Assignment - SOC

[Kerry Perkins]

This ring-billed gull was nice enough to pose for me at the Salton Sea.

50D, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS + 1.4x @ 280mm
Manual mode, f/5.6@1/400, evaluative metering ISO 200 AWB
AI Servo autofocus using back button, HH

Converted from RAW in DPP, then sized for web in CS4

[Harold Davis]

really nice, kerry. only thing i see is if you could have gotten a little higher or lower to keep the darker blue line from intersecting the head. other than that, great job!

[Ilija Dukovski]

This is great SOC,
only to get rid of the dark patch in BG and push the curves bit lighter
and you've got it. I like the yellows vs blues/grays contrast SOC very much.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

I like your capture Kerry. The BG doesn't bother me that much. You have good details on the feathers and eye.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Kerry,
A very good capture indeed, I would now selective sharpen the eye, adjust the mid-tones slightly to lighten the overall image and clone out the blue oof band going across the gull's face...good show...:cool:

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Good point Harold re intersecting the head! This is nice Kerry! would crop about a 1/3 off the bottom (perch is what I mean) clean the dark bits in the sand and the horizon line. A little s curve, some saturation and a bit more of an off center crop would really make this one pop. :) IOW, I would crop the left side space in half or so.

[Nonda Surratt]

Nice SOC. BG doesn't bother me either, blue blob on the right??

Not much to fix this right up!

[Alfred Forns]

I like Harold's suggestion !!! Not much work need for this either
Strong images will take little work !!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Kerry - Nice SOC - well done, the less work that has to be done after the fact the better in my book!