Ring-billed Gull

[Ilija Dukovski]

Taken yesterday in Boston.
Full frame, cleaned parts of sand and bokeh in BG.
CC appreciated.

Nikon D80 Nikkor 300mm +TC1.4 No flash f/7.1 1/3200 Matrix AP -1/3 ISO400

[Stu Bowie]

Superb pose, for both the open beak, and raised foot. Those are quite some colours on the beak, and good to see the protruding tongue. What a killer BG too. Well captured Ilija.

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful pose , nice to see tounge , BG is awesome
TFS

[Doug Brown]

Super pose; raised foot, open beak, and protruding tongue! Like the exposure, sharpness, BG, and shallow DOF that leaves the bird perfectly sharp.

[Danny Laredo]

Sweet looking image. Love the pose and detail.

[thijs broekkamp]

What a monster! Awesome shot :)

[Harold Davis]

great pose! that guy looks mean!!! the low capture angle and clean bg are nice bonuses.

[Rich Steel]

Hi Ilija

We occasionally get these appearing locally but I have yet to find one yet. Excellent image which combines an unusal pose which separates the image from a standard gull potrait, great exposure control and a low angle against a good neutral background. You can't really ask for much more.

Cheers

Rich

[David Fletcher]

Just amazing Ilija. You've managed to make a gull look interesting and attractive all at the same time. Beautiful details and very complimentary angle of view. Top shot!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Klller one llija, loved the angle, loved pose, HA is great and the Open Bill add well to this.. congrats...

[Arthur Morris]

Nicely done. Good turned back to you head angle. Perfect EXP. Killer BKGR. Loverly raised foot showing the toes. My only wish would be to see the other foot well. Only the bird could have helped you with that.

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

Low angle with the open beak and the visible tongue makes this a killer.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Ilija,
I like this as it is. Great techs and perfect HA. All points covered. You really did a marvellous job!

[Ashutosh Sinha]

Perfect pose, exposure, sharpness, background... Very nicely done.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thank you for the comments, appreciate very much!
My intention was to shoot some shorebirds, there were none at the beach
but I had great fun with a bunch of lazy gulls. They are excellent birds
for bird photography.