Lesser black backed gull (juv)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 ISO 200 1/1600 sec f5
All comments welcome.

[David Cowling]

Good to see that you still have your head above water Jonathan! Good capture of this gull with the added bonus of the bird with food, looks like a small crab. Nice angle to the bird and I like the wing position. Just a pity that the gull wasn't angled a little more to its right which would have eliminated the wing shadow on the head.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, lovely hovering pose from the Gull having just caught his meal. Nice and sharp, love the clear eye, and I do like how he is separated from the BG surf. I feel the image needs a touch of CW rotation. :w3

[William Dickson]

Lovely details Jon and I do like the natural looking BG. Well captured. If this was a bird of prey everyone would be raving about it :S3:

Will

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Jonathan,

I like the composition, with legs hanging down, wings up, and food in bill.

I am not sure about the white balance of the surf at the bottom of the frame. Is there a color cast to it?

There appears to be sand dropping just below the bird around it's legs. I would consider those specs as good candidates for cloning out.

TFS
Ross

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, catch, sharpness and setting. Nice image Jon!

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Jon, Nicely done but the light from the high left hurts it a bit for me. Any idea what the prey item is? a

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks for the feedback everyone much appreciated. The image was captured in 2012 at Tangi beach in The Gambia. I have no idea what the prey was, it could even have been scraps from a rubbish tip or offal from the place where they were landing the day's catch, perhaps even a crab.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image.

Regards,
Satish.