Shot taken on an overcast and windy morning at Gannet Colony in Muriwai near Auckland, New Zealand.
Look forward to comments and suggestions
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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 3, 2011 at 9:09 PM
a cool bird and an interesting setting, Gavin. for me I think the comp works but I definitely wish that the bird was facing more towards us (or that we had a better view of the eye).
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Comment posted by Sally King on January 3, 2011 at 10:54 PM
The comp is difficult for me as well. I think I would crop in more on the face if you have the pixels.
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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 3, 2011 at 11:31 PM
A bit more eye contact would help here. Generally with flight shots I try to be at least at 1/1000 for shutter speed, so I would have bumped up my iso to 200 here.
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Comment posted by Gavin Williams on January 4, 2011 at 3:41 AM
Hi and thanks for your comments.
This is an image where the face was turned towards me but it turned out too soft to post in the gallery. Definitely a better composition if the technical part was right but I shot in haste as this bird flew really close by while I was focussing on something else. As you well understand, birds in flight don't give you a second chance easily.
Registered on February 15, 2010, 5 Posts, 4 Comments
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4 commentsThis is an image where the face was turned towards me but it turned out too soft to post in the gallery. Definitely a better composition if the technical part was right but I shot in haste as this bird flew really close by while I was focussing on something else. As you well understand, birds in flight don't give you a second chance easily.