Northern Gannet Photo

Photographer’s Note

Bonaventure Island is a paradise from every point of view. For bird watchers, the island is a sanctuary for over 250,000 seabirds and home to the largest Northern Gannet colony in North America. It is the most accessible colony of Northern Gannet in the world. Beyond the seaside cliffs, which call to mind Scotland and Ireland, fields and forests provide habitats for approximately 224 forest bird species, including 60 that nest on the island.

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migtey (270) 2004-10-25 21:55

Wow, great motion capture! Bird looks like frozen!

Colors are well satured and corectly exposed.

Nice work!

avis2avis (4260) 2004-10-25 23:32

Nice capture. Something that I like here is the high shutter speed you chose to freeze the birds in flight. Though as a result, the light is a little low IMO. But that can be easily corrected in post pro. I would avoid the half-half composition here. Makes things a little dull if you ask me honestly.

Peeotr (2224) 2004-10-26 4:58

Congratulations for catching this bird in the centre above so many of them on the ground. I like also blue water as background with distant birds. Piotr.

maphoto (8076) 2004-10-26 22:44

Une très belle prise Christian, suite à ma visite sur l'île, je n'ai pas eu la chance d'aller à cet endroit...avoir su !! Un très beau tapis d'oiseau, j'aime beaucoup leurs couleurs et le contraste de la scène, enfin celui à l'avant plan a été capturé d'une façon magnifique, bravo.

polongi (160) 2005-01-03 3:15