Posted by Colin Crowdey on August 8, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Hello
This image was inspired by Tim Gregory's "Stormy Colony" post on this forum a few months back. I wanted to get a wide angle view, whilst taking in some of the colony and the environment.
I was around 2ft from this pair, sat on my backside in 4 inches of guano and mud in the pouring rain, but it was worth it.
techs
D3 + 24-70 2.8 @ 31mm
1/400 sec at f8 -1/3ev iso 400
Very nice shot , its both busy and intimate .I would liked another 15% on the top as the crop is a little close to the bird on the right, a tad more detail in the bottom right shadows would help the balance, well worth the muck and bullets though.
Bob.
Posted by David Taylor on August 8, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I like the moody atmosphere the lighting imparts. Beautiful colouring of the birds. Excellent.
Posted by Peter Woods on August 8, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Absolutely stunning, this is one of the best Gannet images I have seen
Posted by Craig Jones on August 8, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Brillant image,love the BG,a slight bit more room at the top would have been greet be that does not take anything away from this stunning image,
Posted by Marcus Conway on August 8, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Like it a lot.
bit more space on the top would be nice
Posted by Tim Gregory on August 9, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Nice one Colin!
Liking it a lot, I always find it difficult shooting back that way because theres always someone in the way!
Discussion
6 repliesThis image was inspired by Tim Gregory's "Stormy Colony" post on this forum a few months back. I wanted to get a wide angle view, whilst taking in some of the colony and the environment.
I was around 2ft from this pair, sat on my backside in 4 inches of guano and mud in the pouring rain, but it was worth it.
techs
D3 + 24-70 2.8 @ 31mm
1/400 sec at f8 -1/3ev iso 400
cheers for looking
Colin
Bob.
bit more space on the top would be nice
Liking it a lot, I always find it difficult shooting back that way because theres always someone in the way!