Just returned from a 2.5 day Pelagic Trip out of San Diego. This picture is of a Black-foot Albatross landing to fight with the Western Gulls over chum from the boat. Nikon D300s Sigma 50-500 hand held on a rocking boat. Slight adjustments in CS 4. this was a great trip with good company many good sightings of birds ad mammals and excellent food
50-500mm @ 380mm
570mm (in 35mm film)
1/1000 sec, f/8
Mode: Manual
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO-1
Hey Myer, This is pretty darned cool. Love the feet of the big bird and the wing position. Do you have any more room on the right???
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Sorry no more room the only crop was from the top. I wanted to get the albatross in. I could have shortened my focal length but there were more gulls to the right
Excellent work, I know full well how hard it is to shoot albatrosses :) Great work, you've got the DOF just right here I think. The pose and the flock of gulls just makes it more like a pelagic :) Great shot.