Laughing Gull

[Allen Sparks]

Canon 7D2, 400mm f4 DO IS II, 1.4x TC III
ISO 400, f7.1, 1/3200s, HH

Added the catchlight.

[Randy Stout]

Allen:

I like the comp, whites well exposed, open mouth.

In a perfect world, I always strive for something in the bg to add a sense of depth, even a cloud, when possible. The gradual fall off of DOF on the wings does help does help some.

I agree that a catchlight helps in most cases, not quite sold on this one (take this with a grain of salt, as I am not a skillful catchlight creator!)

Cheers

Randy

[John Mack]

Good detail on the bird. Nice exposure of the whites. The pose in nice as well.