Gannet fly-by

[Gordon McKechnie]

Had a great week up in the Shetland Islands. A few weeks late for the peak bird season, but still lots of good opportunities (& midges!).

A first for me: manual exposure. Realised the necessity of switching to manual as these white birds in sunlight moving rapidly between different backgrounds.

Canon 50D
100-400mm @ 400
Manual at f5.6, 1/2000
ISO 250

A slight crop only

As always, all comments / suggestions / critiques are most welcome

[annmpacheco]

Hi Gordon,
very nice gannet in flight. Both the whites and the blacks have detail and overall the bird is sharp. BG is swell too. Love a good gannet photo and I say you have one here indeed. TFS

[Richard Stern]

Hi Gordon,

An excellent capture - good pose and head angle, and details in the whites. The overall image, particularly the bg, seem just a bit dark, and slight selective lightening, leaving the whites on the bird as they are, might make it even better,

Richard

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Gordon, nicely captured flight image using solid panning technique and excellent techs. Well done! Exposure and color look good to me and I love the sharp eye and feather detail. Just a bit more lift of the front wing would have brought it (and the part of the body) out from the shadow. I would suggest a little more room on the top and left edges of the image. Nice work!