Gannet just collected nesting material

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi all ,
photographed this Gannet who just collected the nesting material from the foreground , was on his way to the BKG drop off where his nest was situated .
Image taken on the cliffs of Helgoland Island , actually Germany`s only Island far from the main land .

Canon EOS 1D MK IV
Ef 24-105 IS L at 65 mm
Handheld

F 10; Iso 800 ; 1/320sec

Processed with PhotoNinja and PS CC ; cropped and straightened for comp .60 % of FF

Hope you like it , thanks for watching and commenting to my previous post

Cheers Andreas

[Tom van den Brandt]

Lovely image with beautiful light. There are several spots in the image that I would remove. I like the pose with the material.

Cheers, Tom

[MiroslavMaric]

Well done shot. As Tom mentioned beautiful light and bird in action make a good frame. I agree about the spots. TFS.

Cheers!
Miro

[Gerald Kelberg]

Hey Andreas, Looks like the last rays of light catching this one. Nice pose and dressing on the bill with the nesting materials. Great feather details in the whites.

Looks like some small distant birds making those spots - probably better to evict them, and possibly the very small bird just above the white feathers of the tail.

Cheers, Gerald

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Tom,Miro and Gerald for comments /suggestions . Normally i do not really like to remove stuff from images , but in this case .......... ok

Gerald i did not even recognize the bird ........... good eyes old boy .

Cheers Andreas

[Bill Dix]

The light on the Gannet is just gorgeous, and the nesting material adds to the interest. My only wish would be for the slightest turn of the head in our direction, but this is beautiful just as posted -- even better without the spots.

[mohammad reza shahab]

very nice light and pose.Great feather details.

[Dvir Barkay]

Great light and great bird. The spots I agree with, also the foreground OOF plants on the left hand side a a bit distracting.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the light, exposure, clarity, nesting material and composition. Repost looks great. Well done Andreas.

[David Salem]

Nice light on this one and I like the nesting material in the beak. The dark water highlights the bird well. Well done

[Daniel Cadieux]

The wide focal length really gives a dramatic view of the sea. Sweet light too. Repost looks great with the removed birds (they would have been neat had they looked like bird shapes though).

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image in beautiful lights. Wonderful details and nice composition.
Bird really pops up against lovely sea.

Regards,
Satish.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks again guys for your kind comments , they are all very much appreciated .