Brown-Hooded Gulls (Gaviota Capucho Café)

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hi all, I am back from a short trip to Punta Rasa, a natural preserve in the shores of Buenos Aires, Argentina were there are lots of sea birds. In this case, a pair of Brown Hooded Gulls fight in the air for who knows... Light angle was not the best but as there is detail in the highlights and in the shadowed ares I don't really mind :) Hope you like it!

Mark II
70-200 2.8mm - TC2X at 293 mm
Handheld
Full frame
Tv 1/2500 sec
Av f/9.0
ISO 500

Comments are welcome and critiques are very much apreciated!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the interaction and details and would increase contrast a bit.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I like the interaction and details and would increase contrast a bit.

Thanks Axel, I didn't noticed about the low contrast until you mentioned it, is this better or too much?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The repost looks definitely better on my monitor.

[Nagesh Mula]

This is a very good interaction picture and I too liked the improved version.
I would crop it a bit from sides though to give it more of a portrait look.

[Todd Frost]

Nice moment captured, re post looks good on my side as the original looked a little flat. Maybe desat the blues just a tad.
Todd

[Rene' Villela]

Nice shot! As mentioned before the interaction is really good. I like the the repost much better. I am not saying it would be better but I really would like to see how it looks on portrait mode with more space on the bottom a bit more on the top.

By the way, I am new here just in case you were wondering! Thanks for sharing!