Karl Witt wrote:
Wow you pulled off that last shot at 1/100th, not much light but you did good! What a cool bird!
Gannets are sweet and they know how to have fun
Not sure but the King Eider looks like a pretty good crop or maybe you were underexposed a bit to start with, a bit soft but a rare treat and I respect that
That leaves us with #Uno...............a rather impressive range on darks and lights, the chest, neck and back in the lighter colors is amazing and well done and presented. The darks are open and have good depth, nice work there too. On a nit worthy note there is some haloing around the subject most noticeable to me at end of beak, tip of tail and around the head...........
jwestfall wrote:
That king eider is something else though I like the colors on the black grouse a lot too. So many birds in so many places - Scotland looks pretty good to me!
Jim
Thanks, Jim; the king eider has a really unusual head morphology as well as beautiful set of colors.
KirkB wrote:
Looks like a wonderful and very productive trip Greg.
I'm jealous of the elusive subjects you've captured here... very nice.
Anxious to see more of the 2,000 images.
Kirk
Appreciate it, Kirk. I'm still suffering from overshooting syndrome; I suspect my keeper rate will be about 10 - 20%, so (among other things), that's something to work on.
Very well done, Greg. The first image shows how important it is to get the right exposure in order to show all the tonal variation of colors and light and to capture all the fine detail. I really like that image
The second image has the potential to be the best of the set, but is missing a bit of focus on the face. I also believe the quality of the light you had to work with wasn't the best. So I guess you did the best with what you had.
The angle and pose in the third shot is what makes the shot
Good job exposing the Gunnets: very cool looking birds!
It sure looks like you had great fun shooting, and that is a very important aspect of photography
Socrate
Excellent work Greg. The first Eider got a wow out of me and then a chuckle. He kind of reminds me of a luxury car from back in the 20's, he exudes that sort of class to me! The King Eider sure is a treat, just to see one would make a trip a for me. Love the Gannets a bird that has been on my bucket list for a long time now. Looks like you had some wonderful side trips!
