1st winter Rring-billed gull

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

40D. 400f5.6L at f/6.3. iso 400. 1/1600s. manual metering. Canvas added by extension at front.

all comments welcome.

[pietipeppie]

Good picture, not much bad to say. Maybe bird could stay more up:)

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[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Kaustubh,

I do like the wrap around wing position with gulls as it tends to show off the wing pattern a lot better. Great exposure with good detail in the feather pattern and colours, love the background.

[Bonnie Block]

Kaustubh,
This looks great to me. Exposure and sharpness look spot on---love the pose--it really draws you into the picture.

[Stu Bowie]

Kaus, excellent forward wing position, and I like the light and softer colours. The gull stands out nicely against the water BG.

[Paul Lagasi]

Nice image, wrap around wings cool, head is sharp and nice background, well done.

[Randy Stout]

Kaustubh:

Very nice, with excellent wing display, background.

Only minor point is I wish the bill tip didn't merge with the dark edge of the primaries. Difficult to get this pose without some merge.

Cheers

Randy

[Greg Basco]

Hi, Kaustubh. Beautiful light and great pose and sharpness. The techs look right on to me with the 40D; that is, you might have considered more DOF but that would have put you past ISO 400 to maintain the good shutter speed you have, and the 40D isn't great past 400 IMO (I use one too).

I see Randy's point about the bill but as he said, this is a cool pose and lends itself to this kind of merge. I love the gray-brown reflections in the water as they really complement the bird well.

I would love to see a little more space all-around but since you already added canvas, I'm guessing you had one of those rare occasions where you had a bit too much focal length!

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[James Salywoda]

I too love the pose and the angle of capture and the excellent detail.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thanks a lot folks.

[Mital Patel]

thats awesome shot KD. perfect angle choice and well freeze.

[Kiran Poonacha]

I liked it too KD, post one with a bit more room around..

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Great pose. The only way to improve it if the bird was banking more towards you while keeping the near wing in a similar position while separating the head from the far wing... Well, we can dream... and try again.

I think it's a bit tight and could benefit from more room around it. JR