La Jolla Gull

[Fabs Forns]

Enjoying the nice weather at the cliffs, no clue of the ID, during Artie's IPT in January. Wonderful place, wish I could go back soon.

Date: 1/25/08
Time: 8:50:02 AM
Model: NIKON D300
Firmware: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
Lens (mm): 400
ISO: 400
Aperture: 6.3
Shutter: 1/1600
Exp. Comp.: +1.3
Flash Comp.:
Program: Manual
Focus Mode:
White Bal.:
ICC Profile: sRGB IEC61966-2.1 (embedded)

[John Chardine]

Fabs- Superb Heermann's Gull! You have captured the essence of the bird- dusky plumage and the amazing bill. I would be "afraid" to post with so much green foreground. It could be reduce a touch with a slightly different crop.

[Fabs Forns]

Fabs- Superb Heermann's Gull! You have captured the essence of the bird- dusky plumage and the amazing bill. I would be "afraid" to post with some much green foreground. It could be reduce a touch with a slightly different crop.

Thanks, John! You know I'm not afraid to post anything I like LOL ;)

[Ramon M. Casares]

Love it Fabs! That OOF green just made it for me! plus the light and the BG and also sharpness are amazing! Big congratulations my friend!

[Terry Sohl]

Gorgeous gull, well done. Not sure about the green myself...

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Fab,

Love the details and colors. I have mix feelings about the green but looks like a painting... if you will.

[Alfred Forns]

About time you started processing these :) ..... interesting the amount of green .... I think I'm on John's camp :) Handsome bird !!!

[bill kominsky]

I have to agree with Maxis the green in the foregorund really is very distracting, otherwise killer detail.

Bill

[Nathan Lovas]

I personally love the green with the blue and red...i love it.

[David Quanrud]

I also really like the green, and how it fades into the frame.

[James Salywoda]

Very pretty Fabs colors and detail are wonderful.

[Stu Bowie]

The exposure on the Gull is excellent Fabs, and nice and sharp too. I like the overall colours in this. Well captured.

[Tony Whitehead]

Seem like a diversion of opinions on the green. I like it - it caught my eye as a thumbnail. Wondering about a different crop as the tail is gone anyway. Not sure what you think of this square version. I think it emphasises the colours and I like the way the line of the wing parallels the green.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

That OOF green works and for me,great low angle too!!!

[Jeff Nadler]

I love this gull species Fabs. I guess I'd prefer less of the green and more bird.

[Nathan Lovas]

I honestly thought the original file was great...i think both work but i prefer the original crop. I love how the photo is divided into three distinct sections each with it's own color...the FG and BG are completely out of focus while there is tack sharp detail in the bird...i really enjoy it...very unique...Nate