White-chinned Petrel

[Simon Bennett]

White-chinned Petrel photographed in early morning light off Kaikoura, New Zealand.

Canon 40D, EF70-200mm f/4 IS @ 200mm, handheld, evaluative, ISO400, 1/1250, f/8, a bit cropped from left and canvas added to right.

[Doug Brown]

Nice exposure with good sharpness and eye contact. The light looks great. Love the underwing detail in the near wing, but the far wing position could be better. I find the bird a little tight in the frame. Thanks for posting!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Very nice! Love the pose, light, exposure control, eye contact and BG, colours are great as well. Big congratulasitons!

[Glenn Bartley]

Very cool! For me if this were mine one thing I would do is straighten the horizol line in the BG and then add canvas as needed...

[Chris van Rooyen]

Great sharpness and beautiful smooth background. Agree on straightening the horizon. Would prefer a slighly wider crop. Perhaps a little bit of shadow/highlight tool to bring out the tones in the brown more?