Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Hand held (Procapture & AI Bird) just trialling the new AI features, more experience will help but so far pretty pleased with ability to find the bird and it's eye.

Olympus E-M1X
Focal Length : 420.0mm (840mm equiv)
ISO Sensitivity : 1250
Exposure compensation : -0.3 EV
Shutter : 1/4000 sec
F.No. : F5.6

ACR/PSCC

[John Mack]

The trailing water is nice. Really like the way it curves. A bit tight though.

[David Roach]

The framing is perfect leaving the water action to tell the whole takeoff story. Love the EXP and SH along with subtle light and shadows on this beauty. TFS

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Jon .... nice action and the trailing water is a very nice bonus .

Image has some shortcomings for me . In an ideal world you should have shot wider and more leveled . The BG is quite noisy for Iso 1250 and I might add some exposure ... just my take .
Good to hear you are happy with the new features .
Just go out and shoot

TFS Andreas

[gail bisson]

Lovely gull!
The image needs some CW rotation.
I feel it is a bit tight in the frame and would loosen the crop all around.
The image is quite noisy so I would address that as well.
I really like the water trail droplets and the wing position.
Gail

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks very much everyone, unfortunately I couldn't do much about the crop as the bird was flying towards me......... that new magic Olympus zoom would have been perfect!!!

[Arthur Morris]

The repost is my two cents. I like it but much too tight.

with love, artie

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks Artie, apart from a resize I don't see much difference (??)

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Artie, apart from a resize I don't see much difference (??)

YAW. All I did was add the much-needed room (and move your signature). Looking back, I actually hate the tight boxy crop of the OP.

with love, artie