Laughing Gull With Spiralling Pipefish Prey.

[Daniel Cadieux]

While photographing shorebirds this Laughing Gull landed just to the right of me. Seeing that I had already taken many images of this species from the trip (plus, the shorebirds were just amazing!) I half ignored it...until from the corner of my eye I realized it had a wriggling prey item between its' mandibles!! Time to switch subjects and concentrate on this action!! I took a good number of photos and I was super thrilled when later reviewing my photos and found this perfectly spiralling pose on the pipefish.

Photographed at Fort Desoto's East Beach.

Canon 7D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2500s., f/6.3, ISO 400, natural light, handheld, FF.

[jack williamson]

Wow! What a great image Daniel. Perfectly timed, the gull looking at you, I can see the pipefish eye, and his tail is not bisecting his body. Excellent image.

Jack

[dankearl]

Wow, for me too. Great angle, prey, sharpness and light.
Superb.

[Tom Rambaut]

Very nice - great behaviour capture - love the shape of the fish and the low angle. Another nice image from you Daniel.

[Josh Clark]

The pipefish the gull has puts this over the top! Nice low POV and perfectly timed.

[Ofer Levy]

Nicely composed image!

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Daniel! I like the catch, low angle, BG and composition.

[Kerry Perkins]

Great image Daniel! Love the sharpness, color, and composition. Good eye to spot the opportunity!

[RakeshDhareshwar]

The clarity and pose of the pipefish makes this frame an awesome one !!!

[Davidwilliams]

cant add any more , just a great capture

[PhilCook]

Just adding to the plus comments here.......I woulda been happy with the Pipefish let alone the bird as well...colours, sharpness, light all 10/10

[Cal Walters]

Love it!

[Arno Ellmer]

Stunning image ,Daniel .I love the low angle and the pipefish puts it over the top.

[Richard Unsworth]

How do you find these lol - brilliant
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[Derek Willcox]

very stunning image love the pipefish prey overall a great image

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent exposure, perfect comp and a great angle. Perfect HA from the prey and the predator. Love it!

[AdityaPadhye]

Great image, comp and moment perfectly captured!

[christopher galeski]

very nice,love the fish in its beak,nice exposure,good low angle.

[arash_hazeghi]

lovely shot Dan, the prey is a big bonus!

[Satish Ranadive]

Great shot Sir.love the fish in its beak and colors and great details.

[Robert vanMierop]

Caught that moment at the perfect time. Nice exposure all the way around. 'Makes me want to run out to Red Lobster and order the steamed Pipefish!

[Frank Schauf]

Really great pose.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey guys, thanks a bunch!! As a big fan of the hugely underrated gulls I'm glad this one piqued your interest:S3: