Laughing gull

[gary rouleau]

Louisiana coast. I did cut some of the bottom off.

Canon markIII
ISO 800, f5.6, 1/2500

600mm +1.4x

Cheers
gary

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Nice one Gary.

Nice pano and sky, this is a healthy looking guy.
I would suggest trying to recover some detail in the blacks and to try to remove the yellowish/greenish cast in the right wing and breast. I also might be tempted to sharpen the eye a little and make the catch light a little bigger. Other than that this is a great image.

[Juan Aragonés]

I agree with JC about the blacks. The sidelight here created a superb patter of details in the underwing feathers that I like a lot. The shooting angle is a bit steped

[Kobus Tollig]

Ditto Juan Carlos. Also a bit tight in the frame for me and you can maybe also sharpen a bit more. Well done here

[Wayne Wood]

a bit tight in the frame and as mentioned nice detail in the underwing

[David Fletcher]

Is tight in the frame as mentioned, but the sidelight has provided some lovely feather detail as Juan mentioned too.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I agree with the comments above, also, more room might help this image. Nice pose though.
Congratulations!