Shy

Gallery: AvianPosted July 4, 2012160 views9 comments

From my last Helgoland tour in April this year, is this Shy Gannet. I took photo against the sun reflecting in the see, because I was on higher place then the bird. For adding a bit of color i used Singh-Ray gold&blue polariser. Nikon D300 with 70-200 VR lens at 200mm, 360 ISO, 1-350s and f/4,0.
I like the reflection and also the position of the bird but i am open to suggestions how to improve it.

Best regards, Gorazd

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on July 4, 2012 at 12:00 PM

A very dreamy, sweet, shot, Gorazd. The pinkish cast here is very calming. To make the bird stand out a little more with additional detail and to reduce the specular reflections in the rock, you could lower the exposure on both bird and rock just a bit. However, you need to be careful to not lose that nice overall look.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on July 4, 2012 at 12:23 PM

Really artistic ,i do like this!

Keith.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on July 4, 2012 at 12:25 PM

Love the concept and the beautifully crafted image ..love the BG here too ..well done

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 4, 2012 at 12:34 PM

Love this! Great pose from the gannet, and wonderful use of the B&G. I've never known what to do with mine..everything looked just weird.
This is very artistic.
My only suggestion would be to darken the rocks a bit, as they compete a little with the bird and sea.
Excellent!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Cristina Strudthof on July 4, 2012 at 12:46 PM

Lovely composition!

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on July 4, 2012 at 1:34 PM

Sorry, not for my taste with the colored polariser. Perhaps better posted in Photo Art for that reason?

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 4, 2012 at 2:54 PM

Sandy and Steve covered everything I thought of, except maybe a crop on the right, which might remove the OOF rock in the LRC and some of the specular highlights on that side.

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Comment posted by John Fan on July 5, 2012 at 9:18 AM

Beautiful shot. I like the back ground. Same suggestion on darkening the rock as others.

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Comment posted by Liz Keeler on July 7, 2012 at 3:00 PM

Stunning composition and use of light with the B&G. Great capture.

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