The Moment of Truth

Challenge #6 in the The Real World series. Hosted by fuzzylogic.

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by Ben_Egbert

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Kokenee pick up. Lake Coeur D'Alene. please view full size

Camera:	Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Lens:	500f4
Submitted:	Sunday, 16th January, 2011 00:03 (GMT)
Taken:	Thursday, 30th December, 2010
Focal length:	500 mm
Shutter speed:	1/800 sec
Aperture:	F4
ISO:	400
Notes:	101231_mk3_3093_1-13-2011wrn cs3 topaz
Views:	263
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Sudipto Roy wrote:
> This is a fabulous shot. Those who have tried taking such an image would only know what it takes to get this perfect moment of truth.

Thanks, I have been working on this since 1981 when I was using a Nikon film camera and a 600 f8 manual focus lens.
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When you can't focus, nothing else matters
Once you can, everything else does.

http://ben-egbert.smugmug.com/

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This is a fabulous shot. Those who have tried taking such an image would only know what it takes to get this perfect moment of truth.

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miklmar wrote:
> Great shot Ben, it was my favorite of the challenge.

Thanks, I don't often get comments on my challange images, much appreciated.
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When you can't focus, nothing else matters
Once you can, everything else does.

http://ben-egbert.smugmug.com/

Ben

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Great shot Ben, it was my favorite of the challenge.

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