I forgot my nest material

[John Chardine]

I created this image at Bonaventure Island last weekend. Most birds were nest building but a few like this one returned to the colony "empty-billed". Makes sense because eggs were starting to hatch and the nest is not kept up as much at that stage of the breeding cycle. Artie needed a nap and offered me his rig to use for the duration hence the 1D mkIII and 70-200 f4. Because of this experience I ordered the lens!

The was a very OOF bird under the right wing which I removed.

EOS-1D Mark III, 70-200 mm f4, 1.34x TC II, @241 mm
capture date: Sunday, June 15, 2008 2:04:04 PM
exposure program: Manual
ISO speed: 400
shutter speed: 1/1250
aperture: f7.1
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern
light source: D55
flash: ON - Compulsory flash mode

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the incoming pose and exposure control. I would add more room left and right or even crop it as a pano image.

[Fabs Forns]

Lovely pose, I'm enjoying the Bonaventure picture, great light!!!

[Doug Brown]

I like the symmetry of the head in this photo John. Congrats on the new lens purchase! I've got the 70-200 f/4, but I don't get to use it much in my neck of the woods. At least not for bird photography.