Shoot from the Hip

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by John Linton

Uploaded 17 Oct 2008 — 86 favorites

© John Linton

Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia

I actually didn't shoot from the hip, I bent over and held my camera close to the ground in front of these gulls using one of my auto settings and clicked.

Canon EOS 350 D camera with a Sigme AF 18-200mm DC OS Zoom lens

10/07/08

84 responses

  • Nelson Campbell

    Nelson Campbell   gave props (17 Oct 2008):

    Those greens and blues are super...love the way you caught the surfer on the beach.

  • Amber Gregory

    Amber Gregory   gave props (17 Oct 2008):

    oh WOW! this is GREAT!

  • Ronnie Ginnever

    Ronnie Ginnever gave props (17 Oct 2008):

    welcome back to reality!

  • Ronnie Ginnever

    Ronnie Ginnever gave props (17 Oct 2008):

    super cool shot!

  • Leanna Lomanski

    Leanna Lomanski   gave props (17 Oct 2008):

    feels like the whole beach experience......but I especially love the surfers..........

  • elfriede fulda

    elfriede fulda   gave props (17 Oct 2008):

    Oh, fantastic shot, welcome back....

  • Farras Abdelnour

    Farras Abdelnour gave props (17 Oct 2008):

    cool shot too!

  • Tammy Espino

    Tammy Espino gave props (17 Oct 2008):

    fantastic!

  • Karen K Smith

    Karen K Smith   gave props (17 Oct 2008):

    AWESOME shot John..big YEAH!

  • Gail Anderson

    Gail Anderson   gave props (17 Oct 2008):

    great shot... got my vote. i especially like that surfer you caught!

  • Litz Go

    Litz Go gave props (17 Oct 2008):

    love the water and of course the star seagulls. thanks for sharing what you saw.

  • Michel Vaque

    Michel Vaque gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    yes!! my vote !

  • catharine amato

    catharine amato   gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    yeah!

  • Susan Corsetti

    Susan Corsetti gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    Nice shot

  • peggy gardner

    peggy gardner gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    great candid shot, I hate it when they pose....yeah !!

  • Ineta McParland

    Ineta McParland gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    Got my vote! Incredible shot and great perspective! P.S. Thank you so much for liking my pictures. :)

  • Mayette Ignacio

    Mayette Ignacio gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    great photo John, love the water as always,

  • Jean Pierre Vacherot

    Jean Pierre Vacherot   gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    Great, my vote

  • J. Harris Blacklist

    J. Harris Blacklist   gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    Incredible image!

  • Jan Hoffman

    Jan Hoffman   gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    Love the color and depth/dimension of the view; well done

  • Camille Susak

    Camille Susak gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    Awesome-my vote too!

  • triciamary

    triciamary gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    Love this one - great colour, movement and fun!

  • Janice Mezzacappa

    Janice Mezzacappa (Deleted) gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    Amazing perspective John, cool shot!

  • Hector rtiz

    Hector rtiz   gave props (18 Oct 2008):

    australia...what an adventure....

  • Rain Arnau

    Rain Arnau gave props (19 Oct 2008):

    yeah yeah. love this shot. especially those birds

  • Lynn H

    Lynn H gave props (19 Oct 2008):

    Wonderful shot! Welcome back!

  • Steve Wilson

    Steve Wilson said (19 Oct 2008):

    Just perfect, my friend.

  • Catherine Kurvink

    Catherine Kurvink gave props (19 Oct 2008):

    John, this is just sooooo great! Wow, what a sense of immediacy. I love it and of course it gets my vote!

  • Ashley Parsons

    Ashley Parsons gave props (19 Oct 2008):

    great entry!

  • Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid

    Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid   gave props (19 Oct 2008):

    Oh wow! I love this.....

  • Vicenç !!!

    Vicenç !!! gave props (20 Oct 2008):

    yeah!! it rock's

  • Penny Nannini

    Penny Nannini   gave props (20 Oct 2008):

    great colors!

  • Eric Finster

    Eric Finster gave props (20 Oct 2008):

    Terrific shot John, couldn't have asked for better arrangements

  • Melissa Prosser

    Melissa Prosser gave props (21 Oct 2008):

    Turned out really well!

  • Michael Lynch

    Michael Lynch gave props (21 Oct 2008):

    Awesome! Vote: YEAH !!!

  • Jason Platt

    Jason Platt   gave props (22 Oct 2008):

    lot to see in this 1...love it!...

  • Logan Elward

    Logan Elward gave props (22 Oct 2008):

    Great job! The colors are awesome. Got my vote. :)

  • Bryan Jozefowicz

    Bryan Jozefowicz gave props (23 Oct 2008):

    Excellent shot!!

  • Angel Alejandra

    Angel Alejandra gave props (23 Oct 2008):

    freshh, just love it

  • maria tizon

    maria tizon gave props (24 Oct 2008):

    Love the color. And the gulls.

  • Traci Howard

    Traci Howard gave props (24 Oct 2008):

    got my vote!!! Excellent!

  • Yasmina Baggili

    Yasmina Baggili   gave props (24 Oct 2008):

    Now this is just fantastic! Love everything about this shot John. My vote for sure

  • Vladan Djordjevic

    Vladan Djordjevic gave props (24 Oct 2008):

    An excellent image. The colors, lighting, details and poses are terrific.

  • Vladan Djordjevic

    Vladan Djordjevic said (24 Oct 2008):

    I voted: YEAH! :)

  • markus zundel

    markus zundel gave props (25 Oct 2008):

    voted! colors, atmosphere and arrangements are fantastic in my eyes. great hip-shot

  • Jay El

    Jay El said (25 Oct 2008):

    The famous 'colour' of the first iMac, John!

  • Natalie S

    Natalie S   gave props (25 Oct 2008):

    Fantastic John!

  • Tiia Vissak

    Tiia Vissak gave props (26 Oct 2008):

    wow! yes from me.

  • Robert Duncan

    Robert Duncan   gave props (26 Oct 2008):

    yep.

  • petey whitelaw

    petey whitelaw gave props (26 Oct 2008):

    of coarse im in.

  • Aurel

    Aurel said (27 Oct 2008):

    Good composition and deep of field.

  • Sherry Davis Johnson

    Sherry Davis Johnson gave props (28 Oct 2008):

    My vote!

  • Kathy Hardin

    Kathy Hardin gave props (28 Oct 2008):

    awesome hip shot!

  • phil413

    phil413 gave props (29 Oct 2008):

    Awesome depth to this shot. Got my vote!

  • Bob H

    Bob H gave props (31 Oct 2008):

    Perfect! My vote

  • adniloj

    adniloj   gave props (4 Nov 2008):

    Beautiful combos! Woohoooooooo!

  • Steven Maguire

    Steven Maguire   gave props (6 Nov 2008):

    Great detail and clarity!!

  • tom leeman

    tom leeman said (6 Nov 2008):

    Looks like Delray florida

  • Michael Ball

    Michael Ball   gave props (9 Nov 2008):

    I say yeah!

  • Alexis Gerard

    Alexis Gerard gave props (10 Nov 2008):

    Very cool. Voted.

  • Mark Gilliland

    Mark Gilliland gave props (10 Nov 2008):

    Perfect! Voted for!

  • Melanie Semosky

    Melanie Semosky gave props (12 Nov 2008):

    Voted!!

  • *#!@&*June Phillips

    *#!@&*June Phillips gave props (12 Nov 2008):

    what a crowd got my vote yeah

  • Craig Fraizer

    Craig Fraizer gave props (15 Nov 2008):

    nice capture, voted!

  • Judy Wanamaker

    Judy Wanamaker gave props (18 Nov 2008):

    Voted yeah. Even the gulls were enjoying that beautiful sand and sparkling water. Great shot.

  • Norman Caldwell

    Norman Caldwell gave props (21 Nov 2008):

    Great shot! voted yeah!!!

  • Mary Kappa

    Mary Kappa said (22 Nov 2008):

    ..I can almost feel the breezeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :}

  • Prasanna kundu

    Prasanna kundu gave props (24 Nov 2008):

    Excelent Composition! Great Clarity and Color!

  • Sonia Adam Murray

    Sonia Adam Murray   gave props (25 Nov 2008):

    Yea it ROCKS John, you got my vote!

  • Angelo Narciso

    Angelo Narciso gave props (26 Nov 2008):

    can i live here?!!! rocks again!

  • Martie Last

    Martie Last gave props (27 Nov 2008):

    Beautiful! Makes me long for summer days! "Yeah!"

  • Amber Fette

    Amber Fette gave props (27 Nov 2008):

    Awesome shot! Makes me miss riding waves.

  • Farras Abdelnour

    Farras Abdelnour gave props (1 Dec 2008):

    voted

  • claudio gobbi

    claudio gobbi gave props (2 Dec 2008):

    great capture,my vote!!

  • Andrea Petersen

    Andrea Petersen gave props (4 Dec 2008):

    Beautiful! Enriched colors and sharpness great! My vote!

  • Sherry

    Sherry   gave props (4 Dec 2008):

    Nice shot! Voted ^-^

  • Deborah Downes

    Deborah Downes   gave props (5 Dec 2008):

    Truly "Rocks", John. Got my vote.

  • David Fullman

    David Fullman   gave props (5 Dec 2008):

    My vote john

  • Christopher J Chalk

    Christopher J Chalk   gave props (5 Dec 2008):

    Beautifully photographed John! Apart from the gulls, the background silhoutte of the surfer and rich blue tones are magnificent!.....(voted)

  • Robin Lerios

    Robin Lerios said (21 Dec 2008):

    Very pleasing shot. I can feel the sun on my back... and look, there's my husband on the wave!

  • Alexis Gerard

    Alexis Gerard gave props (19 Apr 2009):

    Yeesh...great shot!

  • Benny R@mirez

    Benny R@mirez gave props (22 Apr 2009):

    Love it!!

  • Joseph Rotindo

    Joseph Rotindo said (16 Jul 2009):

    ...alternate title: "oblivious"

    love the blues here, John...killin' it again!

  • Joseph Rotindo

    Joseph Rotindo said (12 Oct 2009):

    came back again, just because i think its iconic, this image.

    a "Lintonian". bar none, my friend.

    gnarly.

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