wing smacking

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4203297042_d598fa0093_o.jpg

D700
70-200mm f2.8 VR1 with 1.7TC
340mm
ISO 400
f8 at 1/2000s
Manual mode
Matrix Metering
Auto white balance
AF-C, Dynamic, 9 points
handheld

Highlight protection, rotate CW, crop, set white/black point, curve, desaturate background, NR, and sharpen.

These gulls won't give up their perch without a fight.

All comments and suggestions are welcome.

[Ofer Levy]

I like this a lot! Great behaviour shot. I think whites can be toned down a bit.

[Harshad Barve]

Oh man, this is such a beautiful image , some suggations will come but I must say I am loving this
TFS

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Repost after toning down highlight with multiply layers of linear burn.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2702/4203967348_7279d81738_o.jpg

[arash_hazeghi]

Love the interaction here, wing touching head is super! Congrats, I would sharpen a bit more.

[Indranil Sircar]

Nicely captured interaction, K. Thanaboon. I like the pose here.