Swallow-tailed Gull

[David Pugsley]

Sony a1
Sony 600 f/4
handheld
1/4000, f/4, ISO1250

This image was made last September during Artie's epic Galapagos IPT. If memory serves me this was from Isla Plaza Sur. A challenging subject to be sure as the birds come in hot and change direction on a dime. Not to mention we were perched at the edge of a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in quite windy conditions.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful - well done! Super exposure lovely composition. I don't know for sure - but just maybe you could get a little more detail in the highlights????

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi David ... lovely shot of this very attractive Gull with a super eye contact .
Posing is spot on . Lovely details across the range and nicely processed .
Personally I would remove the cyan /blue cast and go for a warmer or at least neutral color balance ... at least in the subject . But hey colors are subjective

TFS Andreas

[Ian McLachlan]

Gorgeous shot of a bird I have never seen.So will be interested in the suggestions above.

[William Dickson]

Looks good to me. Lovely flight pose and colours. I agree with Andreas and would reduce the cyan. The red rings around the eyes gives a good colour boost.

Will

[arash_hazeghi]

what a cool looking bird, I like the head turn and the top side showing well done