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    I captured this image in August while we were in Nova Scotia. We were with a group on a boat and several people were jigging for mackeral. We were being watched carefully by a small flock of Great Black-Backed gulls.

    The captain started to gut the fish and out of nowhere about 4 gannets appeared and muscled their way in for a free meal so I started shooting from the stern. This bird is just coming out of a shallow dive. You can see his wake as he's turning around. A lower angle would have been nice but the boat rails wouldn't allow me to go any lower.

    Shortly after this another gannet dove on the port side and grabbed a fresh mackeral right off of a jig. Unfortunately I just missed seeing that action.

    Rebel XT with Sigma 50-500mm @ 350 handheld plus fill flash. ISO 400 , F 7.1, 1/800. Original re-loaded and re-crop posted below.


    Last edited by Stephen Stephen; 01-23-2008 at 06:20 AM. Reason: Additional comment

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    Great timing and pose. I might crop it a bit tighter to emphasize the action.

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    Judy Lynn Malloch
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    Excellent timing Stephen to catch this beautful image and I love the action you captured here. I would be thrilled to see these beauties !! I agree with Axel about cropping !!!

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    Alfred Forns
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    Excellent Stephen !!!! I like the captured behavior All looks great from my end Next time might want to leave the original and just post the revised in a reply

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    Thank you Axel, Judy and Al. I've taken Al's advice and moved the re-crop (20% of full frame) here for comparison.


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    Gary Dumer
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    You still have enough Detail with the Crop Stephen. IMO

    Great Capture!!!

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