Laughing Gull With Puffer Fish

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Ft. Desoto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. Not sure the fate of the bird because Puffer Fish here can be poisonous. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, image captured at 400mm
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 640 Auto 1 WB HH
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

[John Mack]

Nice to see the gull view a puffer fish. Like the crop and the faint clouds in the background. The pancake pose works pretty well.

[Dorian Anderson]

This fish is great, but the overhead angle and general lack of sharpness/detail - particularly on the underwings - limit the effectiveness of this image. I agree the background is excellent.