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The paucity of exotic avian friends here in T.O. has renewed my already ferocious love for this species, my cherished larus delawarensis. Taken with the Canon 7D and 70-300L at 277mm. iso320, 1/500, f5.6. As always I shall welcome your thoughts and opinions. Just pretend it's something less common, a rara avis, so to speak; that's what I do...
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This is good Jack.
Excellent exposure. I like the bug in front of the gull and the uplifted leg and the out of place belly feather.
gail
nice one Jack,ditto on what Gail as said.thanks.
Marvelous image in habitat. Loved the pose,nice details in whites and grays.
The bug adds a lot to this one. Nicely done.
TFS,
Rachel
Thanks for the kindly accolades, folks!
Ditto the others! Personally I could do without the partial yellow band above though, and I'd eliminate the small white OOF circle in front of the subject's belly.
That's funny you say that, cause I do too...really! If these guys, and Mallards, were rare they'd be much more appreciated I think :-)Quote:
Just pretend it's something less common, a rara avis, so to speak; that's what I do...
Hi Daniel, I believe you. You strike me as an appreciator of all birds. Mallards too, yes indeed. I obsessively photograph the common birds; so doing keeps my sanity levels in check. As for this picture, the yellowish band really makes it for me and I'd be loath to remove it. I thank you for pointing out the white OOF circle, I shall evict it presently...
Jack,
I like the colors and the yellow stripe at the top - wish it went all the way across the picture. God angle on the bird and nice exposure. Reasonably low angle - bet if you were laying on the ground in the ucky stuff you would have gotten more of that nice yellow band.
Laurie, I couldn't agree more. Actually I should have done that and was even considering getting into all the lovely goose droppings but the gull only posed in that spot for a few seconds before he wandered off...good lessons for the future, always and always
As far as gulls go i think these are one of the prettiest. I like the raised foot and the ruffled feather on the chest. If this were mine I would try a crop off the top below the yellow band and then just a little off the left too.
Thanks Cheryl, can't bring myself to lose the yellow band but I tried the crop your way and it does look quite good. Nice eyes; good ideas; hip hip hoorayQuote:
Originally Posted by Cheryl Molennor
