Bonaparte Gull in Flight

[Maya Raut]

I took this image at Barnegat Light in Dec-2011. During all my visits light was mostly cloudy but for these white birds it turned out to be favorable.

EXIF

Av mode

Canon 7D
Canon 100-400mm @400mm
f/7.1
1/4000
ISO - 1250 (Some light popped out of clouds and I just could not stop shooting to adjust ISO)
Exposure bias - 0

PP - Cropped, Applied NR (it was a real task), Selective sharpening and curve adjustment for exposure.

Critics and Comments welcome.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/6773712229_7b5206022e_o.jpg

Note :Read year as 2011 in watermark :bg3:

[Dave Leroy]

Nice photo. I like the bit of roll towards you. If mine I might take a bit off left side and top to just push bird into top left RoT.

[Maya Raut]

Thanks for the comment and suggestion Dave..... This is already a heavy crop so I have left more room all around. I will give it a shot and see if IQ holds up.

I quickly gave it a try and here is the result....

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7025/6774144641_6e00a43f0e_o.jpg