I spent a lot of time on a recent visit to Bonaventure Island, practicing gannets in flight and I felt towards the end of the day that I was getting there. As birds would fly towards me, some would pass close and I would make a desperate attempt to capture an image as they zoomed by. The keeper rate was low but I got a few including this one. I set my flash to 0 compensation because of the normal subject to camera range being rather long, so when they came in close like this one the subject received rather more flash light that is optimal. Oh, well, you take what you can get!
Canon EOS 50D, 70-200 mm f4 IS @ 138 mm
capture date: Friday, 10 July 2009, 11:27 AM
exposure program: Manual
ISO speed: 400
shutter speed: 1/2000
aperture: f8.0
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern
flash: ON - flash extender