Mine! Mine!

[Stan Hoyt]

20D 300/4 + 1.4x 420mm f11 1/500 iso 200 8:48am April 24

Taken at Ft Desoto's East Beach. There were Laughing Gulls everywhere. They are the supreme opportunists and steal from each other as readily as from other birds.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice 'caught in the act' image. :) You could tone down the highlights a bit, apply some CW rotation and if you clone you could get rid off the beak on the upper right and maybe the black stripe extending from the wing of the gull on the left.

[Jody Melanson]

Ditto what Axel said. Nice action.

[joel quenneville]

Great action shot. I agree with the previous posts but I would add a little USM. Your image really captures the moment.

[Stan Hoyt]

I missed the beak in the upper right corner. I could rotate CW, but the photo captures the slant of the beach as it actually is. I agree about the highlights and the seaweed touching the left bird's wing. Thanks to all for your comments.