Move over

[Stu Bowie]

This Grey-headed Gull seemed quite excited as he was coming in. I decided to leave the other gull in the image, and he was at the bottom of the frame as is. There is an ugly raised stormwater manhole where these guys perch, so I wasnt going to include it even if I did have it in the frame. Taken last weekend at a wetlands in Johannesburg.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 + 2X TC 600mm
1/2500
F/6.3
ISO 800

Exp Comp + 0.33
hand held

[Satish Ranadive]

Stuart Sir,
Excellent image of incoming gull with very nice wing position and fanned tail feathers.
Love the IQ,very nice lights and shadows,colors,great HA of both the gulls,nice BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Greg Oakley]

Great action capture Stuart - nice background and colours as well,
Cheers, Greg

[mohammad reza shahab]

Excellent Landing pose,Great IQ & BG Color.

[Girish Prahalad]

lovely freeze! great wing position & landing pose. exposure & details are superb. like the comp very much

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent landing pose with sweet light & BG.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the wing position, fanned tail, IQ, shadow on the wing and BG. Well done Stuart.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice landing pose, comp, excellent BG. I like the inclusion of the bottom gull.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the feedback everyone.

[jack williamson]

Your usual fine IQ Stuart. I like the gull at the bottom, the whites are excellent and the bg is beautiful.

Jack

[gail bisson]

I really like this one!
Whites are awesome and I love the comp and the inclusion of the bottom gull.
Well done,
Gail

[dankearl]

Stunning BG and 3D look to this one, Stuart.
I also like that you kept the bottom gull.

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

Sharp, well exposed, excellent pose, and add me to the list that appreciates the inclusion of the bottom gull. It adds some context to your story telling, which I appreciate.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent action shot, Stuart. The second Gull in the frame is a a good addition. Love the pose and background.

[David Salem]

Hi Stuart, I too really like this one. The whites are perfect and tons of detail in the feathers.
The background really makes this one jump out of the screen. I like the second bird also , add another dimension to the shot. Nice work.