Ivory Gull Close Flight

[Jim Fenton]

From yesterday in Plymouth MA

Nikon D300, 500 AFSVR, ISO 400, F 6.3, 1/2000, Nearuniwb Preset, CW metering, +.3 EV compensation applied.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Oh my, that white plumage just glows doesn't it? I like the wing position and also the way you placed the background. :)

[Doug Brown]

They just keep getting better Jim! Great wing position and eye contact. With whites like that against the blue of the ocean, why +1/3?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, eye contact and I like that there are more details in the whites than in the previous one.

[Jim Fenton]

When utilizing the NearUniWB preset, it balances the color channels, thereby giving you a truer histogram readout and allowing a more proper exposure...and in doing so, allows you to push the exposure latitude further to the right without blowing channels. It actually gives you about 2/3 of a stop more over what the typical im camera uncorrected histogram allows you.

In doing so, you have to add additional compensation over what you'd typically do.

In addition, keep in mind that I'm not shooting matrix and that changes things as well.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the explanation.

[Raymond Barlow]

this is really nice Jim, prettiest gull I have seen.

[Grady Weed]

Take a bow! I watched NECN yesterday, a segment said these guys were hanging around. I may just have to go find them. Outstanding.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Very nice and immaculate image :) The top side view is a nice extra.
Background is lovely.

Szimi