Guillemot flightshot, with fish

[Krijn Trimbos]

Another from Ireland. I made flightshots during better weather conditions, but I liked the monochromous colours on this one and thought I would start out with this one first. Wish the bird would have been looking at me, but the rest of the colony was below me and since it was about to land I guess looking at me wasn't a real option.

C & C are welcome,

Canon EOS 50D 1/1300 f5.6
ISO 640
Canon 100-400 L IS USM
Focal Length 400mm
Handheld

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the unusual pose, mood and eye contact. The fish adds to it. I might give it a bit more room at the top. I look forward to seeing more of your images from this trip.

[Harold Davis]

krijn, the light is fantastic as well as the detail in the bird and the pose. agree about some room up top. will be looking forward to more from the trip!!!

[Stu Bowie]

Super landing pose, and well exposed. You have done well considering the overcast conditions, and I would add a bit to the top.

[Jasper Doest]

Very happy the bird isn't looking at you! Excellent detail here my friend! I'm impressed with your flight-shot techniques. Be careful with the colorcast-removal technique that we usually use. There is a lot of blue and cyan in the water, and by using the average blur technique to remove the colourcast it will warm up the shot more than you'd actually want to do, resulting in too much red in this case. So if I were you, I'd cool it down a bit by adding some cyan. Cheers!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Nice image Krijn. Love the landing pose and the catch in its bill.
You did well under those circumstances.

Szimi

[Ramon M. Casares]

A bit more room on top but that would be all to me, the rest is amazing, great light, natural moment, pose, detail, exposure, BG and species! Congrtatulations!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

A little tigh above for me, but still very well executed in most likely challenging conditions Krijn.