This is a Southern Fulmar seen on the Drake Passage sailing north to Ushuaia. They are often seen following ships along with Cape Petrels. These ocean wanderers are incredibly well streamlined for low-cost flight. Note how the legs are completely tucked up in the feathers.
I cropped, ran some NR on the BG, lightened the eye a little and evened out the BG with the clone tool.
Comments welcome.
Canon EOS 50D, 70-200 f4 IS x 1.4tc @ 229mm
capture date: Saturday, 12 December 2009, 5:24 PM
exposure program: Manual
ISO speed: 640
shutter speed: 1/1600
aperture: f7.1
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern
flash: OFF