Juvie Ring-billed Gull and Piece of River Mussel.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I just cannot resist photographing gulls when they come in for a landing in nice light. This one came back proudly carrying a piece of a river mussel it had earlier dove for.

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2000s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, cropped for composition, gull tail at bottom left and face at bottom right both remove via combination of content aware, clone, and patch tools.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Sharp, well exposed, like the tilt giving the diagonal, well framed.

Food item adds.

Cheers

Randy

[John Robinson]

Nice one Daniel . I hate gulls because I can't ID most of them - especially juvs.!!
Good stuff
John

[Ian Wilson]

Beautiful work Daniel. Excellent light and composition, technically superb, well done. Regards, Ian

[Diane Miller]

Wonderful pose, sharpness and delicate color. I might lighten the dark band at the top.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Cracking light and IQ. I love the pose Daniel...A fine image!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, you certainly did have lovely light, and I do like the banking angle. Good detail throughout, sharp, and the catch a bonus for both of you. Lovely blues of the water.

[shane shacaluga]

Very nicely done! Gulls make great practice birds for both in flight and correct white exposure

Nice composition and good sharpness

TFS