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Yawning Gull

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted June 30, 201593 views4 comments

I was able to get close to the gull while lying on the ground. The photo is uncropped. Since most of the gull is black, white, and shades of gray, I used Silver Efex to make a black and white composition, except for the central element of this week's theme.

Canon 7D; 100-400 at 350; ISO 200; F5.6 at 1/1600 second

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4 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 30, 2015 at 12:37 PM

Allen, I think your limited color approach works very well here. In fact, I'm not sure I have noticed if you hadn't of said something. The yawn really pops and tongue is a great addition. I do think that I'd like a bit more room behind the tail would be good...maybe a job for content aware fill...

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 30, 2015 at 12:57 PM

Good detail, just a bit tight in the arse..but U knew that of course.
Love the wide-open beak/view of the tongue here, something you don't often see devil

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on July 2, 2015 at 7:04 AM

Makes me yawn just looking at it, Allen! The b&w processing with selective beak color really puts the focus on the yawn. An interesting approach and a good job with the processing.

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on July 3, 2015 at 4:45 AM

Hi Allen, I have never seen the tongue like this before. Like the low shooting angle. Your processing works well here.

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