another gull

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/4090701439_4c8f4074e3_o.jpg

D700
70-200mm f2.8 VR with 1.7 TC
340mm
ISO 400
f8 at 1/2500s
Manual mode
Auto white balance
handheld

Covert to JPEG and crop.

Did manage to went back in the morning for more gulls, but not as early as I had wished, will try again this weekend. Still need to get the shot that I wanted.

Out of the all the picture I took that day I think I like this one most, even though there a shadow on the tail and wing position is not at best. I like the sharpness of this one SOC (defualt setting on camera had sharpening set to 3) plus there are no other gulls near this bird (but there is one in the frame which I need to crop out). Still looking for a day with full frame or near full frame shot.

If somehow you get the metadata off this picture and see spot metering don't pay attention to it, I was fooling around while taking picture and ended up with spot. The exposure I got in Manual mode was using Matrix, meter off sky with some adjustment.

All comments and suggestions are welcome.

[Alfred Forns]

It is sharp and well exposed !!!

If feeding is allowed do take some bread ... you will be close to those guys !!! Your better images will be when they hover .. just need the right wind !!! Tech settings look just fine !!!

[Nick Palmieri]

Very nice. exposure and capture

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Thanaboon,
This is a sweet image and capture. I like the capture angle and the placement of your gull in frame. The details and color rendition are good and I like the direct eye contact...well done...looking forward to more...:cool:

[Kristin Brown]

I like this one. Nice eye contact and sharpness. Love the BG. Congrats!

[Katie Rupp]

The eye contact and detail really make this one for me. Good job on the exposure!

[Harold Davis]

thanaboom, this is really nice! perfect exposure and a nice pose. good job.