5 minute grab shot

3434 posts
11 years
Barrybados

Posted 20/07/2017 - 22:33 Link

from my local beach!

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Police chopper was flying about with the loud hailer going giving a public announcement saying something that I couldn't hear. Someone said there was a man on the loose and to lock all doors and not go outside so SWMBO calls me saying get the hell back to dodge. I'd literally just set up, so snapped this image off, and then legged it back home. By the time I'd got home, fast walk, 5 minutes later, camera on tripod still, it was a false alarm and it was a 13 year old girl that had gone missing but had been found! 5 minute wonder image here then!

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derek897 derek897

2322 posts
13 years
Wicklow Ireland

Posted 20/07/2017 - 23:38 - Helpful Comment Link

These beach shots of yours are fantastic.
They make me wish I was close to one so I could TRY and get some shots like yours.
Another super shot.

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JAK JAK

4192 posts
16 years
Scarborough,
North Yorks.

Posted 21/07/2017 - 00:32 - Helpful Comment Link

derek897 wrote:
These beach shots of yours are fantastic.
They make me wish I was close to one so I could TRY and get some shots like yours.
Another super shot.

Agreed on that and I am so I've got no excuse!
Can't see how they considered a lost 13yr old could be mistaken for a crazed man on the loose.

John K

Edited by JAK: 21/07/2017 - 00:36

pschlute pschlute

5152 posts
20 years
Surrey

Posted 21/07/2017 - 02:10 - Helpful Comment Link

Tremendous Gareth. That sky !!!

I reckon you have every blue in the colour palette in this very fine image.

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davidwozhere davidwozhere

3668 posts
11 years
Slap in the middle of England

Posted 21/07/2017 - 02:23 - Helpful Comment Link

Keep on grabbin'!

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McGregNi McGregNi

5986 posts
14 years
Surrey,
England

Posted 21/07/2017 - 07:57 - Helpful Comment Link

You have really got the blues covered there ...a lot of interest and variety in a quite narrow colour range. The composition is very good too with those two balancing rock shapes on each side.

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