Another Black Skimmer

[Geoffrey Montagu]

This capture is another from Nickerson Beach August 2, 2019 early morning. C&C welcome

D500, 500PF, 1/2000s, f 7.1, ISO 2000, HH

Virtually full frame.


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[gail bisson]

This is very good Geoffrey!
I would like a bit more room on the left if you have it.
Love the wing position and the slight head turn.
IQ looks good and nice and sharp. BG is nice and a bit different for Nickerson
Gail

[annmpacheco]

I really like the BG, and the muted blacks really break up the greens and are a nice compliment to the skimmer who has good details. Yes more room on the left side would balance this out, well done!

[Dorian Anderson]

Nice eye level view with great engaging look! More room on left for sure. I might warm the frame a bit as it is really cold now, and I would consider evening out the black across the bird (i.e darkening the wing is you've lightened it and maybe brightening the neck). Lighting conditions were tough, so you did well given the situation.

[John Mack]

More room behind would be nice. Like the up stroke wing position and the background works well.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Nice eye level view with great engaging look! More room on left for sure. I might warm the frame a bit as it is really cold now, and I would consider evening out the black across the bird (i.e darkening the wing is you've lightened it and maybe brightening the neck). Lighting conditions were tough, so you did well given the situation.

Thanks Dorian. I was thinking it needed more room on the left when I posted it. Popular consensus is for more room, which I added since that was the end of the left side of frame. Took your advice Dorian and evened out the black areas to a degree. Little tricky but I think your suggestion and my attempt at tweaking the far wing and the neck improved it. I also warmed the image a bit.


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[Daniel Cadieux]

The repost strengthens the composition quite nicely. I like the profile flight path. Good job.

[Bill Dix]

Nice upwing position and good BG. Repost helps. Nicely done.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thanks everyone.


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[Arthur Morris]

I like them both. Assuming you were facing east you did well with the backlight.

with love, artie

ps: I recently spent a week at Nickerson and was amazed that I did not meet anyone from BPN ...

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thanks Artie.

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