New Island Landscape

[Norm Dulak]

Nikon D300 w/Tokina f/2.8 11-16mm lens @ 16mm, hand held
ISO 640, f/11, 1/100 sec, MM -0.67
PP: PS CS5 levels and curves

As far as the eye could see, nesting black-browed albatrosses and rockhopper penguins colonized this landscape at New Island, the Falklands. The ultra wide-angle lens was used to capture as much of the scene as possible.

Norm

[Morkel Erasmus]

I really like the scene here, Norm. Good use of diagonals to lead the eye deeper into the scene. Would love to visit the Falklands one day.

Here is a repost in which I just tweaked saturation a bit. I realise the weather in these places is often "grey and cold" but felt there was a bit more vibrance in the image that could be teased out. I might have overdid it, but you'll get the idea...

[Norm Dulak]

I really like the scene here, Norm. Good use of diagonals to lead the eye deeper into the scene. Would love to visit the Falklands one day.

Here is a repost in which I just tweaked saturation a bit. I realise the weather in these places is often "grey and cold" but felt there was a bit more vibrance in the image that could be teased out. I might have overdid it, but you'll get the idea...

Thanks Morkel, for your comments and the vibrance you've added.

And I hope you'll be able to add the Falklands, South Georgia Island and the Antarctic peninsula to the places you'll visit one day. You will appreciate the photographic opportunities they offer.

[Jay Gould]

Love it Norm, I stood exactly in the same place in January 2010. The most magical trip of my life!!

[Rachel Hollander]

Norm - very nice and Morkel's repost improves it. A place I too hope to get to some day.

TFS,
Rachel

[Robert Amoruso]

Norm,

Morkel's repost added some snap to the image.

For me, having the albatross in the lower right at the image's edge is distracting. Of course if there are a lot of albatrosses then getting a clean edge may be hard. In which case you either have to be willing to clone it out or reposition in hopes of removing edge distractions.

[Norm Dulak]

Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions.

I agree with Robert that there can be problems when deciding where to frame an image when there is a continuum of birds. I'm not necessarily the best at deciding where to draw the line, and I regret the distracting bird at the edge.

[Andrew Aveley]

Thanks for adding more desire to visit this unique and amazing place

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Norm,
love this capture. I like Morkel's repost for the added snap it provides. I too hope to stand there someday.