Ganne nesting on cliff face

Posted by
Aaron Schmidt (Auckland, New Zealand) on 15 November 2006 in Animal & Insect.

Aurelie and I went back to Muriwai Beach (west coast of New Zealand) on Monday with our guests Siba and Laura. The gannets are always up for a photo shoot. The weather wasn't quite as good as last time but I managed to get a few decent shots.

Canon EOS 20D 1/400 second F/8.0 ISO 100 200 mm

Comments (13)

Tamatea Photography from Papeete, French Polynesia

Excellent shot ! I like the depth of field and the color.
Are you using the Canon 70-200 F/2.8 IS ?

15 Nov 2006 6:06am

@Tamatea Photography: It's the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L. Although I'd love to have it, the f/2.8 is another $500 or so. =)

H.O from Victoria, Canada

Very nice. Ilov the nature shot.

15 Nov 2006 6:38am

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Very nice image. Fantastic.

15 Nov 2006 7:22am

Suby from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Love the sharpness of the bird on the rocks, lovely.
Shame about the rock bottom left.
Suby

15 Nov 2006 12:16pm

@Suby: Actually I didn't mind the blurry foreground rock ... I thought about cropping it out but I liked the different layers of depth.

Craig Persel from Montreal, Canada

Wonderful shot.

15 Nov 2006 1:03pm

Shuva Brata Deb from Hyderabad, India

Cool DOF and composition.

15 Nov 2006 2:28pm

Ryan from Canada

It is already said but the DOF is excellent. The colours on the Gannet are excellent too

15 Nov 2006 4:55pm

Martine Lapointe from Québec, Canada

Very nice shot. We have the same birds here in Canada, at Bonaventure Island, Gaspesia. In French, we call it "Fou de Bassan"

15 Nov 2006 6:22pm

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Beautiful.

15 Nov 2006 8:29pm

Joe Thorn from United States

Greay shot. Everyone has already said why.

16 Nov 2006 12:47am

Manuela Photography from Hainburg (near Frankfurt/Main), Germany

Excellent, Aaron!

16 Nov 2006 8:45am

Addey from London, United Kingdom

I love this shot!

19 Nov 2006 11:26pm

Rodion Kovenkin from Mogilev, Belarus

I miss this one.
Great image. Well done.

24 Nov 2006 7:30am

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