Gannet Portrait

[Arne Purves]

Canon 40D @70mm F5 1/5000s -0.67exp
Taken on Malgas Island, Langebaan Lagoon

[Alan Murphy]

That's different! I like it. It could go brighter IMO.

[Randy Stout]

Arne:

Welcome to BPN.

An unique perspective on a popular bird. Love the detail in the feathers around the eye.
The background gives a sense of the colony they usually live in.

I could also see this as a portrait crop with about 1/2 of the free space on the right cropped away.

Look forward to more!

Cheers

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

Certainly different, and I caught myself looking at this longer than most. I agree it could go brighter, and with such SS I wonder how this would have looked like stopped down more, at least to get the back of the head in focus too.

Good job in seeing something different and going for it!!

[Arne Purves]

Thanks everyone. i brightenend the image as suggested and it looks much better.

[Myer Bornstein]

Welcome, that is a new perspective on a interesting bird and I agree with the above comments