Sunset Gannet
I Originally posted this in my beloved ETL forum..thought Id also share it here - always happy to recieve constructive critisim (it is the only way to grow your abilities)
No added effects in PP - other than crop sharpen levels - basically astraight conversion
D3
Sigmonster @800 mm
F5.6
1/60th
800 ISO
+1.0EV
Matrix Metering
Tripod
Manual Flash @ 1/8th
Comments welcome:)
Wonderfull image, great mood and comp, colors and fill flash + sunset light is superb, great exposure control and great comp ans well! Congratulaitons!
OMG ! What a mood ! Nice colors, never saw anything close to this. Congrats !!!!
Gorgeous. What conditions! Sunrise pink and some fog I assume?
Lance, WOW! This is so perfect I might clone the two specks of fluff and the small dark spot at the end of the bill. But either way WOW!!!! Bob
Very awesome. What accounts for the fogging effects?
Stunning image with gorgeous detail and awesome color. Congratulations on a beautiful image Lance.
No fog present - it was sunset - fogging effects caused by lens flare... here is the story behind the shot...
..pure luck - guess some would call it vision.
Gannet colony is on a cliff top - sun sets in the direction that the bird is looking - on this evening the clouds had extened right around to the left - hence I was able to shoot with sidelighting and still get the sunlit clouds in the bg. The gannet himself was not located on the top of the cliff - he was sort of down over the side of the cliff popping his head up every now and again to see what I was up to - I had my gitzo as low as I could get it - I was sort of in a bit of a depression on top of the cliff and there were some humps and bumps between myself and the bird - I think a lot of the bottom section is perhaps some lens flare as well.
I would have liked a bit more body of the bird in the shot - but what you see here is basically what I could see down and over the cliff side.
Long story - sorry:) -- I Have a few more from around the same time - think this is the best though.
It's a wonderful picture Lance. Sweetly poigniant is my best verbal description. Maybe you could brighten the face just a little, especialy the eye, but I have no nits to improve this wonderful shot.
Paul
Great shot Lance, wonderful light and composition. I presume this is at Point Danger, I must arrange for a visit. Haven't been there since I got my digital gear.
cheers Rob
:eek: Lance, this is just awesome. Perfect BG, pose and exposure, etc, etc. One of the best gannet shots I've seen anywhere. And you know what they say about luck...the harder you work, the luckier you get! Great work.
Thanks for the kind words everyone..
Rob - Point Danger it is!!
Dean - thanks mate.
Wow wow wow
Simply gorgeous. I personally like that you cannot see that much of the body - it gives the image an ethereal dimension
Hmm opportunity very well spotted to create something really unusual and effective. Great work:D
Beautiful image in every regard. Well done !
Beautiful image, Lance. Well seen, well executed.
superb image, one of the best I have seen on this site., very well thought out.
Lance, I love images like this, and you've executed this one to perfection -- a true work of art!
Cheers,
Greg Basco
One of the most striking bird portraits I've seen. A real work of art!
Not sure if your gannets are as nice-looking as ours Lance, but your image has done them justice! Nothing really to add to the above, but I just love the colour and the blur. Very nicely done indeed!
Thannks for the kind words everyone :)
John - I dont think our gannets are as good looking as yours - but you know how it is - the grass is always greener on the other side
:)
"seeing the light", what it's all about......stunning image Lance
Lance,Originally Posted by Lance Peters
First: WOW! WOW! WOW! Perfect! A vote for going on the BPN home page.
I'm trying to understand how this is lens flare. Based on your description, could the fog toward the bottom be due to out-of-focus foreground objects?
Roger
HI mclark - i assume it is partially lens flare, the rest is just guessing - light was changing quickly and I was quickly tring to get something close to what I had envisaged -- this guy was not my primary subject -- I only noticed him after he continually popped his head up and down as if he was trying to catch my attention. As i Mentioned he was down over the side of the cliff and the sun would have been close to 45 degrees to the right. I only managed one shot with a decent head angle - the other 3 or 4 shots all had unusable HA - all have the same effect at the bottom of the shot.
Could very well be OOF foreground objects as well.
Love this composition.
Lovely species also.
Simply Gorgeous! Beautiful light!
Excellent image. Great progression from foreground to background with enough attention to subject.
great job.
That's just beautiful, excellent work.
thanks again fo the kind words everyone.
Absolutely stunning image, bird art at it's finest. Well done.
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