Gannett

[Lance Peters]

Thought I'd share this one.....

D3
Sigmonster @800mm
F5.6
1/160th
+0.3V
800 ISO
Matrix Metering
SB900 with Better Beamer
Manual Flash @ -1
Tripod

Have a series of this type os shot with changing foreground/background colours as the light changed.

Cropped and sharpened thats all!!
Comments welcome :)

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful portrait Lance. the blending of the foreground and background make this a killer, great pose too. only thing I feel is you could sharpen the front part of the beak.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I remember this series, I like the eye contact and colors but don't remember what was in the foreground.

[Jay Gould]

The eye and the lines on the beak are simply over the top. Very special; thanks Lance.

[carole wiley]

Magical. I love the gradual transitioning from the bottom to the top. I really, really want to see one of these birds some day. Your images always make me wish I were there.

[DanLim]

Great eye contact, nice colors but still prefer your pink toned one from the same serie you presented a while ago ! Eager to get those ones !!!!

[denise ippolito]

Lance, Really nice colors and the FG softness is esp. nice!! Beautiful!!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Lance I love all the series of these birds you've got, all of them and this one is no exception. Great pose, FG/BG are stunning, lovely light, species, colors, ddetail, exposure and pose, I wonder if less room at the top and more at the bottom would improve comp though.
Congratulations!

[Stu Bowie]

Another species, I would like to capture. Brilliant detail and colours on the head, and love how the layers of the BG blends in. Congrats on a fine image.

[Fabs Forns]

Another one of your beautiful Gannets, captured through sometime. I like that technique and it really shines here :)

[David Fletcher]

Surreal and very appealing Lance! Congrats. Like Ramon's crop suggestion, but my guess is that any one you show will rock like this.

[Lance Peters]

Axel - foreground was nesting material very close to me - bird was further away and I was shooting at a downward angle. This is was part of a whole series - many of the same type comp with diffrent foreground/background colours as the light chnaged.
Love these guys and the DSE here are very gracious with their access to the colony.

Thanks for the kind words :)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Awesome shot mate. :) I would reduce the catchlight a touch. Thanks for sharing.

[Ryan Lambert]

This is really a super image, the blended Background/foreground really appeals and gives the image a nice arty feal to it. The comp for me really works well. If I had to be picky I suppose F8 would have got the tip of the beak as sharp as the rest of your image. Congrats on a fine image...

[Markus Jais]

A fantastic portrait. The eye and the head turn are wonderful. Great light and composition.

Markus

[Juan Aragonés]

The catchlight is a bit prominent to my taste but... man, this is just awesome. Love the out of focus bicolored BG/FG and the bird emerging from that nice pastel tones. Superb job and very creative Lance

[Gal Shon]

It as a dream-like affect, very enjoyable image.
I might cut a little bit from the top.