Ring-billed Gull

[Jim Crosswell]

Here is another Gull image that was taken in January of this year on the Detroit River.

Canon 1D MK IV
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 1600
1/1600s
f5.6
Handheld
Manual Mode

[Joseph Przybyla]

You're nailing these gulls. Lovely image. Thank you for sharing, Jim.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice wing position with excellent background, Jim.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Beautiful capture, Jim. Like the light and nice soft BG colors.




Geoffrey

[Grace Scalzo]

Beautiful, I got a wintery sense the instant that I opened this thread. Nicely composed.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jim, you certainly have had practice shooting these guys, as each image you have posted lately, all have excellent flight poses. Well exposed, and love that BG.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Super pose, and I like the BG. Good comp too. I'd consider removing or taming the blue cast on the gull's wing and belly, and there are two faint horizontal lines near the bottom edge (center) to clean up. Nice and sharp on the eye!

[William Dickson]

Great capture Jim, I like this one best. The head looks great and the BG colour fits well.

Will

[Jim Crosswell]

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Super pose, and I like the BG. Good comp too. I'd consider removing or taming the blue cast on the gull's wing and belly, and there are two faint horizontal lines near the bottom edge (center) to clean up. Nice and sharp on the eye!

Good eye Daniel. There was a faint white vertical OOF slash at the bottom that I didn't like. I will touch that up.

[gail bisson]

Love the mood of this image.
Tack sharp and I like the BG.
Unusual color palette that I like,
Gail

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Jim, really like the BKG, it's different and provides a pleasing colour palette to the subject.

Reducing the Blue a fraction helps, but it's the Aqua that you need to address and it within the HSL adjustment not just Saturation and changing the blending mode. Adjust this and it just gets that much better. WB looks almost on the nose.

TFS
Steve

[Jim Crosswell]

Super pose, and I like the BG. Good comp too. I'd consider removing or taming the blue cast on the gull's wing and belly, and there are two faint horizontal lines near the bottom edge (center) to clean up. Nice and sharp on the eye!

Here is a repost Daniel.
Steve I didn't see your comment until after the repost. I will look into your suggested method, thanks.
Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions.

[Steve Kaluski]

Jim, no sweat, if you get lost or need help drop me a PM .