Herring Gull

[denise ippolito]

Canon 40D
500mm +1.4 ex.
1/1000 sec. at f/7.1
ISO 200
EV-1/3
Tripod
Morning light, Barnegat

I liked how the light was hitting the gull and it caught my eye.

[Grace Scalzo]

I like the two toned background. That vibrant blue gives a glow to the image.

[Michael Zajac]

I like the lighting too. The details and the sharp beak make this great. Very nice BG.

[Marina Scarr]

Love the BG and the light here. I wonder whether this bird's beak has been damaged? The bird's head just pops with that light and BG.

[denise ippolito]

Grace and Michael, Thankyou, I appreciate it.
Marina, I'm not sure about the beak, maybe someone will know. Thanks.

[DarrenMcKenna]

Nice lighting and good detail as well. A fine portrait Denise.








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[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Wonderful details here Denise. Love the perfect head angle and the magical light.

[Raymond Barlow]

Outstanding portrait, like it was done in a studio., i like the composition a lot here.

[Tim Theisen]

Great shot, Denise. I like how the beautiful light falls only on the head.

[Dan Brown]

Nice lighting and sharpeness Denise! Love the eye! BTW, the bill is definately damaged! the groove from the feathers to the nostril shouldn't be there! Ouch:eek:.

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp with a perfect EXP. Whoa, this bird has one seriously messed up bill, right around the nares is a mess. There are a few chunks missing!

[Harshad Barve]

Denise
This is spectacular image , amazing lighting and details , Big time congratulations for this & thanks for sharing

[denise ippolito]

Thankyou all for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it. I wonder what happened to the bill.

[Bonnie Block]

Beautiful light --great portrait, Denise.
Love the bg and the great looking eye. Sorry about the flaw in the beak--otherwise a dandy!

[Stu Bowie]

Incredible detail Denise, and how is that eye. Well done on the exposure, and so, so sharp. It would have been interesting to know how he damaged his beak. If this were mine, I would move the gull back slightly to the left. Well captured.

[Juan Aragonés]

SUPERB portrait Denise, killer eye, pose and BG. I love gulls and their facial expresions. Yesterday I posted a couple of gulls portraits in my blog and was thinking about posting one here but after seeing yours.... I am not sure :p:D

[Kiran Poonacha]

I really love the portrait from the wild, nice details and HA is super madamji...

[denise ippolito]

Thankyou all for your comments. I appreciate the feedback. Stuart I wanted to leave the slight bit of white feathers on the left that's why I chose the square crop-but I did initially think along the same lines.:) Juan, I just checked out your blog, Your gull portraits are superb! Bonnie and Kiran, Thankyou both for your kind words.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I like the two toned background,great details too!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

beautiful light, crop, expsure and sharpness Denise. really liked the two-tone BG. Well done.

[denise ippolito]

Manos and Kaustubh, Thankyou both for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated.