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Gannet - eye contact

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 27, 2010 at 6:51 AM
Gannet - eye contact

Bored of my usual Gannet flight shots ( you can only take so many ) I tried something a little different; head shots of Gannets in flight. Firstly, I would like to know if the shot works and secondly does the composition work for this type of shot.

Processed in DPP / CS2

1D3, 300F4IS+1.4T/c Handheld
1/2500 @ f8 -2/3rds iso400

All comments most welcome and thanks for looking.

Andy... :smile:
Posted by john macpherson on July 27, 2010 at 7:02 AM
Works for me. Inclusion of the wingtip would be better imho, but I think is really good as it is. Nce to see a different take on these subjects.
Posted by John Robinson on July 27, 2010 at 7:25 AM
Looks ok to me Andy. Maybe a little more space on the right but that would loose the space behind the wing. No big deal.
Cheers
JR
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 27, 2010 at 7:49 AM
Andy have you left an NR layer on overall, it has a slight plastic feel to it with no detail?

Steve
Posted by Craig Jones on July 27, 2010 at 8:15 AM
Beautiful image takes you right the the stunning facial marking these birds have,stunning :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Andy Snape on July 27, 2010 at 9:14 AM
I can see what steve is talking about but i love it Andy, wingtip doesnt bother me, think there is enough space around it, something a little different. :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 27, 2010 at 9:24 AM

Thanks for the comments and advice guys, cheers :toast:

Hi Steve, most of the noise reduction was carried out on the RAW file in DPP, though I did carry out a secondary very light pass of NR in CS2 on the final web image. On reflection, I can now see what you mean about the loss of detail.

Andy...
Posted by Karen Summers on July 27, 2010 at 10:30 AM
shame about the loss of detail as it does work for me, its interesting to me to as I have many gannet shots that I would like to just do a head version but always struggle what looks right can never make up my mind so will be good to see what others say
Posted by keith mitchell on July 27, 2010 at 2:36 PM
Andy it looks great to me.
:toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by Shaun Simpson on July 27, 2010 at 2:37 PM
excellent, nits covered, but this is an excellent different shot :toast: :toast:
Posted by Phil Mclean on July 27, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Certainly works Andy.Your comp looks good to me.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Dale Sutton on July 27, 2010 at 2:55 PM
Clean shot Andy great comp looks a tad over worked with a noise reduction.

Dale :toast:
Posted by Paul Rosser on July 27, 2010 at 3:02 PM
Brilliant focussing, making this a super shot. My eye is drawn to the eye, and it's pin sharp. Brill! :toast:
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on July 27, 2010 at 3:41 PM
Very cool Andy.

Phil.

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 27, 2010 at 4:06 PM

Thanks once again for the comments.

Maybe the last round of NR killed the detail, I'll pay more attention to the final image in future.

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Ron McCombe on July 27, 2010 at 4:39 PM
brilliant picture andy
Posted by Paul King on July 27, 2010 at 4:55 PM
neat and tidy image,, nit covered.
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 27, 2010 at 4:57 PM
Nit's covered but easily rectified and you have a superb image.. Very nice indeed.

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 28, 2010 at 5:21 AM
Nit covered but other than that the composition works well for me. Great shot. :smile:
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 28, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Nice...would like to see upto the wing tip too.

Ian
Posted by David Kjaer on July 29, 2010 at 3:43 AM
Works for me.

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Lee Newman on August 4, 2010 at 11:37 AM
Cracking eye contact & detail, nicely captured on this fast moving target.

Lee
Posted by Lee Newman on August 4, 2010 at 11:37 AM
Cracking eye contact & detail, nicely captured on this fast moving target.

Lee