Herring Gull calling

[nick clayton]

Cromer, Norfolk, UK. 30/10/14

Canon 7D
Canon EF 600mm f4 II USM Lens
Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod
Wimberley Head Mk II

1/1600 @ f6.3
+2/3 EV
Aperture priority
ISO 400
Pattern

RAW converted in Canon DPP

Cloned OOF post and tail in background
Levels
Curves
Saturation
Selective Color
White point and Black point colour correction
Nik Software - Dfine 2.0 noise reduction - background only. Color Efex Pro 4 - Tonal Contrast - subject only
Photoshop USM

[arash_hazeghi]

great exposure and calling pose, wish you had a better perch

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot I like the behavioral display. The details are very good and colours spot on.

[nick clayton]

Thanks Arash and Jonathan. I agree regarding the perch Arash but the only perches in the vicinity are man made.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the typical gull attitude here. Good control of the whites and the details like very nice. I realize you have kept the perch at a minimum due to its not-so attractiveness but I think I would have preferred a bit of a looser comp anyhow.

[nick clayton]

Thanks for the comments Daniel, you are a loose comp kind of man though