Landing on Thin Ice

[denise ippolito]

Canon 40D
500mm
ISO 400
1/1250 sec. at f/6.3
Shooting conditions have been gloomy!

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent image Lady Denise,
I like the selective color on the bill and the feet...proud of you...the details are superb...I like the flapping of the wings, and the placement of the Gull in frame...very, very nice...a big congrats...:D:cool:

[Dave Leroy]

Very Nice Denise, Nice and sharp, and the high lights around the rim from the back lighting look nice. Good one, Dave

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi denise:

Thin ice indeed, but a rock solid photo that is well done . . . .

Thanks for sharing

Uncle Gus

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great one...
I love to see action or intent in a bird photo.

Ilija

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Denise That bird is not a happy camper !!!

Could you check the histogram for that image? Looks under to me? Like the feel and expression, the few feathers on the ice sure add to the mood !!! Gloom could be good !!!

[Nonda Surratt]

Doesn't look thrilled:-) Like the water drops being kicked up and the wing positions, really nice Denise.

[denise ippolito]

Alfred, The histogram is good. There was just no color -it was gloomy-I liked the desaturated look to it-I felt it added to his look.

[Harold Davis]

love the pose!! one thing i've learned about the gloom and doom days: take the flash!! will help with the shadows and add a little punch to the image that you cant get with the flat light.

[denise ippolito]

Harold, I probably should have used a flash- but w/ ice I wasn't sure.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Nice shot Denise, don't know if a flash would have helped. When I used the 580 EX around water, you definitely get a kind of silver foil reflection look to it. But maybe that's what you might have wanted. Love the spread out wings. Might up the blacks a bit??? make them look a little darker.

[Katie Rupp]

In addition to the other comments I can add that it give me a cold and grey feeling. Excellent capture, Denise.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great capture D. Bird has lots of details and excellent composition