Shy arrival

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Shy Albatross coming in for landing in our berley trail.
Photographed from a boat off Wollongong (NSW, Australia) two years ago. Approximately 35 km off shore on the continental shelf.

1D, 70-200/2.8L IS + 1.4x set to 110mm.
manual mode, evaluative metering
ISO 640, f/5.6, 1/3200th
hand held, no crop from RAW file.

[Steve Kaluski]

Gorgeous Akos, love the flight angle and the dark depth of the sea, off sets the subject nicely.

TFS
Steve

[gail bisson]

Love the incoming pose and tack sharp too!
Exposure is spot on, IQ excellent.
Full frame too! Well done.
Is it me or could this use a tiny sliver of clockwise rotation?
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Akos:

I love their bill and mascara! Very nice display, spread wings, tail and feet.

Always hard to call rotation in this type of image, but if anything , I would think a bit couterclockwise.


Cheers

Randy

[Steve Kaluski]

I would think a bit couterclockwise.

Would add more 'emphasis' certainly.

[Lorant Voros]

I like everything about it, Super nice how the bird stands out against the dark ocean. Perfectly exposed, track sharp and full frame...as we are used to from you. Well done, brother.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image, Akos. I echo all the previous comments. The only thing I would add is that the whites appear a little grey on my display. I think you could raise the whites which would set off the bird from the background even more. Thank you for sharing.

[gail bisson]

Aargh...I meant to type in CCW! Sorry about that!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Akos, love the banking angle here with the full wingspread across the frame. Well exposed, sharp, and I do like the splash of yellow on the tip of the beak. Love the turbulent sea.

[dankearl]

I think you could up the exposure a tad and I also think it needs rotation.
An extremely cool bird to get a full frame flight shot of, Very nice....

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I (begrudgingly) added canvas above and rotated CCW by 4.61 degrees. Don't ask HOW I ended up at that exact figure.
Also, left it brighter during conversion by 1/3.

Looks better me thinks.


Thanks again.

[William Dickson]

Lovely details on this one Akos. Great pose and a lovely flight shot. I actually like the original best, its a matter of taste.

Will

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Akos, the RP works far better for me, but the whites also look better, overall has good impact.