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Canon 1DX Mk2
f/4 400mm DO Mk2
f/4
1/8000
ISO 800
I captured this BHG on the shore in my hometown....This bird is changing into Winter plumage....These are my fave Gulls to photograph and plenty was around....I spent a few hours with them and tried different exposure settings, perched, and in flight... I liked the detail here at the faster SS...About a 50% crop.
Will
Lovely image Will and the darker background goes so nice with the bird. Processing looks good as does the framing. Perfect HA raised foot is a bonus. TFS
This is very nice.. I did not know what to expect clicking on the thumbnail, but it Pops!
I do think the BG could use some NR or more of it if you did.
Handsome bird. I'd like to see a bit of a crop from the bottom and some more headroom, though the crop from the bottom may visually take care of the headroom.
Thre gull looks spot on Will - very nice indeed.
A minor point some darker areas in the background look a little less than ideal, a green/yellow faint glistening look to them. (L&R of the bird's head)
I love gulls including this very nice image Love the raised foot. My repost addresses David Pugsley's wish for a bit off the bottom. The big improvement, I believe, was a Layer with a 65-pixel Gaussian Blue. I use a Hide-All mask to cover the blur, and then painted it in in 33% increments on the upper and mid-background to eliminate some of the lumpy/off color/posterization (?) problems there.
All as detailed (plus tons more) in Digital Basics II.
with love, arite
Thanks for the comments, much appreciated...
Will
Thanks for that Artie......Looks a better BG now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthur Morris
Will
A nice looking gull. I do like the raised foot. Those red legs are nice. Nice and sharp.
Will, just a super sweet and simple one for me. Love the nicely exposed composition and the pop of orange. Awesome foot up pose with darker bkg is sweet.
No nits from me!
