Gannet Colony

Gallery: AvianPosted December 30, 20172,538 views4 comments

This is a photo of the Gannet colony on the bird sanctuary of Bass Rock Island near Berwick, Scotland. It was taken from a really bouncy zodiac, whose driver seemed most intent on getting back to shore. The settings were for the nesting birds, but a bit of luck had some slow fliers come into view. Olympus E-M1 and 40-150 lens at 1/800, f/5.0 and ISO 100. Richard

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 30, 2017 at 11:17 PM

A cool colony image, Richard. The two fliers and the pair of birds that are raised up on the top of the rock help pull the eye into the image.

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on December 30, 2017 at 11:24 PM

Excellent handling of the darks and lights, especially the guano.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on December 31, 2017 at 5:49 PM

Very nice colony image. 1/800 from a moving bouncing boat. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on December 31, 2017 at 5:53 PM

Great colony photo. To me the higher flying bird pulls my eye away, while the lower flying birds draws my eye into the group. Just my 2 Cents.

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