Sooty Shearwater

[Glenn Bartley]

What amazing flyers these guys are!

This one was taken Thursday morning from the kayak. My self critique is that the light angle is not great. But I loved the low flying position and thought it was kind of a unique photo.

Cheers!

Camera Model: Canon EOS 50D
Shutter speed: 1/3200 sec
Aperture: 5
Exposure compensation: +1/3
ISO: 400
Focal length: 500mm
Handheld from Kayak...

[Paul OToole]

Wow, low angle it is. Great side shot for this Glenn.

[Rob Drummond]

Fantastic Glenn - really like the low angle and the parallel lines between the bird and the surface of the water. Don't know that I'd trust myself in a kayak with a 500mm!

cheers
Rob

[Bill Jobes]

Just beautiful, Glenn.
The bird looks razor sharp, and almost like a flying torpedo!
The blue hue of the water is really engaging as well.
And the direct-on low angle is the clincher for me !
Is it possible to reveal a little more detail in the shadows behind the wing at the rear of the body?

[Dan Brown]

Fabulous Glenn! You get a million points from me for degree of difficulty on this one!!!

[Matthew Studebaker]

agree with your self critique but this image still holds up quite well. That low flight barely clearing the water is really intersting to see. Very nice.

[Keith Bauer]

Very cool image. Have you looked at a pano crop to emphasize even more the low flying position? I think it might work really well.

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent low flight angle captured. Sharp and well exposed

[Harshad Barve]

excellent low angle flight , lovely BG and razor sharp
TFS

[Simon Bennett]

Essence of a shearwater - fabulous low perspective and sharp!

[Victor Soares]

This is indeed a unique photo - opportunity expertly used and great technique not only to capture this, but also to handle a 500 from a kayak - nice :) ...... if I hadn't seen a bill on this I would have thought it was a dolphin .. ha ha ha (joking) - wonderful stuff !!

[Dave Barnes]

This is asuper capture Glenn. Great to get him from a kayak. Pin sharp, well exposed and super to get him from the low position.

[Gal Shon]

wow! This is so difficult, as you said they are an amazing flyers
Ilike the low angle, superb low flying pose, exposure and sharpness.
Very well done.