Powered by/on the wind.

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted March 6, 2012286 views3 comments

Decided to try birds in flight, trying to get a gull or gulls lined up with the wind turbines. Gray birds on a gray day do not work out well. Still, liked the combination.

Canon T3i
1/320 @ F22 ISO 800
canon EF70-300 IS USM @ 300mm
HH spot metering IS on.

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Venugopal Thantry on March 6, 2012 at 3:25 AM

Very nice concept....TFS

Registered on May 12, 2011, 33 Posts, 144 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 6, 2012 at 5:27 PM

This image has a lot to say.. the wind turbines wreak havoc on birds. Thousands of raptors and other birds are killed every year.
Good positioning of the bird between the turbines.
Needs a bit of NR, and I'd suggest cloning out the power line and tower at the bottom.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 12, 2012 at 11:38 PM

Interesting image that could be used a number of ways journalistically, including illustrating the damage to bird (and bat) populations, as Sandy mentioned. (However, I disagree with Sandy about cloning: Significantly altering images generally has no place in documentary photograpy or journalism. It has ended careers.)

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments