Sublime and Beautiful Sunday Johnathon Livingston

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Sublime and Beautiful Sunday

This post is for #SublimeSunday is inspired by @c0ff33a and #BeautifulSunday is initiated by @ace108.

I have been out and about with my long lens trying to get some shots of birds I am happy with, working on both camera settings and improving my patience to stand in one spot waiting patiently for a good shot, to be honest I think I am doing better on working on the camera settings than I am on being patient, its a work in progress.

Now I have taken shots of a few different birds over the last week or so, but decided to share some shots of Seagulls first, starting with this one I caught as it flew by complete with a clam in its beak


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Sony A7iii 200mm F5.6 1/3200 Sec ISO 400
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Now about the Title, whenever I see Seagulls I think of Johnathon Livingston, and let me explain where that comes from

Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a Book I read back in my school days is written by American author Richard Bach and illustrated with black-and-white photographs shot by Russell Munson, is a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection

The book was adapted into a film in 1973 with a soundtrack by Neil Diamond, and that is where the title for this post comes from

And another shot of the seagull same as the first image, but as it got closer, and I managed to freeze it mid flight with clear detail I am happy with


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Sony A7iii 200mm F5.6 1/3200 Sec ISO 100
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One as it was skimming, well flying just over the water


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Sony A7iii 600mm F6.3 1/250 Sec ISO 160
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Now when I took these images there was the moon nice and clear in the sky, and I hoped one would fly by it while I was there, as it happened the seagulls were not cooperative, so I took a shot fo the moon I took that day and added a seagull in a composite edit


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Another one flying by


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And finishing off with one walking along the shoreline


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And that’s all folks

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Haha, fooled me with that moon and seagull shot! :D I was just going "wow", then read your caption!!
Beautiful shots of the gull anyway (and moon!)

You might be surprised - I do know Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and Neil Diamond's song.... lol (very telling on my age.... sigh, haha...)

Happy Sunday to you! :)

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I know I could have fooled many with the seagull and moon shot but I like to be honest

Let's just say we're young at heart if not in calendar years lol

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Lol, it's very cool in all honesty... ;)

Haha, I'll take young at heart. A good day and week to you, dear friend...

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Oops just fixed my typo of course I meant shot not what i typed LOL

thanks and the same for you

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a Book I read back in my school days is written by American author Richard Bach and illustrated with black-and-white photographs shot by Russell Munson, is a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection

I learned a new English word today. I had to look up what does "homily" mean. I do not know how often this word is used in English, nor in any other foreign language, but this is a very rare phrase in my language (Hungarian). I do not even remember anyone saying it in the recent decade.

I would curiously read opinions about this from other people.

Have a nice day and have a nice weekend.
All the best. Greetings and much love from Hungary.

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It is a word not commonly used these days perhaps I am showing my age that I choose to use it lol

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Amazing camera. It deserves to be liked because it has a very extraordinary beauty.

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It is a gid camera but like any camera the trick is to know how to use it

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The shots of the flying birds are sure taken in a matter of seconds. They are just amazing 😍

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thanks and yes in thousands of a second to catch them when flying

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You are most welcome and looking forward to seeing more of these amazing shots in future!

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They are amazing @tattoodjay 😎
Love all of them. Especially the first photo, the low flying over the sea one and the edited with the moon.
So crisp and clear. A lot of details.
It’s worth your patience 😉 don’t give up.
Have a great Sunday further.
So looking forward to the other bird shots now, now I have seen these!

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Ohh I will keep trying not this weekend as we have the grandkids staying with us but next week I will be trying again especially so after such kind feedback

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Yes… please keep going. They are truly stunning.
Enjoy the time with the grandkids next week, precious little moments 🥰

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Ohh it’s been a great long weekend this evening they go back home
We have had a blast with them but will need a day to relax and recover lol

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That’s so nice to hear… 😁
I can imagine the things we do for the grandkids 😎 hahaha now soon relax and recover.
Enjoy your last day with them. 👋🏻☀️

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They will surface soon, I am an early riser, them not so much tip toeing around the house at the moment LOL

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Hahaha ssshhhh very quietly… now 😉
Don’t wake them up yet. A few more moments.
Yep I know the tip toeing bit LOL

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LOL, they are up now and we went out for Breakfast, back home now there upstairs playing games and chattign online I think

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Sounds like a nice morning 😁
As they do nowadays…

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we had a greta day with them, well weekend, the house is so quiet now that there back at their home

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Hahaha silence after the storm. 😉
Nice to hear you had a great weekend with them.

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LOL indeed and this one time they were very good and cleaned up after themselves, sometimes after they visit particularly the grand daughters room looks like a storm had hit LOL

but this time they cleaned up after themselves very well

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O my… but good to hear they cleaned up. Maybe it’s the age… will be better the older they get 😉

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that could be it, or normally they are only here for a few hours so they dont think about it maybe being here for three days they make more of a mess and notice it LOL

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I did suggest we go out for a walk, of course as many kids will do these days they looked at me like I am weird lOL

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Do you remember our conversation about bird potography the other day? Well, today it's me who is not impressed about my photos anymore 😉 Shooting a bird in flight is something I haven't managed till yet - great photos, JJ, and the composite is awesome 👍

Hope you're having a great Sunday, JJ 🌞

!PIZZA with !BEER or with !WINE - perfect dinner :)
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Thanks my friend
Birds in flight are so hard to catch takes a lot if sometimes don’t have patience but as you know I have been trying to catch the Osprey in flight for weeks

These seagull shots were while I was not so patiently waiting and watching the Osprey

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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My pleasure JJ 😊

I know you are waiting for the Osprey and it's great that you had the seagull to photograph because it makes waiting so much easier.

Btw, someone has told me that the Osprey was flying behind you with a big fish in his beak while you were shooting the seagull in front of you !LOLZ

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Funnily enough when I took one of the shots of the seagull with the clam in its beak, that is exactly what happenned I turned around just as the Osprey landed on the nest

its torturing me LOL

!BEER and !WINE - both make a nice dinner with !PIZZA :)
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This really happened? No way lol 🤣 !LOLZ
That's why they say that whatever scene you have in front of you, you should turn around because there might be an even better one 😁

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Ohh indeed it did happen, and I was too embarrassed to mention it in the post others some would have thought I had been drinking !WINE or !BEER, but I had not as I had no !PIZZA

Thats true they say that but in this case its almost the opposite the osprey nest was in front of my, I tunred and saw the seagull coming and got that shot, if I hadnt turned i may have seen the Osprey flying back with the fish all be it a small one

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Maybe if you had had a !PIZZA he might have flown to you instead of going fishing 😉 and before you ask: No, I haven't had any !BEER nor !WINE 😂

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Thats an Idea I maybe should take some !PIZZA maybe the Osprey will like the crust ( just joking of course its not good to feed birds with food like that)

Today I was at another beach taking sunrise shots with a wider angle lens, camera on tripod and right in front of me, an Osprey dived into the water caught a fish and flew right overhead, of course I didnt get a photo but they could surely drive me to drink !BEER or !WINE again LOL

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I just thought of Sparrows - they eat all, even !PIZZA 😁 !LOLZ

I know that they know exactly what lens I am using because when I have a macro or a wide angle lens on the camera, especially the little birds come close and as soon as I change the lens, they are somewhere higher up in the trees.
Maybe you should pretend to drink !BEER or !WINE and when the Osprey thinks you are drunk he will come closer to tease you even more ... and then you will get your close-up shot 😂

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seems you have the same types of birds there as here, clearly not over indulging in either !PIZZA or !BEER and very observant in that they know what type of lens we have attached and how close they can be or not be to stay in discuss, perhaps a big issue for them as they eat to much !PIZZA and are a bit overweight

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They are everywhere the same and they love !PIZZA 🤣
I think they compare the lenses with !BEER bottles: a telezoom lens is a big bottle and means danger, but a wide angle lens is only a small bottle and harmless 😂 !LOLZ

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Great shot. I guess the seagull got to do more work to get to its meal.

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Ohh yes they work for their food for sure

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Ohh yes they work for their food for sure

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It takes a lot of patience to record a great hunt. Random phenomena may in fact become rare. How good it always happens Bob's our desire

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OMG I love seagulls!! I admire your talent as a photographer!! This is amazing! Perfect shots!!

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Thanks, I have a love /hate relationship with them, after one flew into my head and took a gash out of my head LOL

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