Laughing Gull

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Ft. Desoto County Park in Pinellas County, 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 EV 0 ISO 360 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation

[stuart wanuck]

nice details and good whites gues that 80-400 mm rocks for you

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the flight angle and composition. I like how the wing is almost touching the water. Did you do a little work down there the tip looks a little sharper than the rest of the wing. Nice image Joe and Merry Christmas.

[Joseph Przybyla]

I like the flight angle and composition. I like how the wing is almost touching the water. Did you do a little work down there the tip looks a little sharper than the rest of the wing. Nice image Joe and Merry Christmas.

Hi Jim, thanks for viewing and commenting. I went back and checked, I did work on the wing tip. There was some motion blur. In hindsight I guess better to leave it. Thanks for caring enough to ask and comment, very much appreciated.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Neat pose, and I like the wavelet between the two wings. I'm generally fine with motion blur on the wings if the face is sharp, therefore yes, I would have left the wingtip blurred.