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Base jumping

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Posted by Stephen Kaluski on November 11, 2010 at 6:18 AM
Base jumping
These birds are great to see, high up on the cliffs just soaring and hovering on the updrafts. The white 'blobs' in the BG are other Gannets nesting on the cliff face. The location was certainly wild & wooly at times, not for the faint hearted, with a good hike to start with.

Not Bempton BTW.

Steve
MKIII 500f/4 1/1000sec f/11 ISO200 HH, FF
Posted by Paul King on November 11, 2010 at 6:56 AM
A cracking updraft shot indeed no nits from me Steve. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Neil Burton on November 11, 2010 at 7:37 AM
No nits, good stuff.
Posted by Maggie Campbell on November 11, 2010 at 8:53 AM
Good detail Steve and like the contrasting BG. These guys do tend to overfill the frame though. :toast:
Posted by Kim Connolly on November 11, 2010 at 12:16 PM
Brilliant shot. Love it. :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on November 11, 2010 at 12:22 PM
Nice execution and a different POV .Plenty of detail and nice to see no harsh shadows across the bird .
Posted by Ian Macdermott on November 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM
No nits from me Steve :toast:


Well apart from its a bit tight in the frame :razz:
Posted by Roy Bailey on November 11, 2010 at 1:04 PM
great angle on the bird, the feathers curling up above the tail highlight the power of the updraft
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on November 11, 2010 at 1:51 PM
Looks great to me too :smile:
Well captured.

Geoff.
Posted by Barry Southon on November 11, 2010 at 8:50 PM
Steve

A class image.
:wink:
Posted by Matt Cole on November 12, 2010 at 11:36 AM
I do like the bird's positioning, it does indeed look like a base jumper. An excellent shot. This can't have been easy to keep within the frame :smile:

Matt :toast:
Posted by Paul Rosser on November 12, 2010 at 12:15 PM
A real cracker of an image, with lovely feather detail! :toast: :toast: :toast:
Paul Rosser. :wavey:
Posted by Heath McDonald on November 12, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Stunning image Steve, possibly a little big in the frame, but excellent POV and detail

Heath :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on November 12, 2010 at 2:58 PM
Thanks everyone. Yes, a tad big in frame, just, but swopping from 500 to 300f2.8 has it drawbacks, not ideal, hence Nikons advantage with the 200-400.

Steve :wavey: