Gull in-flight

[Ian Cassell]

Canon 7D
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L

A grey sky day at the New Jersey shore.

1/2000 sec f/7.1 ISO 800 HH

Levels in CS6
Nik Dfine and Nik Sharpener

[Clyde Hopper]

Hi Ian, Love the eye contact ,good details in the bird ,I question if the bird could be moved off center just a bit or even placed in a diagonal.As is it splits the frame.....IDK?!


Also ,A big congrats on being printed !

[Ian Cassell]

Thanks, Clyde. I wrestled with the framing on this one and moved the bird around a few times before settling on this. I'm still not sure about it and appreciate your thoughts.

[Jeannean Ryman]

Very interesting in flight shot Ian. Great eye contact and a neat "twist" on a gull. :) Not sure about the framing either. I'd probably crop some off the right side to take it out of center. Clyde's suggestion about a diagonal might work too. Nice image.

[Kerry Perkins]

Ian, gray sky is ok as long as it is not the only thing in the background. More vertical on the crop for me and some color would really add to the image.