Laughing Kittiwake

[nick clayton]

Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK. 29/06/15

Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Canon EF 300mm f2.8 II USM Lens


1/2000 @ f5
+ 2/3 EV
Aperture priority
ISO 400
Pattern

RAW converted in Canon DPP

Levels
Saturation
Selective Color
White point and Black point colour correction
Nik Software - Dfine 2.0 noise reduction - background only. Color Efex Pro 4 - Tonal Contrast - subject only, Detail Extractor - Highlight areas only.
Photoshop USM

Area of dark background removed from bottom of image

[Alan Murphy]

Stunning detail, comp and color, especially the BG. I find the eye membrane distracting.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the comp, whites, open bill and tongue, and beautiful BG. Super details! I agree with Alan about the eye though - although natural its a bit bummer it had closed its nictitating membrane.

[adrian dancy]

Excellent work ....yes the eye is a bummer but at the same time interesting.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

It's a great natural history image IMO.
Thanks for sharing Nick.

[nick clayton]

Thanks for the comments, yes the nictitating membrane was a bit of a bummer