Lift Off at Canaveral

[Dave Harwood]

Taken in February along the shoreline of Canaveral National Seashore Park, Titusville, FL, and at that point in the afternoon when the first drafts of cooler air lift off the beach, this gull didn't need to pay me any mind at all, and I was fine with that. Post work in Lightroom and Photoshop and other refinements with Topaz DeNoise.

Canon EOS 1D Mk II
f/6.3 1/3200 ISO 1250
EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x
Focal Length 560mm
Flash Type Did not fire
Tripod Used
66% of Original




Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Classic gull-in=flight image. A bit on the cool side as far as white balance goes with a bit of a bluish cast as well on the blacks, and I would not run NR on the subject, if that is what happened here. Well focused though. You must see them in breeding plumage in Maine in early spring? Great looking gulls at that time!

[William Dickson]

Agree with Dan re the blue cast...You got great detail on the face with a nice flight pose.

Will

[Dave Harwood]

Thank you both for getting me back on track with the WB. This is more like it, I should hope!
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[John Mack]

A nice view of this ring bill. I like the pose. Yes to warming it up some.