Immature Laughing Gull

Gallery: AvianPosted September 12, 201046 views5 comments

Canon 1D Mark III With EF 500mm F4 and 1.4 tc
1/1000 sec, F7.1, ISO 640

Well finally back in the swing of things again. Business travel and vacation have kept me away for about a month but now I am back!

Well I have be developing a real appreciation for gulls and thought I would share this. Comments both good and bad are always welcome.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Tom Webster on September 12, 2010 at 8:35 PM

Greetings, Michael...This is a nice photo of a juvenile gull. I like the lighting, the pose and the low angle of view. My only nit is the large amount of OOF foreground. If this were my image I would have either placed the gull lower in the frame or I would have cropped off the majority of the foregro9und. Still, this is a nice image.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 73 Posts, 644 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on September 12, 2010 at 9:51 PM

Very nice image of the gull. I like that he is moving toward you with good eye contact. We defined against the BG. There is a little too much OOF in the foreground for my taste. It could almost be cropped into a pano format.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on September 13, 2010 at 8:55 AM

welcome back, Mike! I think gulls are underrated subjects. This is a nice looking shot, with a good landing pose. I agree, the only nit is the amount of oof foreground seems rather heavy to me.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 13, 2010 at 4:17 PM

nice capture of this youth Michael. I agree about maybe loosing half of the FG you currently have....other than that, I like this a lot. Good work!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on September 13, 2010 at 6:06 PM

Nice one Michael - really like the low angle and spread wings. Possibly a little off the bottom and a bit to the top?

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments