This image was created in the morning at 11:40am at Steeple Jason, The Falklands Islands, Southern Ocean.
Canon EF 15mm f/2.8L lens, and the EOS-1DX. ISO 800. Evaluative metering: 1/6400 sec. at f/14.0 set manually.
All comments are welcome.
Black-browed Albatross at the colony
This image was created in the morning at 11:40am at Steeple Jason, The Falklands Islands, Southern Ocean.
Canon EF 15mm f/2.8L lens, and the EOS-1DX. ISO 800. Evaluative metering: 1/6400 sec. at f/14.0 set manually.
All comments are welcome.
Last edited by Peter Kes; 12-15-2012 at 08:03 AM.
Good IQ. I'm not fond of extreme wide angle lens images with the camera tilted skyward - resulting in the unnatural curved horizon.
It is interesting with the juxtaposition of circling birds in the sky above.
No land mines in this area?
Oh I love this image, curved horizon and all! Lots going on, and in a good way. A main subject, a great view of the huge colony, and a fair amount of birds circling above...the image pretty much sums up the gist of the place. On one hand I wish for a better HA on the larger BG bird that is in the middle of the frame, but on the other it is seemingly looking over the colony so it may be forgiven for looking away from you. Great job!
Not sure about the extreme curved horizon, but interesting look to this one, but I do wish the main subject to be more upright, like the scene overall with a lot going on with birds in the air, massed on the shore and close bird....amazing scene indeed
I like it. The bird is beautiful. The whole scene is so beautiful. kinda makes me wanna be there...
I think the clouds in the sky killed the beautiful color contrasts that could have been. a pinch of levels or saturation and contrast will make it pop .
The bird looked tilted backwards, I am not sure if its due to the extreme wide angle or slight CCW rotation would fix it.
Clemens:
I like the overall comp a lot, the inclusion of the hills on the right, the wheeling birds above. Would be interesting to see how it would look with correction for the horizon curvature dialed in. I haven't shut with such a wide angle lens for birds, so can only assume that removing the horizon curve would come at the cost of some edges. It def. is an image that helps the eye rove around, and despite some of the technical issues raised, very engaging.
Cheers
Randy
PS: I did take a copy into lightroom 4 to play around with the lens correction. Certainly straightened out the horizon, but it lost a lot of the impact, as the wheeling birds were very much downplayed and the brown hill so the right were lost.
Last edited by Randy Stout; 12-14-2012 at 09:13 PM.
Hi Clemens - I've always liked the wide-angle bird images showing the subject along with their environement.
Lots of interest in this composition which i find very appealing, but would prefer a wide-angle lens without that fish-eye effect.
This is such a cool image, Clemens. Very well conceived and executed. Love the super wide angle, the albatross and all the element around. There's a lot to see and enjoy in this one.
Clemens:
My dream shot.Wonderful composition,great environment,beautiful bird.Love it.
Regards,
Satish.
Great shot . I like very much composition .
Well done.....
Don, I am always in favor of trying different angles to create a different image. It is so easy to always go for the "standard" shot. The fisheye provides a different perspective which I like in certain circumstances. The curved horizon line does not bother me at all, because it is not about that. Just so you know, I have plenty of similar images with a straight horizon line taken with the EF 16-35mm / f2.8L lens at 16mm.Originally Posted by Don Nelson
No land mines on the island. The mines are on the main large islands, and they are partly removed or the areas that need cleaning still are fenced off.
Amol, I am not completely getting what you are exactly after with the sky. There is plenty of contrast and saturation as presented. If you do more it becomes unnatural. It was a rainy day with heavy overcast, so there was not much contrast either.
Hi Randy, It does not really work well if you try to straighten the horizon line on an image taken with a fisheye (did try that myself as well), as you will loose a lot of edges and the sky gets compressed. It might work with a very slightly curved horizon line, when you keep the center of the lens at the horizon. The best advise: if you do not like curved horizon lines, do not use a fisheye. I did take many similar images with a "normal" wide angle (16mm) and they look very nice as well. The main idea here is to show the main subject from really close range, and show a 180 degree view of its environment.
Love it. The curved horizon works fine for me, for something a little different. The comp is great, with the bird's pose, mountain on the right, flying birds. Wish I were there. Fine image.
This is quite an amazing image and think the horizon works well as is. I want to see different perspective here, and you have done that. It would be nice if you'd post your equipment and techs, although I am confident most of us knew you used a fisheye. There are probably a # of photographers who would not know. Did you by any chance take any of this scene from any even lower position?
Hi Marina, I did post the techs with the image, although the shutter speed was actually 1/640s (typo in the OP). The only 15mm lens that Canon makes is a Fisheye lens (now they have also the 8-15mm zoom Fisheye). There are a couple of images from the same series with a lower point of view on my website in the South Georgia and The Falklands portfolio.
Well done. I like the curvature of the horizon and the mountain peaks on the right. A stunner for sure.
Hi Clemens,
first of all really good shot, nicely one with all ingredients available at this location.
Composition , colors , contrast and tonality work fine throughout the image. Think it shows exactly how it was out there, from my remembering..
I would maybe add a bit more drama to the sky ??!!
Well done .
TFS Andreas
Andreas, Thx for your comments. I could add more drama to the sky (there is room for that), but it starts to look too unnatural for me, so I tried to keep it as realistic as possible and still give the sky a little pop.
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