Laughing Gull With Puffer Fish

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image of a Laughing Gull with a Puffer Fish at the north lagoon in Ft. Desoto Park, Pinellas County, Florida. When working up the image I saw that the fish was a Puffer Fish and wondered about the gull knowing that Puffer Fish can be toxic. I researched the Puffer Fish of Florida and discovered that the species around Ft. Desoto most likely are not toxic while the Puffer Fish in the Florida Keys are very toxic. So I guess the gull was not harmed by it's fish. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering +1 EV ISO 640 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation

[William Dickson]

Great capture Joe. The image looks 'painterly'. Lovely colours throughout. Hope he dont do the same thing at Florida Keys

Will

[gail bisson]

The prey is what makes this image.
Thanks for the info on the puffer fish. Very interesting.
Nice to see the clouds in the sky.
Gail

[Joseph Przybyla]

Will and Gail, thank you for viewing and commenting. Very much appreciated...