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Shimmering Loon

© Gary Jacobson

Shimmering Loon

Uploaded: April 27, 2004 17:40:43

Description

aperture 5.6, shutter 1/350, lens 400mm, White Earth Lake - MN, name, time of day 8:45PM

Comments

Bob Cammarata April 27, 2004

Great catch, Gary!
Good eye detail,... and the young are an added bonus. #122109

Gary Jacobson April 27, 2004

Thanks Bob!

It was quite a day. I took about 120 images over a 45 minute period. I was able to approach within 12 feet at one point, I even had to back off my 400mm lens to fit them in the viewfinder. Thanks again.

Regards,
Jake #506185

Robert A. Simpson April 27, 2004

Beautiful shot. Love it, Nice work.

Bob Simpson
#506205

Gary Jacobson April 27, 2004

Thanks Bob! It sure is fun taking photographs of beautiful wildlife. :)

Jake #506209

Kristen McKain April 28, 2004

excelent capture! #506611

Susie Peek-Swint April 28, 2004

Very nice image Gary ~ especially with the little ones! #506789

Gary Jacobson April 28, 2004

Thanks Susan and Kristin!

Regards,
Jake #507346

Claudia Kuhn level-classic May 13, 2004

Jake this is very nice - great capture! Congrats on your finalist and joining BP! #534436

Gary Jacobson May 13, 2004

Thanks Claudia! It was nice to make the cut on a couple of images my first month of competing.

Regards,
Jake #534662

Cindy Cone May 13, 2004

Congrats on a well-deserved final! #535779

Gary Jacobson May 13, 2004

Thanks Cindy. I appreciate your kind words.

Regards,
Jake #535794

Nancy Grace Chen May 13, 2004

Hey Jake! Another one... maybe there are more? Beautiful capture of these loons... a little while back I tried my hand at some mallards, and that was a disaster. (: I'm sure these are even more difficult... congratulations on your finalist!!

Nancy
nance.c@poboxes.com
nacespace.com/photos #536618

Gary Jacobson May 14, 2004

Thanks Nancy,

I happened to be on a lake fishing and noticed the amazing light and a pair of loons across the bay. Much to my delight I noticed the baby loons as I approached closer. It took a very quiet trolling motor to move in close enough to capture this image without scaring-off the loons. Thank you for your kind compliments.

Warmest Regards,
Jake #537377

Carol Engstrom level-classic May 14, 2004

Really nice! Congrats, Gary! #539597

Susie Peek-Swint May 14, 2004

Many congrats on this great shot Gary!! #539832

Gary Jacobson May 14, 2004

Thanks Susan and Carol!

Regards,
Jake #540007

Jim Kinnunen level-classic May 14, 2004

Great composition, color and subjects! Congrats! #540776

Gary Jacobson May 15, 2004

Thanks Jim! #541265

Patrick Campbell May 17, 2004

Beautiful work, Gary! #545349

Gary Jacobson May 17, 2004

Thanks Patrick!

I enjoyed looking at your images as well. Thank you for the kind remarks on my images.

Regards,
Gary

www.frozenshutter.com #545995

Patrick Campbell May 17, 2004

Thanks for the compliments, Gary. This one just jumped off the page for me. Keep up the great work, Gary. :-) #546463

Dee E. Strellner April 29, 2006

Great capture! How I missed them while I was away from home. Pity sound isn't available so that everyone could also hear them. Having lived in Mn most of my life loons are a Mn standard as much as birch trees are. Their call is haunting in quality esp if the fog is rising from the lake. Love your gallery! #2705718

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