Herring Gull

[William Dickson]

Canon 5D Mkiii
f/2.8 300mm with 2xiii
f/6.3
1/4000
ISO 400

I was on the Black Isle last weekend attempting to photograph dolphins, it wasn't easy. Anyway, I saw this herring gull and managed to get this shot, before he flew off.

Thanks for having a look

[Enrique Patino]

Great concept and image. A little crunchy? ;)

[Karl Egressy]

Nice behavior portrait showing the food item.

[Shawn Zierman]

The content and storytelling aspects to the image are excellent! The processesing could be improved imo. At a minimum, running selective NR on the background, then reducing slightly the sharpening on the subjects would be an improvement. Good for you for knowing what species of gull it was too :)

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose and priceless food item that has been let down by poor processing, the image is soft, grainy and has too much contrast as posted.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Amazing capture, though the light seems harsh.

[adrian dancy]

I can only assume this is a large crop. I'm sorry to say that the IQ does not hold up here. The light is harsh but unavoidable. If this is a large crop then you may a better image showing the whole bird.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Great scene - one of those rare opportunities, so worthwhile to spend more time on it in pp. Snapped with potent equipment so no excuses (Shawn's suggestions is a good starting point).

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the advice guys, is this any better?

[arash_hazeghi]

a bit better but the crunchy details and harsh contrast remains. I recommend you check Artie's guide to get more familiar with processing

[Daniel Cadieux]

I much prefer the looser composition on the repost. The crab is an awesome aspect of the picture here! The image looks well focused and exposed so some more TLC in processing will make it shine for sure.