Gannet

[Steve Kaluski]

Shot on a very 'bright' day and a ridiculous 20mph wind off the coast, buffeting both kit and photographer!!!! Certainly Canons improvements in the MKII have been far better, but it was interesting in harsh condition like these, to see if some of the changes really did work - and they did, plus it made a change to shoot is reasonably low ISO settings.

Steve

Subject: Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Location: UK
Camera: Canon 1DX MKII
Lens: 200-400f/4 HH
Exposure: 1/2500s at f/9 ISO640
Original format: Portrait, slight crop, almost FF
Processed via: LRCC & PSCC2017

[Joseph Przybyla]

This is wonderful, Steve. Love the simple composition and how the colors all work together. Perfect detail and exposure on the bird. Thank you for sharing.

[William Dickson]

Looking good Steve. Love the pose and details on the bird. The eye looks awesome. I also like the veg in the FG with the shade of purple showing. My only wish would be for the purplish shade not to be so close to the bill on the bird. ISO 640. Never seen that before on one of your images

Very nice.

Will

[Gabriela Plesea]

Dear Steve,

Superb portrait of this Gannet and the colours are stunning. Beautifully framed, well exposed, great sharpness and detail...as expected

Warmest regards,

[Steve Kaluski]

Thanks joe.

My only wish would be for the purplish shade not to be so close to the bill on the bird. ISO 640.

Agree Will, and I could take it out, but left it in.

ISO 640. Never seen that before on one of your images

Had me puzzled too Will, not sure if it will be the same in a few weeks time, will have to see.


Thanks Gabriela, could be better, but access is fenced off now compared to previous times as it's a bit of a drop - 300ft.

[Michael Thompson]

wow, really like the color in and around the eye, nice detail, I would love to see one of these, nice job!

[Alex Becker]

Great frame Steve -- love the eye and the multiple shades of blue in the frame. Whites are handled well and the purple and green flowers / grass make a lovely addition to the shot. Like to DOF too. TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot Steve, I like the through the grasses view, pin sharp and lovely detail.

[keith mitchell]

Excellent job Steve,bird sits beautifully on those colours ,purple,green and blue all merging together,detail and exposure on the bird spot on!

Keith.

[David Salem]

Beautiful colors and details in this fine frame Steve. Nice to see you posting a bit more. Keep em coming

[Steve Kaluski]

Thanks folks.

Nice to see you posting a bit more

I will see what I can do David.

[stuart wanuck]

yes all comes together

[Lorant Voros]

I like the head popping out of the colorful OOF vegetation...kind of artistic feel. Nice one.

[Glenn Conlan]

Steve, this is outstanding the surrounding colors really makes the subject pop. Great constructive help on the processing of our images, much appreciated