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Gannet preening

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Posted by Tim Gregory on March 16, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Gannet preening
Taken from Bass Rock last year, just having a look through my disks and found this one. Can't believe spring is almost here again, looking forward to giving some of the bird colonies a go again.

5D
70-200 F4 IS 200mm
ISO 400
F10

Posted by Lewis Thomson on March 16, 2009 at 6:46 PM

Nice, love those eyes! Looks like there is a few dust spots lurking in the background at the top, but easily removed, great image!

Lewis.
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Posted by eric weight on March 17, 2009 at 1:10 AM
Excellent eye contact - a lovely portrait.
Eric :toast:
Posted by PhilH on March 17, 2009 at 7:44 AM
Nice one, I am just wondering if you could have brought the point of focus forward a little for the tip of the beak, I think the eyes would still have been within the DoF.

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 17, 2009 at 8:10 AM
A great image Tim. I find full face frontals on birds can be difficult due to DoF problems but with this the extra interest provided by the preening has worked well.
Robert
Posted by Fran French on March 19, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Works well for me Tim, well caught.

Fran