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Northern Gannet

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Posted by Ron McCombe on August 14, 2010 at 5:17 PM
Northern Gannet
One of a series of images taken at Bass Rock in the Forth Estuary, Lothian Scotland

Canon 7D Canon 50mm f4 lens, f4, 1/1250 sec ISO 100

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Posted by John Robinson on August 14, 2010 at 5:34 PM
Ron
Great close up and I reckon with some off the right hand side even better.
I feel that with a close up of this magnitude it needs to be really sharp and I think this shot could be improved in that respect.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Maggie Campbell on August 14, 2010 at 6:10 PM
Nice close up Ron but I think if you had reduced the shutter speed and used an aperture of about f8 you would have got a lot more detail. :wavey:
Posted by Justin on August 14, 2010 at 6:11 PM
A good close-up with lots of impact. I agree with John regarding the image sharpness, it looks like it's there but just needs bringing out with a little more sharpening.
The background looks a little strange, I don't think it's noise but it looks very 'blotchy' for some reason.
Posted by keith mitchell on August 15, 2010 at 6:03 AM
Nice shot Ron,little nits covered.
Keith.
Posted by Dale Sutton on August 15, 2010 at 6:38 AM
Superb shot of the Gannet but the background is starting to pixlate is it a Substantial crop Ron? :toast:
Posted by Phil Mclean on August 15, 2010 at 7:29 AM
Good,well exposed portrait Ron.Nits covered.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 15, 2010 at 5:50 PM
Hi Ron,

lovely portrait :toast:

Nits already covered :smile: