Theme: Heerman's Square Portrait

Yes, it's another Heerman's gull! I took the photo despite a bunch of crud and rocks blocking the lower half of the bird, thinking that there might be some potential if I cropped the undesirables out. They're probably nothing more than parking lot birds for people who live in San Diego, but for me the subtle grays and scarlet bills are a nice change from the typical Ring-bills out east.

The only disadvantage to square cropping a 7D mkII image is the final size; it measures about 10 inches across, leaving you with a more limited upper range for printing big.

7D mkII
100-400 IS II zoom at 400mm
1/800 @ f/6.3, ISO 800
DPP/Photoshop

Thanks for looking,
Jake

Im so glad this is another" Heerman's, because this is perfecto! what a lovely gull with tack sharp details and yes that scarlet eye ring and bill is the cherry on top!

Realy nice Jake. Details are spot on and you have a perfect complementary background. I love that we can see through the nostril.

Lovely looking image Jake. I really like the colours especially the whites blending into the greys. The red bill and eye gives the image a nice colour boost. Lovely detail and POV. The BG shows the bird well.

Will

Another great gull portrait here. The detail is very nice.

Hi Jake,
Lovely portrait. Agree with all the positive comments above.