Northern Gannet

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I went on a pelagic trip off Cape May yesterday. The weather was great and the sea pretty calm. Unfortunately, during the 8 hours we were on the sea we didn't find any tubenoses and seeing alcids was a longshot to begin with. The only good find were some parasitic jaegers but they didn't come close. The gannets were more cooperative. I added a bit canvas at the bottom.



1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/4000s, f/8, EC -0.33, ISO 400

[Joe Senzatimore]

Nice comp. and great wing position. Love the colors in the bird as well. Very subtle.

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent capture , lovely wing pose , eye details , compo and expo
TFS

[Arthur Morris]

Love the wing position and the bird angling slightly towards you.

[Danny J Brown]

Hi Axel: This image sneaks up on you. It is subtle but beautiful and I love the muted colors on the bird. The sky looks great and the comp is very nice. I really like the gannet's strange-looking little eye as well.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Excellent capture with great wing position , eye contact , detail and exposure. Congratulations on a fine image Axel.

[Brian Barcelos]

Axel, Excellent capture and must say I love this plumage compared to the adults and you pulled off plenty of detail here. Sorry about the tubenoses not showing. Congrats

[Kiran Poonacha]

Killer one Axel Bhai, great details, loved the frame. good plumage too.. congrats..

[arash_hazeghi]

Lovely bird, perfect wing position and HA. Congrats

[Stu Bowie]

I like the flight angle here, and interesting colours on the gannet. Im glad you have eight hours of sea legs. Unfortunately I dont have five minutes.

[David Hemmings]

Beautiful pose and light on this juvy?

[James Salywoda]

Awesome pose and light Axel.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful pose and light on this juvy?

Thanks, David! I think it is a second-year juvi based on the 'piano' pattern on the upper wings.

[Doug Brown]

Pretty darn nice Axel! Nice wing position, exposure, and sharpness. I've never seen juvi plumage before.