In North America you have to go to out-of-the-way places to see Northern Fulmars. The situation is different in the UK. Here in St. Andrews, Scotland, the species nests along the cliffs close to the old, and famous links golf course!
Fulmars are petrels and have amazing bills showing the tube-nose of the group very well. They also share with their relatives the albatrosses, very long wings. With this in mind I cropped the ends of the wings purposely to show the detail of the face.
Did you make a birdie??? The image is nice but has a huge red cast. I did a bunch of stuff...
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Not that type of birdie Artie. Golf? Don't touch the stuff. Anyway.....
I knew there was a colour cast and attempted to diagnose and fix using LAB colour. I adjusted the B channel to 0s ± on the tail and pure white head regions but should have gone further. By then my eye had gotten used to the residual cast and I didn't see the rest. I like the repost although I think the head is a little bright on my monitor. The repost here attempts to get rid of the cast using Levels this time, but keep the whites a ltoned down without making the eye area too dark (used quickmask). Not sure repost is much different to yours.
BTW I am finding most British birds exceptionally skittish (except for the trusting fulmar), at least more than Canada. What are you guys doing to them over here?????!!!!!!!
Hey John, I like your re-post much better but at least I got you headed in the right direction. Heck, the British Birds let me pet them... They must be scared of the golf balls!
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John , I appreciate the info you provided with this bird. I love getting to see pretty birds from other countries that I otherwise may never see, and learn a little about them. Alot of the pictures posted on this site are better than the pictures you would find in a book. Both the reposts by you and Artie, do look better. You captured a very nice close up image of this bird in flight!
I like your composition here, and it does give a very good view of the tube-nose. Very nice head angle. I like the reposts, but they seem a little too cool for my taste.....I would be tempted to add a touch more warmth.
Northern Fulmar
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