Gannet banking

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Australasian Gannet banking against the cliffs at Muriwai, Auckland, NZ

Canon 1D4, 500mm
1/1600, f6.3, ISO 320
HH, Manual

All input appreciated. Thanks.

[John Robinson]

Unusual to see one of these with adark backdrop. Works well for me, !

John

[Ian Wilson]

Great dorsal view and unusual setting with the dark background which makes the bird really 'pop'. Good detail in the blacks but I wonder if there is any more that can be reasonably extracted from the whites. Nevertheless, a very fine capture that I would certainly be happy with - well done. TFS. Ian

[christopher galeski]

nice capture against the dark rock's.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely flight shot. He pops against the dark bg. Nicely captured.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Sidarth, a hard subject to get right with the blacks & whites going to the extreme, but you did well. Think some mid tone on the whites will pull out a tad more tone in the whites. Backdrop works well to separate the subject and very reminiscent in both the banking and environment to Bempton in the UK, well done.

TFS
Steve

[gail bisson]

I love the banking pose. The bird is well separated from the BG.
I agree with Steve that I think you could pull a bit more detail out of the whites (I would use detail extractor in NIK EFEX)
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Great banking pose captured beautifully, Sid.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thank you all for the feedback.
How does the repost look?
I added blacks to white in selective color and also reduced highlights using the shadows & highlights feature of PS CC.
Steve, what's your recommended approach in Photoshop?
Don't have NIK EFEX, Gail. I will evaluate it.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent banking pose captured. Superb details in repost. I like the dark BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[David Salem]

A bit late on this one but wanted to let you know that the repost is much better and the detail looks great. Cool overhead capture Sid