Gannet landing

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hi All,

Another Gannet trying to land here. Thought this one was a little more special cause of the pose. Lightened the eye a bit and cropped all around for compositionional purposes. Tell me what you think.

Canon EOS 50D 1/2000 f9 Manual
ISO 400
Canon 300mm F2.8 L USM + 2x Converter
M501HSV + G1325

[Kobus Tollig]

Great pose and well exposed imo. Like the comp also .Looks like you have a bit of a halo. Congrats on this

[Rob Smith]

Nice catch. Got to love the look on this guys face. Lovely exposure

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Perfect HA for this head-on collision Krijn. I love the spread wings and anticipation in the look of the bird as it lands. Lighting is great too. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Ryan Lambert]

Super image Krijn, excellent pose and wing-spread captured with good eye contact. I think you have exposed this perfectly. You could most probably take a little bit more off the top of the image if I was ti nit-pick, but a superb image as is...

[Lana Hays]

Krijn
I just love those open wings in anticipation of landing. Wonderful light to see the nice detail on the underside. Best of all to me is the head turn and look on his face. Well done.

[Erich Stevens]

Krijn,

Super sharp, eye contact, and perfect EXP put this over the top for me. Lots of detail to study here. Great work!

[Deborah Harrison]

Nicely captured, great detail in all the body. A difficult shot to nail! Congratulations!!

[Daniel Cadieux]

In a perfect world the bill's shadow would not be present on the neck, but I love the feet's shadows on the tail! Good pose, exposure, and sharpness :-)

[Krijn Trimbos]

In a perfect world the bill's shadow would not be present on the neck, but I love the feet's shadows on the tail! Good pose, exposure, and sharpness :-)

Thanks for the comments people, much apprieciated!!!

I totally agree with you Daniel, would probably not be too hard to clone it out though, but I was being lazy I guess :o

Thanks again,

Krijn

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose and head angle. I would only lighten the shadow of the bill since the shadows of the feet look lighter.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Love the pose, exposure, detail, colors, comp and sharpness, light was harsh but you managed to get great detail.
Congratulations!

[Krijn Trimbos]

Love the pose, exposure, detail, colors, comp and sharpness, light was harsh but you managed to get great detail.
Congratulations!

Hi Ramon,

Thanks for your comments but I have to respectfully dissagree with your harsh light comment. This was taken at 19:30 PM with some pretty good light. Not super warm light but defenitely not harsh IMHO.

Cheers,

Krijn

[Gal Shon]

Excellent comp.
It's a fine image, well done.

[Simon Bennett]

Wonderful frozen flight action.