Helpful Posts: A recent visit to the Camargue and a day at a bird reserve. Initial excitement at the opportunity to see a few flamingos, a couple of hours and several thousand flamingos later I was 'flamingoed out'. Enough flamingos for a lifetime or two and if I never see another it will be too soon.
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7th February 2015, 05:24 PM #1
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7th February 2015, 06:45 PM #2
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Nice pictures. It reminds me of the time I visited the Coto Donana ten or more years ago. Lots of Flamingos, but none near enough to photograph though.
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7th February 2015, 07:31 PM #3
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Nice series.
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7th February 2015, 09:26 PM #4
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I like the composition of the first two, Paul. The second one is particularly suggestive.
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7th February 2015, 10:35 PM #5
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No 1 (Odd man out) & No 3 for me Paul !
Great shots.
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7th February 2015, 11:28 PM #6
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Interesting series, Paul. We visited the Camargue early last May and only saw a few of them and those far away. Which suited me well because I didn't have gear to shoot and would have only been frustrated anyway.
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8th February 2015, 12:44 AM #7
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Thanks guys. Dan, how you can visit the Camargue and not see flamingos is quite a feat :-)
They have quite a novelty value, they group together and wander round the marsh constantly, constantly talking. Novelty wears off after a while though as there are literally thousands of them.
I'm going back in a few months to give some Photoshop training to some French photographers, I might give flamingos a miss next time round though and focus on the Camargue horses and bulls
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8th February 2015, 05:20 AM #8
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I like #2. They're pretty birds. Sounds like a neat place to go
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8th February 2015, 06:06 AM #9
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Number 3 is a really nice image. They have such an odd looking bill or beak or whatever you want to call it.
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8th February 2015, 09:53 AM #10
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I like #1 -- it has a story to it and they sleep with one leg standing and one eye open...
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10th February 2015, 06:57 PM #11
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I love your last shot and your narrative, makes nice finish. I went to the camargue last October and the flamingos weren't that prevalent, or maybe not their time of year or maybe I just got lucky! It was the wide open space that captured my lens' attention most.
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10th February 2015, 07:52 PM #12
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Great stuff!
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