Bonaparte's Gull

[Daniel Cadieux]

It's that time of year where there is a short window of opportunity with these guys over here, especially the adults still bearing breeding plumage. I was more than happy to crawl in muck and water to get closer, and then spend the better part of an hour with a pair of them.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2000s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, about 80% FF, removed part of another gull poking in at right edge.

[Anthony Barsotti]

Really like the pose and the light here and the low angle is awesome. My only suggestion would be to pull back the highlights just a tad, other than that really nice shot!

[dankearl]

Wow.
Superb. Nothing to add, except you really know how to get low...

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful pose and POV. No nits from me.

[John Mack]

Gorgeous gull and gorgeous frame. Love the pose and how the birds head is just above the water. Very nice.

[Colin Driscoll]

Commitment to the art and a great result!

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Very Nice Image. Nice clean background and the point of view really helps.

I could see another version with wings full up.

TFS

[Tim Foltz]

Daniel, great pose, angle and BG, the exposure looks fine to me. Very Nice.

-Tim