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Portrait of a friend with yellow feet
Intro:
This is a portrait of a Yellow-legged Gull (Laurus michahellis/Gulfotat trut). They are quite common in the eastern Mediterranean area and are expanding. Nowadays we can even spot them in Sweden a couple of times every year. It is very typical with the yellow eye with a red orbital ring and yellow feet. I did a lot of flight photo practice as you can see them almost any time. It's just like a good friend you spend a lot of time with.
Geographic info:
This is from the island Pasman in the Croatian archipelago to the west of the town Zadar on the main land. We could sit on our terrace and observe and admire the flying skills of these amazing birds.
Technical information:
As always, Canon 300/f4 lens on a Canon 40D body. I used Stabilizer mode 2 here I have just learned the value of that for flying birds.... ;o) It is in rawformat and I used Adobe Lightroom for some adjustments before the edit in Photoshop CS3.
Just crop, levels, white balance and a bit hue
Sharpening with Photokit capture sharpener