Terra firma
Uploaded: January 23, 2010 04:04:43
Observing the underwater realm behind glass. A giant ray sweeps past onlookers at the Atlanta Aquarium.
Exif: F Number: 4.5, Exposure Bias Value: -1.00, ExposureTime: 1/125 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 2500, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 60.00 mm, Model: NIKON D700
Amy M. Wilson January 23, 2010
Morning neighbor, beautiful capture, colors and silhouettes, Courtenay! #1230103Douglas Pignet January 23, 2010
Very well done and great capture, love the blue BG, great pov as well. #8323299Tammy M. Anderson January 23, 2010
Fantastic colors, silhouettes and clarity, Courtenay. Beautifully done. #8323307Jim Huffield January 23, 2010
Amazing shot, Courtenay. Jim #8323371Dominick M. Dimacale January 23, 2010
Great animal image here, and he is BIG, Courtenay.Dominick #8323373
Linda D. Lester January 23, 2010
He is huge....great capture! #8323505Monnie Ryan January 23, 2010
Not an easy shot to get, but this is outstanding, Courtenay! #8323535Jack Ryan January 23, 2010
Those silhouettes really are an excellent addition to this excellent and interesting image. Very well done. #8323667Robert R. Goodman January 23, 2010
Hi Courtenay,I hear that is a awesome Aquarium.Very beautiful capture!!!!! #8323675Ken Smith January 23, 2010
Perfect, Courtenay! The silhouettes lend to the scale of this shot. #8323694Debra R. Harder January 23, 2010
AWESOME!! You are so brilliant, Courtenay! What a great eye! The silhouettes against this amazing scene are superb. WOW!! JSB #8323924Nancy L. Green January 23, 2010
ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR Court, this is BEAUTIFUL, WTG!!! <>< #8324071Patrick Rouzes January 23, 2010
Spectacular shades of blue, detail, clarity, silhouettes, & mood captrued here, Courtenay! Lovely job again here, my friend! #8324334Mike Clime January 23, 2010
Nice capture and silhouettes! Really gives you an idea as to how big it is! #8324369Renee Doyle January 23, 2010
Man is he big!!! Great exposure and capture Courtenay!! #8324426Shelly A. Van Camp January 23, 2010
WOW....Truly amazing capture!! Well done, Courtenay! #8324557Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna January 23, 2010
What a monster, Courtenay!!! Beautiful capture!!! :-) k #8324683Randy D. Dinkins January 23, 2010
Great shot here. I have only been there once, but was impressed. #8324740Sherran Andersen January 23, 2010
Beautiful... what were the settings on your camera may I ask? #8325059Nancy J. Locke January 24, 2010
MAGNIFICENT CAPTURE!!! WOW!!!!Beautiful action silhouette. The contrast is AWESOME. Fantastic blue shadowing too.
Cheers, Nancy J Locke #8325374
Stefania Barbier January 24, 2010
wonderful capture! #8325795Jean-Pierre Ducondi January 24, 2010
Wonderful image with great silhouette Courtenay. Great execution.Courtenay Vanderbilt January 24, 2010
Thank you all so much for your kind comments! Will catch up with everyone tomorrow.Hi Sherran, I used my 60mm f2.8 prime lens on my D700. manual settings: f 4.5, 1/125 sec. ISO 2500 b/c we didn't use tripods. (the 700 is particularly adept at higher ISO's) I hope that helps! #8326451
Tommy E. Burgess January 24, 2010
Very beautirful capture Courtenay!! I like how you metered for the water her and left the people as silhouettes! #8327232Ron McEwan January 25, 2010
Having the people in this shot makes the shot really, at least to me. It gives perspective to the fish, well done my friend. #8327999Shawn Jennings January 25, 2010
That is a huge stingray! Great capture! #8328503Max Aureli January 25, 2010
Great my friend!!!!!!! Great shot!!! #8328507JO ANN CLEVELAND January 25, 2010
Outstanding Courtenay, these are not easy shots to capture either..jo ann c. #8329466
Sherran Andersen January 25, 2010
Thanks for the info Courtenay. Will have to try those settings in an aquarium one day. #8330469Nancy (Peaches) Harker January 26, 2010
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWpaul parent January 29, 2010
Great Work ! #8340704Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 02, 2010
So beautiful, nicely seen and photographed! #8351614Aimee S. McMaster February 04, 2010
...a wonderful capture Courtenay....great image.... #8355724Boyd L. Alexander February 19, 2010
I knew we would see this one again!! A big congratulations on your Finalist win Courtenay!!!! Good luck in the next round! #8394306Val Feldman February 19, 2010
A fantastic capture and such a well-deserved Finalist, Courtenay! Wishing you all the best in the upcoming rounds! You go, girl! ~Val #8394705Amy M. Wilson February 19, 2010
HUGE congratulations on your fabulous Finalist, Courtenay!!! WTG #8394845Jack Ryan February 19, 2010
Way to go, Courtenay. Congratulations. #8395026Douglas Pignet February 19, 2010
Congratulations on being a finalist, very well deserved #8395067Robert R. Goodman February 19, 2010
A big congratulations,Courtenay! #8395455Patti Coblentz February 19, 2010
Such a super cool image, Courtenay...congratulations!!Patti #8395589
Shawn Jennings February 19, 2010
This is great, Courtenay! Congratulations on your finalist! #8395752Nancyj E. Hovey February 19, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SSharon February 19, 2010
Congratulations!!! #8396484Renee Doyle February 19, 2010
Fantastic Courtenay!!! Congratulations!! #8396742Linda D. Lester February 19, 2010
WTG!!! Congratulations on your finalist! #8396803Kerry Hill February 19, 2010
Congratulations Courtenay!! Awesome finalist!! #8397331Dianna Murphy February 19, 2010
REally cool, congratulations! #8397353Courtenay Vanderbilt February 19, 2010
Thank you all so much for your most kind comments! #8397437Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 19, 2010
This is incredible Courtenay! Congratulations on your finalist!!! #8397527Jeff Robinson February 19, 2010
Congrats Courtenay on this Terrific Finalist! Jeff #8397860Anita Hogue February 19, 2010
Hey, talk about a great image at the aquarium! This is awesome! Congratulations, Courtenay! #8398044Valentin M. Armianu February 19, 2010
Tamara K. Walker February 19, 2010
Congratulations! #8398276Phyllis H. Burchett February 19, 2010
Terrific capture Courtenay, Congrats! #8398631Ken Smith February 19, 2010
What an opportunity you have so close by. Super job and congrats, Courtenay! #8398715Jean-Pierre Ducondi February 19, 2010
Fantastic - Big congrats Courtenay.Tommy E. Burgess February 19, 2010
Huge congratulations on your beautiful and well deserved finalist Courtenay!! Best of luck in the next round! #8399524Stefania Barbier February 19, 2010
congratulations on your gorgeous finalist!!!!! #8399583Leslie McLain February 20, 2010
Congrats on your beautiful finalist. #8400430Debra R. Harder February 20, 2010
This is such a well-seen, brilliant image, Courtenay! Congratulations on another SUPERB finalist!! JSB #8400877Debra Booth February 20, 2010
Fantastic shot, Courtenay! You really found the right moment. Congrats on all your finalists! A great month for you! #8401488Margaret R. Barry February 20, 2010
Congratulations on another fantastic finalist, Courtenay! #8402003Kelly S. Cavanaugh February 20, 2010
Great capture, Courtenay!! :) Congratulations on your finalist and best of luck in the next round! #8402049Gina Cormier February 20, 2010
WOW...congrats!!!This is so awesome!!! LOve it!! #8402123Gina Cormier February 20, 2010
WOW...congrats!!!This is so awesome!!! LOve it!! #8402124Lorna Shutter February 20, 2010
Wow! Five Fabulous Finalists this month! Awesome work, gf!!! CONGRATULATIONS on all of them!!!!! :)ROLAN NARMAN February 20, 2010
Huge Congratulations on your gorgeous finalist Court! #8402826Monica Mermoz February 22, 2010
Congratulations on your 5 finalists, Courtenay! All are very beautiful, but this is my favourite #8407817Linda Blair February 24, 2010
Congratulations Courtenay on your fabulous finalist!!!! #8412882Sharon Sawyer March 18, 2010
WTG, Courtenay!!! HUGE congratulations on your Five Fabulous Finalists in the month of January!!! Sorry I've been really busy lately and waaaaaay behind on my comments. Looking forward to seeing how many finalists you have in February!!! :) #8464845Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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