Ring-Billed Gull

[Bee Emily]

taken today at approx 3:15pm late afternoon sun
Canon 20D
Canon 100-400mm lens
handheld
f7.1
1/1250
iso 400
400 mm
Av mode
please c and c

[Doug Brown]

Nice soft light. I would crop some off the bottom as the bird is too high in the frame for me and the extra clouds don't add anything to the image. I would also sharpen a little more. A slight head turn towards us would be nice.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree the extra clouds at bottom don't add much...but the blue patches of sky above do. If you have it in your original I would re-crop by removing some at bottom and adding at top. Gulls are among the best in-flight practice subjects...keep at it!!

[Bee Emily]

I sharpened the bird and cropped some off the bottom. How does it look now?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Sharpness looks better - good job. If you have some I would still put some back at top and crop a little bit more bottom.