Western Gull with chicks

[Tim Foltz]

Canon 1DMKIII • 500mm • 1/3200 • f/5 • ISO 400 • hand held • manual exposure

On a trip to San Diego a few years ago my girlfriend and I came across these cute little gull chicks in a rather sparse nest in a depression on a coastal cliff.

Thanks for looking.

-Tim

[David Salem]

Nice intimate shot of this happy looking family. The exposure looks great and I like the saddle they are nesting in. Well done

[Bill Dix]

Good exposure on the parent, and I like the pupil focused on the chick. Good cuteness factor too. The oof rocks dominate the image a bit too much for me. I wonder if a pano crop (mostly from the top) would focus the attention more on the subjects.

[Tim Foltz]

Good exposure on the parent, and I like the pupil focused on the chick. Good cuteness factor too. The oof rocks dominate the image a bit too much for me. I wonder if a pano crop (mostly from the top) would focus the attention more on the subjects.

Thanks Bill,
I actually had a pano made first and second guessed myself and posted the 2x3 version instead.
So here is the pano version, let me know what you think.

-Tim

[Bill Dix]

I like it.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Baby gulls are too cute! Fluffy but sharp, great job with the little fuzz-balls. I'd prefer a version with the bottom spacing intact but the top part cropped just enough to hide the blue triangle in ULC.