Soaring on the wind

[Paul Haese]

Gulls in soaring mode can look so cool.

Click Here (http://paulhaese.net/Soaring.html)

[iceman]

Great image Paul, excellent perspective and DOF.

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Mike, still working on DOF with this lens. Might do a series on birds soaring.

[gts055]

Magnificent image of avian airfoils. U can see the thickness of the leading edge, the wing camber and the transparency showing the thin trailing edge. I can "feel" it flying :) Mark

[Liz]

Like .... wow.... that is very impressive!!
Always love your images Paul, thank you :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

ps ... i have made it my wallpaper, replacing one of Davids beautiful birds from last week.

[dpastern]

Oh yeah! Agree +1 I must. You must have been pretty close to fill that full frame, or is this a crop? What camera body too? Focus has been *nailed*.

Dave

[Octane]

Paul,

That's a great shot. Perfect focus and great composition.

Can I just suggest perhaps sorting out your feathering (no pun intended!) as there appears to be a slight halo around the bird.

Cheers.

Regards,
Humayun

P.S. Dave, all the information is below the image. :P

[matt]

Nice image, Paul.

I too can see the halo around the bird, particularly about the wing line and along the underside of the body.

Regardless, it captures the sense of flight very well.

[dpastern]

darn it, I noticed the 300mm f2.8 vr but no D3...go figure lol. I'm blaming it all on old age :P

Dave

[Jeffkop]

You have a talent for sure ... your photos on your website are fantastic and so so so interesting ... visually stunning ... great and mixed perspectives ... captivating to say the least ... this latest effort not letting the side down either ... Thanks for sharing

[StephenM]

Great shot Paul!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Paul Haese]

Dave, this is a slight crop and yes the Bird was very close.

Humayun, I can only say that I did not do any feathering whatsoever, in fact all I did was some curves, some shadows and highlights and a little saturation. The shadows and highlights might have caused a slight halo, but nothing actively done with feathering. Bizzare. Can't work out why it is there really, but its only really faint anyway. As Matt says it can give the perspective of flight.

Thanks for all the observations and comments.

[Octane]

Good point, Paul. This is why I never touch the shadow and highlights tool. There's nothing that curves, levels and dodging/burning can't resolve.

Cheers.

Regards,
Humayun

[Paul Haese]

It is such a good tool though. It can often rescue an image and sometimes make it very special. Don't write it off just yet.:)

[dpastern]

Thanks for the reply Paul. Looks like you did a grand job of it all. Having expensive camera gear isn't going to mean you'll capture the shot(s), and you nailed this one nicely. Highly enjoyable image.

Dave

[DavidU]

Great shot Paul !