Ring-billed Gull

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image of a Ring-billed Gull at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. 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 180 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Daniel Cadieux]

The exposure and details are nice, I especially like the ye, but I would have preferred a bit less canvas below and a better head turn.

[Marina Scarr]

Very nice details here and whites look good. I agree with Daniel. I would rather see a conventional horizontal crop here. The space on the bottom for me is detracting the eye from the head.