How longs a piece of string........well, kelp really

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 21, 2009 at 5:20 AM

How longs a piece of string........well, kelp really

Gannet, flying with nesting material, not one of the usual full frame shots I normally post, thought I'd try one thats a little smaller in the frame, not sure if the comp works on this so any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks for looking.

Processed in DPP / CS2 Slight crop for comp

1D3, 500F4IS+1.4T/c, Gitzo, Wimberley
1/500th @ F5.6 iso200

Andy...

Posted by Justin on July 21, 2009 at 5:28 AM

Excellent. It certainly works for me.

Posted by Matt Cole on July 21, 2009 at 5:30 AM

a nice shot Andy, the kelp gives it added interest. Well taken.

Matt

Posted by John Robinson on July 21, 2009 at 5:56 AM

Looks good to me. The trailing kelp gives a feel of speed.
John

Posted by Rene de Heer on July 21, 2009 at 5:57 AM

Very nice Andy, as said: the kelp makes the image!
Renbe de Heer

Posted by Colin Preston on July 21, 2009 at 6:14 AM

I like everything about this flight shot.Great

Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 21, 2009 at 6:38 AM

Very nice!
I think this would work very well as a black and white too.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Posted by Paul Inglis on July 21, 2009 at 6:39 AM

Great BIF image!

Posted by Craig Jones on July 21, 2009 at 6:52 AM

Great capture,funny when you see this,very nice image

Posted by Simon Phillpotts on July 21, 2009 at 7:09 AM

Great stuff, nicely composed. Has that extra interest over the standard flight shot and it does show the movement well.

Simon

Posted by David Kjaer on July 21, 2009 at 11:24 AM

Works fine for me!

David

Posted by Danielle Nichol on July 21, 2009 at 12:22 PM

Yep works for me too, there is a bit of a dark patch just in front of the top(right) wing that catches my eye, clone stamp perhaps? or sensor dust?

And the only real answer I know to "how long is a piece of string" is, twice the distance from the center to one of its ends.

Posted by Bertl Menegoni on July 21, 2009 at 2:12 PM

Fantastic flight shot Andy, very interesting
Comp works fine for me.

Bertl

Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 22, 2009 at 3:32 AM

Thanks for the comments guys, always appreciated

Hi Danielle, not sure what the dark blob is ??? it's not a clone stamp, could be dust.

Best regards

Andy...

Posted by Brett Lewis on July 22, 2009 at 10:39 AM

Very nice work Andy,

Well seen and taken..

Brett

Posted by Fran French on July 23, 2009 at 12:31 PM

A beauty Andy, and slightly different to the norm. Very nice,

Fran