Peace Offering

[Lance Peters]

Down at the beach - this is a Juvi Pacific Gull, gotta love th beak on these fellows.

Just about needed extension tubes for this one - he seemed to think I wanted to share his weed.

D3
Sigmonster 300-800 @750mm
F5.6
1/2000th
400 ISO
+0.3 EV

Got as low as I could for this one.

Comments welcome.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Lance,
I hope you gratefully accepted his offering...looks like he could win the knobbly knees (ankles??) competition as well!!!
I like this a lot - my only nit is that it looks a tad dark on my screen and might just need a degree or so of CW rotation.
Just love the effect on the water from the droplets.
Regards,
Nicki

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Lance Agree on being a little dark and also tight. Would like to see the entire water ripple up front since if its worth including, include all of it !!! Good looking gull and means business ...... wouldn't want to mess with its seaweed !!!! :)

[Lance Peters]

Must be time for a recalibration on my monitor - I thought it was borderline to bright on my screen.

:)

[Harold Davis]

i'm with you on this one lance. i think they may have been referring to the mid tones. agree about being a tad too tight though. good looking bird!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Nice capture. He looks like a sly devil:)

[Amy DeStefanis]

Hi Lance,

I agree with the rotation and space. He only seems a LITTLE dark on my screen.

I really like the shot, though - sharp, and detailed. Great capture.

Amy D.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Lance,
I like the composition and capture. Agree with Mr. Forns on the techs. Looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Oscar Zangroniz]

My monitor must also need some calibration cause it looks ok here. Great capture, and sharp. might be a little tight, but what the heck I like it.
Regards,