Gannets in flight

[DaveB]

I've put a little gallery of these up at my site. Please have a look.

As a taster here are 3 of the images:

Dropping in


This shot was just as the bird was gaining speed after take-off.


Another landing, this time taken in infrared.

Incidentally, these images were processed through Lightroom 1.0, which also produced the HTML gallery. The B&W IR images have had pre-processing done by IRaw Mono (and some with LightZone).

[lukeo]

Dont be worried about lack of replies it's not a reflection on your work, i learnt that one, people are just busy. Take me for instance I saw these last night but didnt respond as I was tired.

My opinion great work, crisp, clear, noise free. The second one is a winner composition wise for me, it's just perfect.

[kamran]

Amazing images, clean and sharp! Well done.

Cheers,
Kamran

[surenj]

Great shots...2nd one is my favourite... The other two have the out of focus birds which could be distracting somewhat...

[bwhinnen]

2nd and 3rd for me. The second is a great image and I like the third because there are so many other gannets watching this one come in for landing, with the exception of a couple who are just too busy cleaning oh and the one oblivious to it's impending trouncing right in the center where the gannet is about to land atop of it

[fozzie]

Dave - inspirational shooting. If I had to pick one of the three, # 1 - Dropping in. Sharp, with fantastic colour and composition: with the Gannet's head looking down for a position to land, and with wings fully extended.

I have also had a look at the gallery

fozzie

[DaveB]

The second one is a winner composition wise for me, it's just perfect.

Thanks. One thing that makes this shot even sweeter for me is that I had to apply NO cropping. Sometimes I find myself tweaking the composition slightly (sometimes dramatically, as in #1). This shot was at 210mm on the 100-400mm zoom.

Thanks for checking out the gallery Fozzie: it's your "fault" I have this Sidekick mount which made shooting these a joy!

[DaveB]

I like the third because there are so many other gannets watching this one come in for landing, with the exception of a couple who are just too busy cleaning oh and the one oblivious to it's impending trouncing right in the center where the gannet is about to land atop of it

If you're looking at those details, what did you think of the 3rd image in the gallery?

[Oscar]

Great shots Dave, I love #1 & #2 in the thread. Checked out your gallery and they are all cool pics too.

Well done!

Cheers, Mick

[BBJ]

Dave, i really like these shots all great but #1 does it for as well, just like the bird that way looks really good.
John
BBJ

[bwhinnen]

I like the third because there are so many other gannets watching this one come in for landing, with the exception of a couple who are just too busy cleaning oh and the one oblivious to it's impending trouncing right in the center where the gannet is about to land atop of it

If you're looking at those details, what did you think of the 3rd image in the gallery?

Love it! "I'm going to get you!" would be an apt title

I also really like the 9th one in you gallery too!

[stubbsy]

Dave

I looked at these a few times before I've commented. For some reason I keep coming back to the images yet can't quite nail their appeal. I THINK it's the simplicity of the shots. There are other birds for context, but in each of these images the eye is strongly drawn to a single bird. Oddly I really like #3 yet technically I'd say it's the weakest of the three (the bird's wings are fairly blurred towards the tips, there's that large OOF bird at the front etc), yet the B & W treatment (and I guess the IR of which you are a master ) give this an odd ethereal quality