Gannet head shot

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi all ... still digging in the depth of my archive .

Another image from Helgoland back in 2014

Wish the head turn was very slightly turned away , to get the bill razor sharp .... or I should have closed the aperture a bit more . But then .... oh the ISO would have gone up even more , so I have to live with it as is .

All comments welcome ...

Canon EOS 1Dx
EF 500 IS L
Tripod

F 8 ; Iso 4000 ; 1/2000 sec

Processed with DPP 4 and PSCC 2021 ; cropped for comp ( 75 % of FF )

Thanks for watching and commenting to my previous posting

Cheers Andreas

OMG ..... missed the bunny , sorry folks

[Jonathan Ashton]

Slight reservation over the bill as you mention otherwise tickety boo for me.

[David Roach]

Love every inch of this canvas. Soft light and colors are beautiful and personally don't need bill tip in sharp focus. TFS

ps
That eye...

[Mike Poole]

Lovely simple headshot - would have been nicer to have had the head slightly more angled towards us and not worry about the bill- it's the eye that matters for me, and the way the eye is 'sat' in the head of a gannet means you sometimes need a slightly different shooting angle with them than other birds require. If you wanted more DoF then you had plenty of shutter speed to work with, no need for 1/2000th here for me. Details great as expected

Mike

[Arthur Morris]

I, on the other hand, could not give a rat's *** about the bill tip. I'd rather have this engaging head angle than a perfectly square (totally boring) one. As Mr. Roach says, this is superb as is. I think it would be even better with a bit off the left and the top.

with love, a

ps: I think, that at times Andreas, with all due respect, that you and Steve and Jon get so wrapped up in the minutiae of an image that you fail to see the beauty ...

[William Dickson]

Well done Andreas....The detail you have captured around the eye area is superb.....

Will

[Brian Sump]

Stunning Andreas. Everything works really nicely for me - you're super at finding all available detail in your files and the eye capture almost gives a look into its soul...

I love your super high standards man. Forget about angle here, just enjoy this one!

[Andreas Liedmann]

ps: I think, that at times Andreas, with all due respect, that you and Steve and Jon get so wrapped up in the minutiae of an image that you fail to see the beauty ...

Thanks Artie for sharing your thoughts about the image and your respectful extra comment ... regarding my wrapping up in details and miss the beauty of an image .

I can just only answer in the same respectful way ... and ask you back !!
Why are you and others removing stuff from well captured images i.e. branches that not even cross the subjects , cleaning up dirty bills or other minor imperfections , adding cut off wing tips , adding canvas .... and also suggesting this edits to others .Just today you cleaned up Daniels Owl image .... ! All for sure at times , like you said above .
What is the difference to my view ??? I am not doing this clean up business .... to my images . And barely suggest it to others ....

Respectfully yours Andreas

[John Mack]

What a beauty. That background is to die for. Great frame.