Gannet Flier

[Jory Griesman]

Like the way this gannet seemed to be turning his/her head to look at me. Sky as background may be boring for some, but I was happy that there was no fog, or other birds to clone/quick mask out. A shadow over the body from the near wing didn't bother me too much, and I wasn't happy with the result from shadows/highlights, so only lightened it a bit.

Cape St. Mary's, Nfld
Nikon D300, 300 mm f/2.8 lens
f/9, 1/640 sec, ISO 200, handheld, manual exposure

[Joe Senzatimore]

Nice exposure and wing position/pose. Might consider a tighter crop or even a pano. Lots of negative space.

[Jory Griesman]

Thanks, Joe, I tend to like tighter crops myself, but seem to be in a minority, so I thought I'd give it a bit of room. I actually added canvas left and lower for this. What do you think of the repost?

[Arthur Morris]

All the techs are good, I like the stare, and I would have left some more room above the bird. Next time that you go root for some fog, not a ton, but some. At close range the birds look great in the fog.

[Hendri Venter]

You got its attention. Well exposed and a ice flight angle. I prefer the repost.

[James Shadle]

Jory,
How does this work for you?

[Jory Griesman]

I like it. I'm a big fan of symmetry, but had thought that maybe I had needed a bit of room ahead of the bird (to our left). Symmetry wins.

[Arthur Morris]

With the bird looking back there is no "ahead of the bird." Nice crop by James.