Ring-billed gull

[John Mack]

This image was created at Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, New York on 1/12/20 at 10:12AM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIII
Canon 500 f/4 IS USM
ISO 2000
f4.0
1/1600sec

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Very nice flight capture, John. Great light, and like the detail throughout. Beautiful background also.


Geoffrey




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[gail bisson]

Nice BG, sharp and well exposed.
A good, solid image!
A bit more noise reduction in the BG would be a good thing. You could also consider painting the lighter blue circle just below the bird.
Gail

[David Roach]

Nice soft light, great EXP and SH, and love the light coming through those primaries. TFS

[Brian Sump]

John, very simple yet beautiful Gull frame.

Gail makes a great point about a little noise red on the bkg.

May I ask what process you use to mask the bird (presume you did here)? I only ask because the outline of the bird seems very rigid or defined and I was thinking some feathering could help. Might just be my eyes or the way the lighting painted the gull's silhouette.

TFS!

[John Mack]

ay I ask what process you use to mask the bird (presume you did here)?

Thanks Brain, No masking or noise reduction is applied here. Just some very faint backlighting.

[Brian Sump]

Thanks Brain, No masking or noise reduction is applied here. Just some very faint backlighting.

Makes total sense. Beautiful work as usual.