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Arthur Morris
09-23-2008, 07:25 PM
This worn adult Glaucous-winged Gull was chummed up with halibut guts in the Shelikof Strait, Katmai National Park, AK on my recent bear boat trip. (I caught 3 halibut and came home with 32 pounds of filets :).

Canon 400mm f/4 IS DO lens handheld with the EOS-1D MIII. ISO 800. Evaluative metering + 2 stops off the sky set manually: 1/1000 sec. at f/4.

Don't be shy; all comments welcome.
carole wiley
09-23-2008, 07:41 PM
Perfect! You gotta love feet like that!
Dean Ingwersen
09-24-2008, 01:11 AM
Great capture with top pose, head angle and dangling feet. The back of the head and nape look slightly hot to me though, but I could be wrong. Really nice work again Artie.
Juan Aragonés
09-24-2008, 03:22 AM
Artie the whites looks a little bit hot on my monitor. I like the composition and the red, dangling feet but the wing pose is not the best from my point of view.
Nicki Gwynn Jones
09-24-2008, 04:40 AM
Just love it as presented!
Regards,
Nicki
Arthur Morris
09-24-2008, 08:47 AM
Great capture with top pose, head angle and dangling feet. The back of the head and nape look slightly hot to me though, but I could be wrong. Really nice work again Artie.

Thanks Dean and others. I redid the image from scratch and noted that the color balance was way off too. (Everyone missed that.) I love the wing position. IAC, here is a much better re-post thanks to y'all.

Amazing how I learn something here on most every post :) :D :)
Judy Lynn Malloch
09-24-2008, 01:27 PM
Love the repost Artie and the wing position is definitely unique. Not one that I have seen before. Great timing and you gotta love those feet too !!!
Ramon M. Casares
09-24-2008, 04:18 PM
Repost looks much better than the origianl post Arthur, love the compo and the pose, colors are nice! Congratulations!
Rafael Rodriguez Mojica
09-24-2008, 05:43 PM
Artie, this gull is beautiful and you captured very nicely its beauty in flight, showing off its plumage( even if it's worn) and colors against the sky. Your technique for this shot is something I have to practice more. Your color correction really made a difference. Thanks for sharing.
Dean Ingwersen
09-24-2008, 06:47 PM
Smokin' repost Artie...really nice.