Mew Gull

[John Ippolito]

Mew Gull in late evening light

D800, 500 4 VR, ISO 1600, f/5.6, 1/1600, NX2, CS5, round of NR on BG

[Randy Stout]

John;

Very nice 3D quality here from the sharp bird and defocused bg. I like the comp., angle in frame, color palette.

I might consider very slightly softening the dark spot above the bird on the frame edge.

Cheers

Randy

[dankearl]

That is some beautiful light you had!
It really pops from that attractive BG.
I think just a tad larger in the frame would look nice.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Very nice light you had . I like the comp , and excellent background.

[gail bisson]

I will echo the others before me- the light is beautiful.
I like the space around the bird and the partial topside view.
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Nice banking pose, great light and beautiful background, John.

[jack williamson]

Awesome light John! Great wing positions and a fine placement of the bird in the frame. Really beautiful.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

John,

Really enjoy the bank angle and wing position. Light is surreal.

Would love to see just a bit of a tighter crop, although I must say I like the bg quite a bit!

Miguel

[Grace Scalzo]

Beautiful light. Which is what it's really all about.

[Shawn Zierman]

Easily one of the prettiest flight images I've seen of this species. Fantastic light and background colors.
Technically strong image, with very nice post processing.

[vishaljadhav]

Beautiful image, the bird sets up so well against the BG , does look like 3D
the exposure on the bird is so nice, i love it

[christopher galeski]

nice one,nice light and colors,good flight pose,sharp,good BG.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent light, details and bg.

[Gary Esman]

Very nice shot here John, gorgeous light and the gull just pops off the screen. I would not change a thing IMHO. TFS. Gary.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi John, you cant beat the sweet light in this, and just love the space you have given the gull to glide across the frame. Interesting colour to the BG - I like it lots.

[John Ippolito]

Thanks for the great feedback everyone !

The BG is dry marsh grasses and forest that have not greened up yet this season.