Razorbill Love Machias Seal Island 7/1/2011

[Michael Lotito]

Shot with 1DMark4 300mm 2.8 at F8, 1/1250, iso 1250

[Nancy Bell]

You captured a terrific pose with each bird mirroring the other! Very good sharpness on the birds and good details in the white breasts. The whitish swirls in the BG are a bit distracting. You might try selecting the BG and lowering the brightness of the whites. I would love to photograph on Seal Island sometime.

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful pose, and very nice exposure. Ditto Nancy's comments about the BG. I'm heading up there next week, and would be pleased to do half as well as this (i.e. one Razorbill ilo two:S3:). Did you go with Gold Coast Charter?

[Sachin Saraf]

Which blind you were in?

Wonderful Pose..I would get rid of BG noise on this one.

Also has these birds started bring fish back to nest? I will be visiting this place on 30th and 31st so it would be great to know any tips to get ready for the trip.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Michael, excellent moment, nice shooting angle and composition. Good job in getting parallel to the birds.

How much is the crop? The IQ seems a bit lacking. NR on BG will surely help. There are some dust spots that can be removed.

Not sure what your shooting distance was...but wondering if a wider aperture would have been good enough for DOF(as you were parallel to the birds). That would have let you keep ISO down and given a better BG.

[Karl Egressy]

I see good feather details in both white and dark.
Nice eye contact and the two make a beautiful couple.

[Wynand van Wyk]

Agree with the above suggestions. Lovely pose and coloured background.

Well captured!:S3:

[Satish Ranadive]

Everything has been written about this marvelous image.Loved the beautiful pair.

[Nico Steenberg]

Nice pair and exposure with good colours !