Herring gull (Larus argentatus)

[Jonathan Ashton]

I don't have a wall of shame but i do have a local park called Ashton Park!
I thought i would try out the camera in highly contrasting and changing light. I flipped a few customisations to facilitate rapid exposure compensation.

Olympus: E-M1X
Lens Model : OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0
Metering mode : Pattern
Exposure program : Manual
Shutter speed : 1/1600 sec
Aperture : F6.3
ISO 250
Exposure bias : -3 EV
Lens focal length : 300 mm
Focal length in 35 mm film : 601.0mm
Flash : OFF

ACR + PSCC

[Randy Stout]

Jon: I like the lit bird vs. the much darker background, open bill, eye, angle of frame.

Might consider lightening the shadows on the back just a bit more.

Cheers

Randy

[dankearl]

Exposure looks good, I would go to a 2X3 crop and take some off the top.

[gail bisson]

I love white birds against a dark BG.
I like your composition and the open bill.
Nice and sharp with good exposure.
No nits from me,
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

White on dark does indeed look great. Open bill adds a lot. To my eye the image does appear to need a bit of CW rotation, but all else looking good!

[John Mack]

I really like this one. Nice to have the bird in some sunlight with that dark water background. Like the framing and the open mouth.

[William Dickson]

Looking good Jon...I love these type of shots, and have a few myself with gulls. I wouldn't change a thing. Well done.

Will