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Gannet

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Posted by Danny Green on August 10, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Gannet
I love doing Gannets they are such beautiful birds. It is difficult to come up with something different on this much photographed bird and I have tried so many variations. This close-up appealed to me because of the lovely soft evening light but also that amazing eye.

Canon 1D MK11, 500mm lens, 1.4x, F5.6, ISO 200

Danny :wavey:
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on August 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Works for me. I like that the eye is bang on the righthand upper thirds line. The background is nice and smooth and suits the plumage really well :toast:

Simon
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on August 10, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Great detail, especially the catchlight. The 'smoky blue' BG really lifts the detail and colours complimenting the eye. :toast: :toast:

Steve

Posted by Maggie Campbell on August 10, 2009 at 1:50 PM
I agree with you Danny - you seem to always see the same shots. This is lovely. The eye is great and the soft light on the bird together with a moody background just makes it. :smile:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 10, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Beautiful shot :smile:
Posted by Anthony House on August 10, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Nice work mate....
Posted by Craig Jones on August 10, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Very nice,love the lighting on the eye and a 'portrait' in 'landscape' format works very well,very nice work Danny :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Mark Davies on August 10, 2009 at 5:34 PM
How chastised am I going to be .
Ok levels( whites dragged in to 220 ish ) and exposure ( gamma .92, eposure +0.2) layers added ,opacity altered to about 90% ish on both and .....
Sorry bud , but for me it looked drab.
Nowt wrong with the comp,detail and DOF but ......

Mark
(now to be found hiding under a bush.)

Mark
Posted by Bob Cox on August 10, 2009 at 6:24 PM
I love close up shots , this one is very nice ,great detail.

Bob.
Posted by Matt Cole on August 11, 2009 at 7:14 AM
a cracking portrait with really nice detail and colours but the original also looked a bit dark to me. I'd go with Mark's. :smile:

Matt
Posted by Colin Crowdey on August 11, 2009 at 11:49 AM
the eye does it for me - beautiful species, you have a nice portrait there
Posted by Danny Green on August 13, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Hello Mark I am going to chuck you overboard, what have you done to my picture :biggrin: :cool: Better not go there had I.

Danny :toast: