Herring Gull Common Bird Project

[Lorant Voros]

Here is a common bird from the Caribbean. Comments are welcome.

1DMKIII
500mm
ISO400
F:18
1/300
flash +BB
tripod



http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6548/heringgull.jpg

[Fabs Forns]

Lovely portrait of a common bird. Great detail and good DOF. Shame that the shadow has such a defined edge.
If you have a bit more space on the top, it will benefit the composition IMO.
Thanks for being part of the project!

[Robert O'Toole]

Nice background and head angle, agree with fabs about the shadow.

It looks like there is some kind of softness issue with the post processing, it looks like a large crop or? When you downsize try Bicubic sharper.

Robert

[Lorant Voros]

Fabs, thank you for the composition suggestion. Robert, this is not a large crop. I will try your suggestion next time. Thank you guys for the comments.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Love the Gull close-ups. Might have swapped a stop of aperture for shutter to get fine detail, given no clutter in the BG to deal with. Lorant, thanks for sharing.

[Kiran Poonacha]

beautifully exposed bhai... nice HA too..

[Richard Stern]

I think it's a Ring-billed Gull (1st cycle plumage), rather than a Herring. Head looks a bit rounded and bill a bit short for a Herring. Still pretty common, including in the Caribbean. Like the details on the beak.

Richard

[Lorant Voros]

I think it's a Ring-billed Gull (1st cycle plumage), rather than a Herring. Head looks a bit rounded and bill a bit short for a Herring. Still pretty common, including in the Caribbean. Like the details on the beak.

Richard

Richard. I think you are right. I checked with my "House Ornithologist" :-) Manuel Grosselet and he backed you up.

Thank you for the correction and thanks everyone for the comments.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Nice portrait, although it does look soft to me too. I thought large crop, but it ain't. Nice idea, I'd remove the speck of light on the bill tip. Well done! :)