Razorbill

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I hoped to be able to photograph a razorbill that shows the inside of the mouth. This bird cooperated when he greeted an incoming razorbill.

http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/114916639/original.jpg

1D3, 500f4, 1/640s, f/11, ISO 400

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful pose,composition and great bg`s color!!!

[David Roach]

Ditto what Manos said... Is that the normal color inside the mouth or breeding colors? These beauties have such cool looking eyes!

[Doug Brown]

You had a field day with the Razorbills Axel! Terrific open-mouth pose, nice compo, and great exposure.

[denise ippolito]

Axel, I can see why you wanted an image w/ an open mouth. The bit of color really makes the image special IMO. Nice details and exposure.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Ditto what Manos said... Is that the normal color inside the mouth or breeding colors? These beauties have such cool looking eyes!

Thanks, David! Good question, I have never seen a razorbill up close in the winter, maybe the yellow is a bit paler then but this is just a guess. Maybe John Chardine can help out with this.

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent pose with the open beak. The feather detail and exposure are amazing. Well captured

[Randy Stout]

Axel:

I agree wit Denise, the wedge of color from the open mouth makes the already good image excellent.


Randy

[Ramon M. Casares]

What a superb series of these guys you've got!
Great pose, BG, light, exposure, detail, comp, and species! Big congratulations!

[Stu Bowie]

The colour of the inside of the beak is amazing. You certainly nailed the exposure on the razorbill again, and love the pose. Another outstanding image from you.

[Fabs Forns]

Terrific portrait, Axel and you were lucky he kept his eyes open for the display :)

[sree.kumar.h]

The bright colour of the mouth makes the image for me. A very nice port indeed.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Nothing more to add. Just terrific job. Love the light, exposure looks great as your careful composition.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Fabulous open mouth Axel. Those inside colors pop this monochromatic image. Congrats mate. :)

[Ryan Lambert]

Nothing to fault with this image Axel, the exposure is handled perfectly, the head angle pointing to the top left corner of the image works very well for the comp and the open beak and bright colour inside the mouth really sets the image off....congrats

[Gal Shon]

Superb,
The yellow / orange stand out beautifully, taking this one over the top.
I would like to see it more as a portrait