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Gallery: AvianPosted July 14, 2016248 views6 comments

Berry Head, Torbay, England
D810 300mm f2.8 G ED VR2 + tc 1.4 series 3
f/10.0 ISO 500 1/1250 s EV 0.00 WBA Hand held
Photoshop CS6

Berry Head promontory (four hundred million years in the making!) is home to large numbers of different sea birds. When perched at a point on top of the cliff edge I photographed this Great Black Backed Gull that was passing below me. The original image showed damage to the primaries on the left wing.

Thanks for viewing
Your crits. and nits are most welcome
David

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on July 14, 2016 at 12:53 PM

Hi David
Nice work with the black and white details.
Peter

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments

Comment posted by Hrishi Nulkar on July 14, 2016 at 6:49 PM

Had not seen this sea bird before. So thank you for sharing this picture. Great shot in flight with good details and sharpness.

Registered on July 12, 2016, 10 Posts, 17 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on July 14, 2016 at 8:31 PM

This looks much better in the large image. The details are very nice and you've done good on the transition between the darks and the lights. Background really fits in well.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 14, 2016 at 11:12 PM

Also never seen this species, so thanks for sharing David. Also, just a nice pleasing image.

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

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on July 16, 2016 at 7:08 PM

Great view of the topside, David. Techs look spot on on both the whites and darks and background is pleasing too. TFS.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 18, 2016 at 8:05 PM

Lovely, David. Excellent detail and the exposure on both the blacks and whites shows nice detail. The oof water makes a wonderful bg.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments