Them - Touchdown

Canon 5D Mk3
f.4 500mm
f/6.3
1/1600
ISO 1600

Another one of my fave gulls. The Black Headed Gull in breeding plumage, touching down.

Thanks for looking and for all the comments on my Red Legged Partridge. I learned a lot from them :S3:

Will

Hi Will - Nice timing and low pov. It seems to me that there is a magenta cast to the reflection. An easy fix if you are so inclined.

TFS,
Rachel

The head is nicely framed by the wings, great timing, lovely bird.

Hi Will, you are getting you eye in, but I feel you need more SS, however the perspective is spot on. Have you thought about flipping the image so the subject is coming in from the RHS?

Just took the image back into LR, if you move the WB slider left for a slightly cooler look and likewise the Tint slider, values different this will help the cast and I feel provide better overall look IMHO.

TFS
Steve

Thanks for the comments. Here is a repost as Steve suggested.

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Will, not ideal but this was where I was going, you may find you have to adjust colours like Purple & Magenta too, in the HSL panel. You were there so have a better feel for the overall look & feel, but it addresses the 'cast' issue I feel, just my take. :w3 It may need a slight tweak to bring some 'warmth' back in, or not????

Cheers
Steve

Hi Will, excellent low perspective here, and thats great timing to have captured the exact touchdown. I like the forward wing position, exposure, and the OOF BG. Both yours and Steve's repost work well, but if you are removing any cast on a subject, you need to remove the cast from the reflection too, as Steve has done. :w3

Thanks for the comments guys. Hi Steve. Yes it looks good. I'll remember, next time :w3

Thanks again

Will

Will, again I think you did the hard part, the tweaks or adjustments in PP can be learnt with time. Shooting in variable conditions and different subjects holds the key IMHO, as you will build on your technique and fieldcraft.

Beautiful shot, excellent timing and exposure, Will.