Black Headed Gull

[William Dickson]

Canon 5D Mk3
f/4 500mm
f/7.1
1/1250
ISO 1000

This is another Gull from my session with them a couple of days ago.

Thanks for looking and for the comments on my last Gull image. Much appreciated.

Will

[keith mitchell]

Will this is nice, like the way the water fades into the nice Bg and the nice detail in the whites, pleasure to view.

Cheers keith.

[John Robinson]

Nice one William.
Pity you chopped his head off !
John

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice image Will, it looks very similar to the Laughing Gull and Franklin's Gull that we have in Florida. Not seeing the bird I am not sure of the color but it does appear you may be able to darken the blacks a tad without loosing detail. Thank you for sharing.

[David Cowling]

I like the low viewpoint in this image. Good detail in the whites without burnout. I have been photographing these in flight just lately and have found that in certain light the head is more brown than black, or perhaps this is a juvenile. Love the soft background.

[William Dickson]

Nice image Will, it looks very similar to the Laughing Gull and Franklin's Gull that we have in Florida. Not seeing the bird I am not sure of the color but it does appear you may be able to darken the blacks a tad without loosing detail. Thank you for sharing.

Hi Joe, thanks for that, even though its name is Black Headed Gull, the head is chocolate brown

Will

[William Dickson]

Nice one William.
Pity you chopped his head off !
John

ooohhhhhhhhh those reflections

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Beautiful image, William. Lovely light on what I think is a juvenile. From the description I read, the head has more brown than the breeding male, and the tail is black. Very nice detail and BG. Well detailed eye with partial white eye ring. Well done.




Geoffrey

[William Dickson]

I like the low viewpoint in this image. Good detail in the whites without burnout. I have been photographing these in flight just lately and have found that in certain light the head is more brown than black, or perhaps this is a juvenile. Love the soft background.

Thanks David, yes the head does change colour in the light. The natural colour is choc brown. The juves are the ones with brown feathers on the wings. Great birds to photograph.

They keep you on yer toes, with them being so flirty

Will

[Robert Kimbrell]

I like the image Will, You taught me something new, I did not know about the chocolate head, Good job on the exposure and nice details. I am seeing two distinct horizontal lines above the head that could be easily smoothed.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot very accurate colours great detail especially around the eye.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Nicely done Will. If you have the reflection, may be worth a look too.
Well done mate. :)

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent low angle shot, William. A tiny bit of head turn towards the camera would have been even better.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice low angle and green background. Well exposed, sharp, good composition. I'm OK with the reflection and where you cut it off.