Bonaventure Island, Quebec.
Techs: 7D, 202 mm, ISO 400, f/6.3, 1/2000 sec.
Post: upped the contrast just a bit
Bonaventure Island, Quebec.
Techs: 7D, 202 mm, ISO 400, f/6.3, 1/2000 sec.
Post: upped the contrast just a bit
Hi Keith, this is one species I really need to get. I love the detail and colours, and well exposed. I would maybe give this a tweak of sharpening.
Great detail in the feathers. Like the soft colours and eye. Ditto sharpening. Well done on this !
Thanks for the sharpening suggestion. I ran USM 0.3/125/0 twice, hope you like the repost.
Lovely image, in sift light, KEith.
I would sharpen just the eye, and the tip of the bill. Repost does look overdone to me.
Great job you did on that trip!
A terrific image with nice compositon, background, eye contact, Agree with Fabs on the sharpening. Isn't Bonaventure an amazing experience.
Agree with sharpen eye only and perhaps complete bill. Nice texture and Bon Is great place to be in July !
Was it a cloudy day ,since the colors are so nice and even. I had a sunny day there and had a terrible time with whites and shadows !

nice portrait, I use smart sharpen instead of USM, works better for fine feather texture IMO.
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I like the soft light and exposure control. Arash's repost looks good on my monitor.
Lovely gannet portrait. Captures the smooth textures and tonal gradation well with the colour of the eye and sharp black lines.
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Keith, loved the soft light and the shy pose. Very well exposed. When running USM on the whole bird, I think 0.3 is too high. I usually run 0.24/ 200-250range/0 and then run another round on small section like an eye with 0.25/50-100range/0or1. Many ways to do it I guess.
Arash, thx for suggestion. Liked your version as well as Keith's last one. Will give smart sharpen a try.
love the image sharpening did the trick
Love Arash rendition. I also use Smart Sharpen since it is designed to avoid halos and artifacts.
Ditto all the positives and another vote for Arash's repost. And a first (?) vote for a bit more head turn towards us.
How did you like the walk? How much gear did you bring up the hill :)?
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Hi Artie,
I know you did not ask me the question about the hill and gear, but have just been there, and remembering it rather vividly, I can't help but comment. I carried 2 Canon bodies with vertical grips, a 10-22 and a 28-300, 1.4 extender, the 500 f/4 on the Gitzo tripod with Mongoose, flash and beamer, spare batteries, rain gear, water, lunch, and some misc. stuff I did not need. Going up the hill was not too bad, but I did think of you often, thanking you for the recommendation of the Shoulder Saver Tripod Pad, without which I would have been, and maybe still would be, in trouble. Unfortunately we took the long (very long) route around the south end of the island back to the boat, and that was more than enough for this 70 year old. Makes going with Chris Dodds look like a bargain. I don't recommend the south end trail as the time would have been better spent at the main rookery.
Artie, not having been there previously, I brought not only the 7D plus 70-200 lens, but also the 1DM3 plus 500 +1.4TC plus Wimberley head plus Gitzo tripod plus shoulder-saver up that long hill! The 70-200 lens would have been enough. And my 70-year-old shoulder still hasn't forgiven me. :D
Last edited by Keith Carver; 07-30-2010 at 05:44 AM.
:) Here is my best climb the hill at Bonaventure story: a guy goes zooming up the hill with a huge pack that includes a Nikon 600 and a 200-400 and about six other lenses and four bodies. Plus he is carrying a huge Gitzo tripod with a Wimberley head on it. He is going up so fast that he instantly disappears from sight. And he was a rather large guy. When we make it to the top the guy is there with all his gear. But he is sleeping on the grass and continues sleeping for the next four hours. You gotta love it. And yes, the colony is the place to be. But long focal lengths can be quite useful :)
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Would love to see a slightly tighter crop off the bottom. My eyes seem to follow down to the up-lifted feathers along the edge.