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    Default Subadult Northern Gannet Zipping Past the Boat

    I'm prepping for a pelagic trip out of New York we're running this weekend so I thought I'd toss up a Northern Gannet shot I took earlier this month. This is a sub-adult, probably third winter, showing an adult head and underparts but still molting in its back, wings, and tail. One thing I love about these winter trips is that you usually get a lot of passes from Gannets in flight, but the adults are a lot more common so I'm always thrilled to get a decent shot of one of the younger birds.

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    Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4D IF-ED + TC1.4 II, 420mm total (630mm effective3)
    ISO 800, f/7.1, 1/3200

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    Hi Paul, overall i like the image, specially the specie (i`m not fortunate as we don`t have this one in Portugal). The wing position is good, the technical aspects also look good, except the contrast witch seems a bit low from here (not sure if its my laptop screen).

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    Hi Paul

    I agree with the contract looking low. It looks to me like you may have a blue cast on the white and I would expect the colour of the head to show more.
    Looks like your using the same equipment as me so its good to compare the results you are getting.

    Iain

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    Very nice capture! Contrast does seem just a bit low, but if it was cloudy, that would fit. Warming it just a bit might give the look of more contrast.

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    Thanks for the feedback. I'll do a bit of tweaking and see if I can improve it.

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