A very Traditional Sea Gull.

[dankearl]

Western Gull in the Blue Pacific at Sunset.

1/3200, f7.1, iso640, 600mm (300 w/ 2x), HH, D800

DSC_1551bpn.jpg

[Sachin Saraf]

I loved this image Dan...Beautiful wing position, exposure, sharpness, flight angle and BG. Little tight in frame if mine I would leave some more space at top and on either side of bird.

[christopher galeski]

nice image Dan,good details,nice pose,agree on a bit more room.thanks.

[PhilCook]

Agree about the space, and certainly agree the wing form is extra nice...sharp, great clear eye and such lovely " Blue Pacific " backdrop, nice work

[Rachel Hollander]

Dan - this really pops off the screen. Nice wing position, angle and the blue sea is great. Agree about a little more room.

TFS,
Rachel

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful image, Sir. Great pose with lovely wing position and sharpness.Beautiful blue BG.Loved the details in whites. Would love to see it in panorama- crop.

[Jack Breakfast]

I go through phases that involve obsessive picture-taking of gulls. To me, they are beautiful in all plumages and times of year. I like your shot here: great details in the whites, nice views of both wings. The background is pleasant as well.

[jack williamson]

Except for the tightness top and left this is excellent. Great IQ, wing position. Beautiful exposure and BG.

Jack

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree the comp is tight, but great techs, details, processing. Did you lighten some of the feathers under the wing?

[dankearl]

Thanks for the comments. It is tight because it was close, this is 75% of FF, so it could have been looser but centered.
Daniel, good eye, I did lighten the underside a bit and got some noise.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot Dan. Lovely light, exposed very well, excellent flight pose, I really like the water color, and excellent details.
Very well done.

[Shawn Zierman]

Gorgeous Western Gull in flight image. Love the size of this species, and the size of the bird in the frame is
perfect imo. I think there's waaaaaay too much pooh pooing of centering a subject in avian forums. I think
centering the subject a bit more here makes perfect visual sense.