Northern Gannet

[Bill Dix]

On a very cold and windy day at a Gannet colony on the Langanes Peninsula last May.

D500, Sigma 150-600C @ 600mm, ISO 500, 1/3200s @ f/7.1 manual, HH.

[David Roach]

Love the white against dark BG, the top side view, EXP, details and composition. Congrats and TFS.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Beautiful gliding flight capture, Bill. Excellent control of the blacks and whites. I especially like that you got such nice separation of the black feathers from the dark sea background. Wonderful detail throughout.

Geoffrey




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[Daniel Cadieux]

Ooh, this looks great Bill! I love the white bird against dark water. Nice feather detail on the wings. And sharp from tip-to-tip-to-tip.

[John Mack]

That dark water really makes this one shine. Nice dorsal view. Detail on the bird is very nice.

[Dorian Anderson]

Beautiful exposure and detail across the entire wing span - bravo! I appreciate the high contrast view against the water but would love to see if you can squeeze a bit more blue out of that BG. The golden head would look good against a slightly bluer BG.

[dankearl]

Top side view in that nice light is excellent. I agree a more blue BG would improve.

[Bill Dix]

Thank you all. Here's a repost with some blue saturation, and just a point or two of additional brightness, added to the water. I'm not sure this is realistic; the sea was a cold steel grey for most of the time we were shooting there (although the sun did pop out briefly). But perhaps it makes the image more appealing.

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto all the positives above. From where I sit, I prefer the original post.

with love, artie

[Bill Dix]

Ditto all the positives above. From where I sit, I prefer the original post.

with love, artie

Thank you Artie.