Ring-billed Gull

[Jeff Sorbie]

This was taken at Andrew Haydon Park in Ottawa, Ontario. It was sitting on top of a post allowing me to get a nice colorful background (at least I think so :S3:).

Sony A700 + Sigma 120 - 400

1/2000, f9, ISO400, 400mm

[Brendan Dozier]

Beautiful gull portrait, Jeff, love that eye and great colors, detail, nice and sharp. Beautiful soft BG colors contrast nicely with subject. The whites feel a bit bright due to bright light, but not blown. There is a blue cast on the shadow along the chest which can probably be removed with selective desaturation. Very nicely done!

[Stu Bowie]

Jeff, you have every colour in the rainbow in that BG, so you did position yourself nicely. I like the multi layers, but would maybe desat the blue a touch. Good job on the whites, they are not blown, but just a bit too much in brightness. I really like the red eye ring, the eye, and detail on the beak.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Very nice indeed. very good exposure, IQ and shooting angle. BG makes a big difference. Well done.

[Herb Houghton]

Nice portrait Jeff, the bird is sharp with a nice catchlight in it's eye. The colors in the BGD are nice, but desaturating the blue and maybe the green may soften them a tad. I agree with Stuart that the whites could be micro adjusted less bright, maybe reducing contrast to soften the beak shadowline/ chest shadow.

[Jeff Sorbie]

Thanks all. I will modify the original for my files.

[gail bisson]

Very nice portrait. Whites a bit bright but easy to fix as they do not appear blown. Love the BG and composition.
Gail

[Dumay de Boulle]

I like the image as presented...great BG colors and the IQ is good. Exp looks good. Nice one Jeff

[Gary Esman]

nice shot Jeff! I see these fellas every time we go to Lake Michigan. The whites look good to me. Sweet background!

Gary.