Juvy gull flying

[Desmond Chan]

It's been a while and so, here goes:

105f2.8 + D700 hand-held. ISO 800 f7.1 1/2000s. Manual exposure mode (as usual).

Cropped top and left.


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This image should answer the question "Which image you post and why?" :)


Thank you for looking !!

[John Chardine]

Hi Desmond- Beautifully sharp image. I like the feeling of motion in the image with the gull's head turned in the direction it's flying. You used an f-stop and shutter speed to stop action completely and obtain sharp focus from stem to stern- very nice. To give the image more impact I would suggest a tighter crop so that the bird jumps out at you more. Nicely done though.

[Julie Kenward]

I totally agree with John's critique, Desmond - it's almost three dimensional the way you captured the bird against the water - it fairly pops right off the BG. Only other thing I see is the small shadow on the right wing near the body. You might be able to lessen that a bit with a shadow/highlight adjustment, taking this image up even further than it already is. Lovely work!

[Desmond Chan]

Thank you, John and Julie !

That shadow area is my concern, too, but thought it wasn't that bad :o

[William Malacarne]

Desmond

I really like how this jumps out, nice and sharp with good detail. I had looked at this several times and I never even noticed the shadow, but now that is is noticed it is a little distracting.

Bill

[Desmond Chan]

I had looked at this several times and I never even noticed the shadow, but now that is is noticed it is a little distracting.



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