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    Taken a few weeks back at Fort DeSoto. During a session of begging, beak touching, and circling, both Laughing Gulls were also throwing their heads back to each other. It seemed as though they would take turns ever so quickly, but I wanted to capture this behavior simultaneously. There was much more going on, stay tuned...


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    Very nice poses and shooting angle... IQ is nice, maybe a touch more contrast for some Pop?
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    Hi Ann, works for me. Good behavioral activity captured. Nice clean beach, pure background. I might pull back the black a tad on the gulls but would have to see how it looks when moving the slider. Nice image, thank you for sharing.
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    Lovely courtship behavior shown here with nice low POV. Perfect DOF.
    Did you lift the blacks? They seem a bit flat, especially on the left bird. Agree that a bit of contrast might help. Or maybe a bit of detail extractor in Nik efex.
    Play with it to see if it helps.
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    It looks quite 'dreamy' and I like it...Yes to more contrast on the wings...but it flows nicely......Very pleasing to the eye...Nice one Ann

    Will

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