Artie has given us wonderful pictures of the Laysan Albatross on Midway. Here is one in the Pacific at 30 mile bank off San Diego, taken on a 2.5 day Pelagic trip. Some adjustments in PS, slight crop.
Nikon D300s Sigma 50-150
50-500mm @ 500mm
750mm (in 35mm film)
Subject dist: 27m
1/1600 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
I like the pose, head angle and eye contact. Some more PS tweaking would make it even stronger. I would lighten the sky, tone down the whites and try to get more details in the blacks using curves.
Aside from the BKGR stuff (it was there in the ORIG post), this is one of your best. Love the sidelight and the SH.
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