Swimming in Circles/re-post

Gallery: AvianPosted July 28, 201810,949 views10 comments

Mew Gull Chicky, calling to mama
East End Park ponds, Nome, AK

2018:07:22 23:58:49 (yes, taken at midnight- "the Land of the Midnight Sun")
D850
250-550mm @ 550mm
(180-400 +TC 1.4 engaged)
1/1600 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +1/3
ISO: 1250
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 28, 2018 at 10:39 PM

You got a real cutie here, Sandy. Your quote reminded me of Johnny Horton's "North to Alaska" from the 50's, the first LP I bought as a teen. Great elliptical pooling and light, and good composition. The open bill is a real bonus. BTW, what's the species?

Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 28, 2018 at 10:42 PM

Sorry, it's a Mew gull chick
S

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 29, 2018 at 12:10 PM

Sweet image, Sandy. I love the downy look and the calling pose.

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

Comment posted by David Schoen on July 29, 2018 at 2:37 PM

I like the downy feathers and the open beak. Very interesting plumage. Nice job with the composition

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

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on July 29, 2018 at 4:03 PM

Hi Sandy,

This one is a cutie and a successful try-out for the 180-400mm. Nice and sharp and I would drop the exposure down by a third of a stop as my only suggestion. Well done...................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 29, 2018 at 9:27 PM

Excellent view of the chick, a little bright perhaps, with really unusual plumage. That's quite the lens, for only $13K. How do you disengage the TC?

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 29, 2018 at 9:28 PM

It's an incredible lens - "only" $13,000 ?? frown

That's me on the corner, begging with a tin cup.
You engage/disengage the TC with a simple flip of a small bar that does not require taking your eye away from the subject.
I just can't hand-hold that 500mm any longer, and we are heading to Australia in a couple weeks.
S

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Minish on July 30, 2018 at 12:22 AM

Very cute and a nice capture, Sandy! Photography in Alaska in the summer can very interesting. You'll be shooting away, still getting decent light and suddenly realize it's way past your bed time!

Registered on February 4, 2006, 625 Posts, 3583 Comments

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on July 30, 2018 at 3:43 PM

HI Sandy
Vary nice looking Gull chick. Some times it is hard the right setting on the Exp.Comp +or -. Nice lens of only $13,000. Haw if you can pay for use it.
Peter

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

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 30, 2018 at 6:06 PM

easy to darken a bit:

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments