The Plunge
This image isn't useful for a whole lot other than I was happy to capture it :)
This is a large crop (subject was about 20% of a horizontal frame) at high ISO and in lousy lighting.
The bird had been flying about 20' over the surface of the water into the wind and all of a sudden it rolled into a dive and I followed.
Nikon D300s, 500VR, TC14EII, ISO 1600, f7.1, 1/400, CW metering, +1.0 EV
Last edited by Jim Fenton; 11-15-2009 at 11:50 PM.
Love the diving pose Jim and the way it pops from the sea. Nicely done.
crazy dive pose, looks like a missile! Good job catching this
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Jim:
You and the camera did well, under the trying conditons. ISO 1600 is looking pretty good here, detail pretty darn good for this crop and ISO.
Wonderful pose. Looks like a dart ready to hit the water.
Hope your weather perks up while the gannets are still about.
Cheers
Randy
The high ISO and huge crop are holding up well (at least for web presentation). This is the closest to a paper airplane I've seen any bird look like!! Very cool diving pose, and the breaking wave behind it is good bonus too.
Great aerodynamic diving posture Jim, and very well done for getting him in the frame. Im sure he was diving at a fair rate.
beautiful diving pose,light,action!
Amazing posture, great sharpness for the low shutter speed. Well done in difficult light conditions!
Great catch, Jim. And it looks quite good for iso 1600 on the D300s.
an excellent diving shot Jim... sweet!
Excellent image , lovely diving pose here
TFS
My god, what a timing and what an action frozen for all of us to see. Just too good
Great timing acheived here, the water BG gives a nice feel to this..
Hi Jim, the image is very useful - we have all enjoyed your capture!
Assuming that you did a burst as compared to a single shot perfectly timed capture, what frame number was this is the capture burst?
Lovely exposure - you hit the whites perfectly.
Cheers, Jay
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What a great achievement to have captured this pose at this speed, Jim. It must have been exciting just to view this type of behavior/action.
Great image under trying conditions.
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