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Bridled Guillemot + gull ID please

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 24, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Bridled Guillemot + gull ID please
Hi to all,

Bridled Guillemot , photographed at Bempton this morning , another first for me so i was well pleased just to get one in the viewfinder , the white eye ring and stripe made it stand out from the regular Guillemots that were rocketing by , although it's not nailed i'm more than happy with it , thanks for looking.

Converted in DPP / Processed in CS2 (Cropped)

For those who are interested ,here's the techs.

Canon 1D3 , 500F4IS+1.4T/c , Gitzo1325 , Wimberley v2
1/2000th @ F10 -1/3rd E/comp iso400

All comments most welcome

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Alan Woolnough on May 24, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Every right to to extremely pleased with this Andy :toast: :toast:

A cracking catch, and that eye-ring really grabs the attention!!

Although you are not a nikon user, may i ask if you are using a single focus area.......or a multiple of areas {i'm having a frustrating time with my bif efforts at the moment, using a single focus area only..........and on far easier subjects than this}.

Alan
Posted by John MacTavish on May 24, 2008 at 3:08 PM
I remember the first time I saw one of them, I thought a bird from above had splattered it :rolleyes:

Anyway I digress ........... Very well caught and controlled exposure. :toast: :toast: :toast:

John
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 24, 2008 at 3:09 PM

Hi Alan , I use multiple AF points for most of my flight shots now , i've given up using just the single point , i've found this method to be much more productive.

Thanks for the nice comments :smile:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 24, 2008 at 3:19 PM

Hi to all,

Can anyone ID this gull for me please , I thought it was a Herring gull going by the pink legs , but now i'm not so sure as I didn't think a Herring gull would take a Puffin.

Andy... :confused:
Posted by Daniel Read on May 24, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Definitely a Greater Black Backed Gull. These are massive, i think they have a bigger wingspan than your average Buzzard! :eek:

Dan.
Posted by Alan Woolnough on May 24, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Thanks for the AF info Andy,

The gull/puffin shot is a rare sight, and great to have a record of :toast:

Alan
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 24, 2008 at 4:37 PM


Cheers Daniel , very much appreciated :smile:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 24, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Both great captures to have on file Andy :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 24, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Should have called it a specticled auk-great capture (both images) well controlled exposure

Dave :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on May 25, 2008 at 7:31 AM
Hi Andy,

Awesome images (both of them!)
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 25, 2008 at 9:53 AM


Thanks for the comments guys , always appreciated :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by lewis phillips on May 25, 2008 at 12:11 PM
stunning images :toast: :toast: