Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)

[Mervyn Marsh]

5d mark iii, 500mm mk ii, f/8, 1/3200, iso 1600 hand held on a boat 2 hours off port fairy 9.18am 10/27/2013. canvas added below, stamp clone used.

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Cheers,

Merv

[shane shacaluga]

Thats one chunky seabird!!!

nice flight pose and good exposure on the whites

Not sure i like the bit of sky showing at the back

TFS

[gail bisson]

I like the wing position and the exposure on the whites.
I am not liking the bit of sky on the horizon. I would clone in some sea and give the bird a bit more space on the LHS.
I also see a bit of a cloning artifact ( little black vertical line) just below and to the right of the birds right wing tip. Easy fix.
Did you know you can post your images at a larger size? 1200 x 900 pixels and 400KB?
Gail

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Nice wing pose and exposure as mentioned. Regarding the sky line, I'm thinking you might be able to crop just at that line or a tiny bit above and get away with it without having to clone. Of course you would need to adjust thwe sides as well for proportion.

[Mervyn Marsh]

Hi, thanks for the feedback guys, glad to here I can resize lager than I thought :)
here is a repost, you guys are amazing!

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Cheers,

Merv

[Bill Dix]

Terrific wing position, and the repost shows how much detail you were able to get in the whites. I agree with all the comments above, but congratulate you on a tough capture. I know how tough the pelagic shots are, and hand-holding the 500 on a pitching deck is a masterful feat. You might run some noise reduction on the sea.

[Doug Schurman]

Beautiful bird and way to get those whites exposed well. Pelagic shots are tough and this is great.