Gannet from Helgoland VII

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi all after some days break I thought it is time to show up with another Gannet .
I like this one because of the long algae that this Gannet is flying around with , tried several times to land on the colony ..... it took him quite a while to find his partner .
More eye contact was not possible as they tend to look down ... before they do land , so most images I made had this head angle facing downwards .

Cano EOS R3
EF 500 IS L II + 1,4 TC
HH

F 7, 1 ; Iso 800 ; 1/4000 sec ; man exp

Processed with DPP 4 and PSCC 2022 ; cropped to 80 % of FF

Thanks for looking and commenting to my previous threads


Cheers Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Very nice Andreas, very good control of the exposure with excellent detail. Not sure if its my old eyes perhaps a tad more USM on the head????

TFS
Steve

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Steve .. will check the USM option on the head

[Arthur Morris]

Love the wing position and especially the trailing seaweed. Again wishing for just a bit of head turn toward us.

with love, artie

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Arthur .. i hear you regarding the head turn , sadly that is how they behave when flying close to the breeding colony . The head always pointed straight down . Even worse when you get them head on incoming ...