Good Find

Gallery: AvianPosted February 15, 2014154 views5 comments

Kurt Bowman recently posted a photo of a gull with a starfish and I thought :how come I never see things like that". Well as you can see I stumbled upon just that yesterday when I was out in Montauk. Montauk is at the end of Long Island and thus gets the brunt of the oceans wrath and has a uniquely rocky shore. Sea stars commonly wash up here and as such Gulls frequently feed on them. This bird didn't get much more than a taste though as another gull came and harassed it until the prize was dropped and snagged by the instigator

Nikon D7100 300mm f4 + 1.7X TC HH
f/8
1/1600s
ISO 500
Cropped to 75% of frame for compositional purposes

Adjustments in LR5 and CS5

- Luke

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Floyd Hopper on February 15, 2014 at 7:09 PM

Good exposure and detail in the gull and starfish. I find the upper 1/3rd and the brightness on the rock distracting. Taking away the main focal pt: the gull.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 15, 2014 at 11:15 PM

Excellent dof and exposure, Luke. I like the head turn.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on February 16, 2014 at 1:12 AM

Hey Luke...glad to see you were able to find one trying to much a starfish also! How funny....I think the exposure looks great on this and I like the placement of the bird in the frame.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on February 16, 2014 at 3:49 AM

Great image and what you describe is exactly what happens most of the time: much fighting, not so much eating - don't know if the result outweighs the energy. Anyway, a lovely shot, that shows some nice environment - the placing of the gull in the frame is spot on as well !