Black Guillemots part 2

Gallery: AvianPosted December 20, 201599 views9 comments

A different perspective to the more 'arty' posting I did a short while ago, but within the same location. I think my focus was more on the landscape behind rather than the birds, but as previously stated, I wanted more of this to be a 'birdscape' with the surrounding environment/habitat with the subjects being small within the composition. Shot from a drifting zodiac.

Thanks to those who viewed or posted a comment on the previous thread.

Steve
Subject: Guillemots (Uria aalge) near an ice berg
Location: Svalbard
Camera: Canon 1DX
Lens: 70-200f/2.8 HH
Exposure: 1/2500s at f/9 ISO800
Original format: Portrait, very slight crop from the bottom, FF on width
Processed: LRCC & PS CC2015

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on December 20, 2015 at 1:26 PM

Steve,

as you say this is more an "Landscape with Birds" image, while the other is more a "Bird in Landscape". However a nice image.

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on December 20, 2015 at 5:13 PM

Beautiful image Stephen. Love the inclusion of the habitat, but I wonder if it is a little too much. Hard to identify the birds when they're this small in the frame. A horizontal crop to exclude the sky looks like a possible option. Still would be lots of nice habitat. But really enjoy the photo as presented.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 20, 2015 at 10:16 PM

Gorgeous background, Steve, and the bird coming out of the water is a very nice touch.

devil

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on December 20, 2015 at 10:48 PM

Steve:

I like this one very much as well. The birds small in the frame are fine for me on this. The story is much more than the birds in this image. Nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on December 21, 2015 at 12:55 PM

Another wonderful story told Steve. Love both the textured ice and the stormy sky, well done!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 21, 2015 at 9:37 PM

Beautiful setting; the bird re a bitlost but it does give a sense of scale.

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on December 22, 2015 at 11:01 AM

Great idea and execution! Love the arctic colors.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 22, 2015 at 4:12 PM

I agree this one is a bit more landscape with birds, rather than birdscape, but I still think the birds play a role in this image and I am fine with the size of them in the frame. I like seeing people think outside the box like this.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 26, 2015 at 10:09 AM

It may not come as a surprise that I like these kind of images, Stephen. Love it all way round ! Have a nice day, Hans

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