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Base jumping

by Stephen Kaluski

Gallery: AvianPosted June 21, 2011104 views8 comments
Great minds David Sparks. :toast: :toast:

The white 'blobs' are other nesting Gannets.

Steve

Subject: Gannet (Morus bassanus) Hovering Gannet about to land
Location: Unst, Scotland
Camera: Canon MKIII
Lens: 500f/4 HH
Exposure: 1/1000s at f11 ISO 400 -0.33 stop compensation
Crop: FF (original capture horizontal)

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on June 21, 2011 at 5:40 PM
An interesting comp Steve. I like the bird's position as it is different. f/11 gave you nice DOF on the bird and you did well to get it sharp at 1/1000s. Exposure looks good and the BG works for me. Nice shot.
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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on June 21, 2011 at 9:06 PM
Great details in the feathers and excellent wing position. Like seeing the colony in the background.

Ray
Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 21, 2011 at 10:00 PM
Beautiful, Steve. This is a really fun angle.
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Comment posted by Peter Conway on June 21, 2011 at 10:26 PM
The Gannet is beautifully captured. :smile:

Peter
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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 22, 2011 at 12:22 AM
Beautiful work on the Gannet; I really like the angle. I find myself wishing the birds in the colony were either slightly clearer or slightly more blurred. It doesn't really look like a colony...
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Comment posted by David Sparks on June 25, 2011 at 3:03 PM
Steve:
I really like the hovering pose. It's a novel angle. Nice color and excellent detail too. A tiny bit more of the eye would be nice, but there is enough to ascertain the direction of gaze of the bird. :toast:
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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on June 25, 2011 at 3:20 PM
Many thanks everyone, appreciate taking the time to comment.

Cheers
Steve :wavey:
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Comment posted by Phillip Tomkinson on June 26, 2011 at 7:08 PM
Hi Steve a super image.

Phil.

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