Fulmar in Flight

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/6.3
1/2500
ISO 800

This is one from this morning at the sandstone cliffs. The sun was barely shining through the white clouds, but at least we got some decent light.

Will

[adrian dancy]

Excellent flight image. I have never had decent light doing fulmars e4xcept when they were a long way off. I'm glad the birds played ball.

[Marina Scarr]

Great flight shot of a not often seen bird! Love that slight head turn toward you. Nice muted light for this bird.

[John Robinson]

Well done Will. You;re getting this flight stuff sorted.
John

[keith mitchell]

Lovely looking natural feather detail Will,that 500mm with the 1.4 certainly produces some great results.Agree with Marina about that nice light.

Keith.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Will, excellent wing position here, and love the feather detail. Interesting looking beak, overall well exposed, and I do like the soft light. Well captured.

[Bill Dix]

Terrific soft light. Great head turn and wing position. Very well done.

[Steve Kaluski]

hi Will, a very simple Luminosity mask brings back so much detail into this image, however I'm glad to see you are enjoying the 1DX, it's a fantastic camera and you will nail those captures now, as you can forget low SS with that ISO, otherwise it's a recipe for some images. Like the D4, it is a superb camera, just enjoy.

BTW just watch the sharpening halo around the lower half of the body all round.

TFS
Steve

[William Dickson]

Thanks for all the lovely comments :S3: Hi Steve, just seen, and replied to your email, thanks for that.

Will

[Steve Kaluski]

Makes a big difference Will for sure as you can see. God luck.

Steve

[Steve Kaluski]

Will, I meant to say, you may want to increase the candles brightness based on your reply?

[gail bisson]

The soft light has really helped this image shine.
Great full wings down position and nice to see the slight head turn.
I see a slight halo under the bird's chin and belly. Easy fix.
Nice to see the bit of blue in BG.
Gail

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice image, Will. Studying it closely especially the bill/beak having never seen one before. Thank you for sharing.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ah yes, that is the downstroke I wish you had on your eider image! Fantastic on all counts, I like pretty much everything about it:c3:.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Will ... what not to like about this perfect shot .
Very well done ... besides the halo :bg3: , but already fixed i guess :w3.

Lovely detail in the plumage .

TFS Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Will, you have everything to take it up several notches now. :S3:

[William Dickson]

Thanks again guys, much appreciated. :S3:

Will