up in front of me and then disappeared again. I decided to wait and see if it would come up again and it did but this time with a flounder in its beak. He fought with it for a while and then in one gulp it was gone!



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Place: 48 out of 174
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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 09/23/2012 11:29:59 PM
it is astonishing. love the backlit fins/halo/frill.
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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/29/2011 01:32:01 AM
An amazing capture, Tracey! Got a 7 from me. Great finish in a very competitive field.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/26/2011 11:37:40 AM
That's a big fish!!! Great timing.
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Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 08/26/2011 06:09:31 AM
Great shot.
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Fujifilm X-T30
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 08/25/2011 06:31:47 PM
So that's how it happens ...
bump up
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
 08/24/2011 12:50:29 PM
How's he going to swallow that!? - Great natural history shot
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 08/22/2011 05:00:41 PM
now how the hell is the cormorant going to get THAT down its gullet?!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 08/22/2011 12:16:40 AM
wow, what a fluke! I had no idea they could dive that deep.
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