California Gull Portrait

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Hi All,

This image was taken at Antelope Island State Park yesterday. Not much shorebird activity these days in Utah, so I decided photograph California gulls. It was really windy with overcast skies. This helped to continue shooting at mid day as well.

D500, 500mm f/4 with 1.7x TC
ISO 800, f/6.7, 1/1600 sec

Post processing:-
No cropping, I added canvas at the top and left of the bird.
Lightroom, Photoshop and Neat Image.

Please let me know your comments on the same.

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi Krishna, you got some good details here, it needs more room around, the eye is a bit dark, you can raise the exposure in that area a bit. For such common bird as a gull it would be ideal to capture something that adds a bit of interest, like an interaction, food, or a story so that the image is more attractive for the viewer

TFS

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Thank you for the feedback.