Elegance

[Krijn Trimbos]

Taken in Ireland. After two days taking flightshots of Gannets I wanted to try something else, this gannet was letting everybody know it was about to fly off, but it never did.....:D it just kept showing its elegant sort of dance. After a few shots with the entire gannet showing its behavior I wanted to show the elegance of the bird in close up. The sky was getting densely clouded so I went for some underexposure of the sky and FF the Gannet. I think this shot comes close to what I was going for.

Hope you like it,

Canon EOS 50D 1/1000 f7.1
ISO 640
Canon 300mm L USM + 2x Converter
Handheld
Speedlite 580 -1 2/3

[David Fletcher]

I Like this. Elegant design and crop. Your plan worked.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, sharpness, exposure control and composition. There is a bit color noise visible.

[Kobus Tollig]

Ditto the noise. Rest is great well done. Good comp and well exposed

[Fabs Forns]

Exquisite pose and detail, Great EXP control and great compo too. Way to go.

[Arthur Morris]

Love the SH and the elegance. And the black slash on the far wing. And the detail in the whites, and the perfect EXP. Ain't it great when it works?

Where in Ireland?

[Bruce Enns]

I do like it! A lot! Very elegant pose, exposure is dead on with nicely filled underwing details and gorgeous whites. Chroma noise is not too noticeable for me and easily fixed.

Cheers!
Bruce

[adrian dancy]

I like the image a lot. A wild guess, did you make this image on Great Saltee Island? Great saltee is a wonderful place and I had the time of my life there back in 06.

[Samir Begovic]

Underexposed sky, maybe, but who cares... the bird is safe. The best moment for me is that image is nicely extending from the frame and doesn't feel "cropped".

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Elegante!

Great design and pose. Lovely species.

[Deborah Harrison]

Lovely image and great angle! As well as the whites you're captured the subtle gold tones of the head beautifully.
congratulations.

[Stu Bowie]

Super pose, well exposed, and love the detail and colours.

[Stephen Earle]

Success! You nailed it. Just love that eye.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Just the noise, but otherwise the image design works wonderfully Krijn. Congrats mate. :)

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hi all,

Thanks for all the comments this was indeed taken at Saltee Island. Hope I'll be able to go there again soon.........

Cheers,

Krijn

[Jeni Williams]

You defintely achieved what you set out to do!! Very elegant.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great Image, loved the pose and details on this one...

[Harshad Barve]

Outstanding image
Harshad

[Juan Aragonés]

Krijn I see some chroma noise in the Bg but that it is very easy to fix. the image is fantastic, I love the composition and the exposure job. very, very good job :-)

[Rich Steel]

Krijn

It makes me sigh seeing this photo as I was supposed to be going out to gannet colony at Bass Rock today and it was cancelled due to the weather. You have handled the exposure very well but as previously indicated there is noise in the background which should clean up easily enough. I find the 50D to be very noisey and it is rare that I do not need to apply some noise reduction to the image.

Cheers

Rich

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Beautiful. Pose, details and bg is all very nice.

Szimi