Herring Gull.

[Karl Egressy]

I was shooting very dark birds at 1/2000 s and these guys with 1/4000 s.
Unfortunately I had no time to switch back from dark bird setting to white bird setting at this instant.
Result: overexposure on the breast that I mostly fixed in RAW and PP.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 5D M III
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II. + 1.4x III.
ISO 800
1/2000 s
f 7.1
HH

[Grace Scalzo]

So I'm not the only one who makes exposure errors? Now that you told me what happened, I had to look and the breast is rather detaill-less. But the wings look superb. Love the leap out of the water with the dangling feet...would like a bit more room on the left.

[adrian dancy]

It is not obvious that you have made some recovery. All other aspects the images is superb and enjoyable to view.

[keith mitchell]

Karl I think the exposure of the wings more than make up for the bit of loss on the breast, water splash and the action you have caught make it for me.

Keith.

[Marina Scarr]

Fun flight position Love the movement in the wings. The yellow pops so nicely against the blue, as do the pinkish webbed feet. Cool splash.

[Holger Leyrer]

Super image. The starting position is superb in all details. Well done.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Awesome pose and splash Karl. Love the dangling webbed feet. Whites look a bit blown on my monitor.

[gail bisson]

I really like the detail in the wing feathers.
As you say, too bad about the whites on the breast. You could clone in the area if you wanted.
Great pose,
gail