It may happen that many of you don't like this image but somehow this became one of my favorites from my trip to Northern Germany in 2007 (already last year ::eek: ). Jan and me were waiting on the top of Helgoland to have nice warm lights. When the sunlight touched the plateau the head of the birds became golden while the rest of the body, shadowed by the cliff, was still dead colored.
I really wonder what do you think about this image. Any comments are highly appreciated.
Happy New Year again to all of you. Hope you had a nice celebration.
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Helgoland, Germany l April 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark II N l EF 600mm f/4.0L IS USM
Great interaction and light on these birds. As far as the crop I would either like to see the entire bird on the right or go a bit tighter than this...
Well first of all I just love Gannets.....so you're already ahead of the game!! I love that spotlight on the action....and they are so intriguing with their greeting. I certainly would be tempted to crop much closer.....it would focus even more on the action.....still give the spotlighting effect and eliminate the other bird without cloning.