Theme: "Laughing Gull."

[Karl Egressy]

Given the opportunity, I'm having fun posting Gull images this month.
This one is from 2011, full frame.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS I. +1.4x II.
ISO 320
1/2000 s
f 5.6

[John Robinson]

Beautiful clarity and quality. Superb gradation on the whites too and the open bill makes it.
JohnR

[dankearl]

Really nice IQ, Karl.
Not sure about the bright BG, attractive color, maybe toned down a tad.

[Mike Poole]

I quite like the BG, although I accept it won't be to everyones taste. The open mouth is great and you've got the whites just about perfect, good stuff

Mike

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the tight composition, eye ring, BG, sharpness and details. I see an area on the gulls back that has the same color as the BG and a dust spot in front of the upper part of the beak near the frames edge. Very well done Karl!

[William Dickson]

Very nice Karl. Great capture with the mouth being open, and great control of the whites.

It really looks as though it is laughing :S3:

Will

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent portrait. Superb IQ. Lovely colours and nice composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Bill Dix]

Great pose, colors, comp. Although the exposure looks just right, the top of the head is lacking detail. Given how close you were to the bird, you needed to stop down considerably to get the necessary DOF.