You captured a terrific pose with each bird mirroring the other! Very good sharpness on the birds and good details in the white breasts. The whitish swirls in the BG are a bit distracting. You might try selecting the BG and lowering the brightness of the whites. I would love to photograph on Seal Island sometime.
Wonderful pose, and very nice exposure. Ditto Nancy's comments about the BG. I'm heading up there next week, and would be pleased to do half as well as this (i.e. one Razorbill ilo two). Did you go with Gold Coast Charter?
Wonderful Pose..I would get rid of BG noise on this one.
Also has these birds started bring fish back to nest? I will be visiting this place on 30th and 31st so it would be great to know any tips to get ready for the trip.
Last edited by Sachin Saraf; 07-06-2011 at 09:42 AM.
Michael, excellent moment, nice shooting angle and composition. Good job in getting parallel to the birds.
How much is the crop? The IQ seems a bit lacking. NR on BG will surely help. There are some dust spots that can be removed.
Not sure what your shooting distance was...but wondering if a wider aperture would have been good enough for DOF(as you were parallel to the birds). That would have let you keep ISO down and given a better BG.