Gannets with Kelp

[Mike Landwehr]

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 )
1/5000 @ f/8
hand held

[Glenn Conlan]

Love this capture the blue BG and kelp and the interaction of the two birds makes this special.

Glenn

[William Dickson]

Yes, great looking image, I agree with Glenn, it does look special. Well done Mike

[Randy Stout]

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

[John Robinson]

Excellent ! Position of the birds spot on.
Great stuff
JohnR

[Raybel Robles]

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.

[Bob Smith]

"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.