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Stu Bowie
11-09-2009, 10:01 AM
A while back, I posted this juv Kelp Gull with a Puffer Fish. It created quite a bit of interest due to the puffer fish being poisonous, and if the gull had eaten any of it, it would have died. Here is the link to interesting facts about the puffer fish. This was taken on the South Coast of South Africa.

http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?p=326864#post326864

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/3200
F/5.6
ISO 400

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand held on the beach
Randy Stout
11-09-2009, 10:05 AM
Stuart:

Nice capture here. Perhaps they are going to play a bit of soccer?

I like the banking pose of the gull, with the nice view of wing detail, top and bottom.

From a comp. standpoint, might give it just a sliver more room at the top.

Hope your next picture is not of a dead gull!

Randy
James Salywoda
11-09-2009, 10:42 AM
Sweet shot Stuart nice split bg and great position of capture.
Michael Zajac
11-09-2009, 11:12 AM
Stuart, The two tone BG looks nice and the capture is great.A bit more room up top.
denise ippolito
11-09-2009, 02:30 PM
Stuart, Lovely colors in the BG . The Puffer Fish looks neat-I never saw one before. Nice details in the wings. It looks just a bit tight.
arash_hazeghi
11-09-2009, 02:43 PM
Wow, the prey is even more interesting than the gull. Thanks for sharing this
Axel Hildebrandt
11-09-2009, 07:34 PM
Makes you really wonder if the gull 'knows' that this is not something it should eat. I like the pose and sharpness.
David Hemmings
11-09-2009, 07:42 PM
Wow, this is so cool and unique. This is very well captured!
Harshad Barve
11-09-2009, 08:48 PM
excellent capture , lovely expo , compo and details , killer BG and meal
TFS
Morkel Erasmus
11-10-2009, 12:04 AM
I love the 2-tone BG in this one and great exposure mate! Interesting, I wonder what the goal with the fish was in the end?
Mital Patel
11-10-2009, 07:55 AM
totally killer shot this is. what a fantastic freeze..
Kiran Poonacha
11-10-2009, 08:05 AM
loved the light, the two tone BG works well, the puffed fish adds greatly here.... congrats
Stu Bowie
11-10-2009, 01:47 PM
Thanks a stack for all the comments. Much appreciated.
Bonnie Block
11-10-2009, 08:17 PM
Wow--this is amazing. Excellent and unusual capture.
Phil Battley
11-12-2009, 07:16 PM
A couple of years ago I found a carcass of a Southern Royal Albatross that had died from swallowing a Puffer Fish. We published a short note on it in Notornis, the journal of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand, last year. If anyone wants to see it, just drop me your address. Not a wise meal!

Cheers, Phil