These are the most common local gull through the winter and early spring. I spend a lot of time searching through the flocks for the rarer Mediterranean gulls. However, I always think you should never ignore the beauty in the familar and they make good flight shot practice, especially if you have a loaf of bread to hand :)
Taken with 1Dmk3 and 500mm lens at ISO400 F5.6 -0.33 EV at 1/2000s.
Great capture of the laughing gull and I love the wing postion you captured here. Good exposure and well composed although. Many thanks for sharing Rich.
Really nice shot. The crisp focus and the detail are spectacular and the wing position is one seldom seen in a photo. Black-headed Gulls show up on our side of the pond occasionally, but I've never seen one in this immaculate alternate plumage. Just a super shot!
Love the wing POS, the sharpness, and the EXP. Pretty much perfect.
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Black-headed gull
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