Ring-billed Gull

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 380mm (570mm FFE)
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering + 1 EV ISO 640 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

NIce high key image, with transillumination of trailing edge of feathers.

I like the framing with the diagonal of the wing working the diagonal of the frame.

Well exposed and sharp.

Cheers

Randy

[keith mitchell]

Agree with Randy re the exposure and sharping, this theme is bring out some very good work Joe.

Keith.

[adrian dancy]

All looks good to me as mentioned above. Nice work Joseph.

[Daniel Cadieux]

One of the most common birds up here, but always brings a smile when photographing them. The near wing looks especially good here. Some greenish cast on the belly could be negated via the sponge tool set to desaturate at about 8-10% flow.

[gail bisson]

Hi Joe,
Nice shot of a common bird.
What is the bright white vertical band coming up from bottom of the frame towards the LHS? I would definitely clone that out.
This would look nice in a black and white conversion!
Gail

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting. I truly appreciate your time and effort.

Gail, I have no idea what that white band is. I went to the original and fixed it. Thank you for seeing it and bringing it to my attention.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Lovely image Joe, agree with Daniel about the greenish cast.