Arriving Loudly At The Scene!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ring-billed Gulls are great subjects at any time, but even more so during the spring breeding season when they get rather animated and quite boisterous. This Ring-billed Gull announced its' arrival to the roosting community in a way only gulls can!

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/3200s., f/5.6, ISO 400, natural light, handheld, about 90% FF, slightly lifted some of the shadows on the face and body to our right (dodge tool). A couple of darker spots removed in the BG (clone tool).

[Jonathan Ashton]

Looks spot on Dan,exposure colours and great timing too.

[Arthur Morris]

Spectacular! Love the two-eyed-perfection. The BKGR is great and I even love the strip of water? Was this recent?

with love, artie

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks guys!

Artie, yes that is a strip of water at the bottom. The image was taken a couple of weeks ago, one day before this park closest to my home was closed to the public (as are all of them now).

[Mike Poole]

Always good to get an everyday subject that merits more than a passing glance of the screen. This one has had a few glances!. Lovely colours and of course the yelling pose adds a lot to the shot

Mike

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A fine flight shot Dan, love the wing span, the open bill and the in coming pose. Great timing.

[Jan van Holten]

Very nice capture from mister big mouth.

[Dorian Anderson]

Fantastic image! Great to see gulls getting some lens time. Echo all the positives. I always say anyone can make exciting images of fancy birds but it takes real skill to make great images of common birds. So kudos on that.

[dankearl]

Very nice, I would known it was yours without looking.

[John Mack]

I can hear them already. Great pose. Really like the color of the background. Nice one.

[David Roach]

How did I miss this. Just another "DC" classic. TFS

[Volkan Akgul]

Hi, perfect ! :)