Ring-Billed Gull

[John Mack]

Ring-billed shaking off some water. Image adjustments in Lightroom.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D Mark IV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 800
f8.0
1/1600sec

[Alex Becker]

Love the spiral water shake and the dark BG. I wish the bird was either more front lit of more silhouetted / rim lit. TFS

[Isaac Grant]

This is super cool John. Not easy to make a Ring-billed Gull image unique but you have done so really well here. The head shake, dark background and the spiraling water droplets are all highly appealing. Very well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi John, the thumbnail doesn't do this justice at all. I like the twisted head, and the rim lighting on the near wing. The flying droplets against the darker BG add to the image.