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    Default Western Gull with chicks

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    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

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Dix View Post
    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

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    I like it.

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    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.

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