Laughing Gull

This image was created at Fort De Soto on 4/20/17 at 6:16PM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Full frame.

Canon 5D MarkIII
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
347mm
ISO 400
f8.0
1/1000sec

Love the Laughing Gull, wonderful breeding plumage. The beach sand and the background work nicely together to highlight the bird. Some of the blacks may be blocked but this is only from visually looking at the image, I did not open the image to see what the numbers are. I guess I wish I could see the feet, wonder if a few inches higher would have made them visible. Thank you for sharing, John.

Hi John, I like your low shooting angle here, and excellent exposure all round. Although the feet are buried in the soft sand, maybe seeing them would have taken this up a few notches.

Very nice John. Great POV The colours on the image compliment each other very well. Nice detail and pose.

Will

Very nice image, I like the green coming in to frame from the top.

Love that species especially in spring. A bit more room behind would improve it. I like the perspective and do not mind the feet in the sand.

am