I captured this image at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. There is a concrete promenade and wall surrounding this lake built I think in the 1930's as a WPA project. The gulls like to congregate at on area of the wall and roost. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciate. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/1000 F/5.6 Matrix metering 0 EV ISO 110, WB warmed slightly in post, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Hi Joe, lovely composition and I really like the fact the eye is visible, but is it that black with almost zero depth/detail??? Be nice to have just a hint of depth if possible. With that low ISO I might have gone to f/9 to get more DoF and cranked the ISO up whilst retain a good SS. The Blue of the sky and 'Whites' of the plumage work well.
Lovely shot these tight crops can sometimes look a little awkward to compose but this one looks great to me. The eye does look at tad dark - quite probably because it was! I sense you could brighten it a little but it could easily be overdone.
Ring-billed Gull
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