Hovering

It is a nice capture of a fulmar, Graham, and I like it that you have got it against a terrestrial background rather than the sea. Where I think it could be improved is in positioning in the frame. As it is the bird is too low, resulting in a lot of wasted space at the top of the frame. If you have more canvas available you could try a different crop. If you do not, it should be reasonably easy to add additional canvas given the type of background you have.

David

If the fulmar was ascending then the comp is fine, if descending, then I agree with David. As it is a still image, it is all academic, as we will never know, unless you tell us of course. Great BG as well.

Thanks for the feedback guys....I should have explained

The Fulmars were ascending on the up-drafts, hanging for a moment or two, then allowing themselves to get blown over the top edge of the cliff before circling and swooping back for more hangliding.

Great to watch and even better to photograph in the light I had at the time....

without any feel for the direction of movement of the bird I think it does need to be positioned higher in the frame. Lovely light and background colours.

Matt

Lovely light, bg, and colours but I agree with David about the positioning as it is hard to tell whether the bird is moving upwards or downwards from the image

Oscar