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A pair of gannets during a "kelp handoff" on St. Bonaventure Island. The light was bright, but since access to the rookery is from mid-morning until mid-afternoon, that's just something that you have to deal with unless you are fortunate enough to have an overcast day. Any C & C appreciated.
1D Mark IV
70-200 f/2.8 II + 1.4x @ 222 mm
ISO 640 (I don't know why :e3)
1/5000 @ f/8
hand held
Love this capture the blue BG and kelp and the interaction of the two birds makes this special.
Glenn
Yes, great looking image, I agree with Glenn, it does look special. Well done Mike
Mike:
I agree, the symmetry, the shared kelp, clean view of each head, and the clouds in the blue sky pull it all together.
Do they allow flash? You might have been able to fill the shadows just a bit.
Cheers
Randy
Excellent ! Position of the birds spot on.
Great stuff
JohnR
Beautiful portrait. The head angle are perfect on both. I would only run a bit of noise reduction to the background if it was mines.
"Kelp handoff or "kelp standoff"--hmmmmmmmm, the deadly gimlet eyes say standoff to me but no matter the outcome this is an extraordinarily striking image…. one for the gallery.
