My Bonnie...

[Ilija Dukovski]

Bonaparte's Gull from this morning at Point of Pines, Revere MA.
I toned down the neck a bit although it was not burned at all.
Interestingly, I had quite of color noise on the water, I'd guess
the water got underexposed because I metered against the whites on the bird.
Adjusted in ACR and additional noise reduction in BG.

BTW one of the smallest N American Gulls. Very playful and delightful birds. One of my favorites.
CC appreciated as always.

Nikon D80 Nikkor 300mm + TC1.4 f/7.1 1/4000 Matrix AP -1 ISO400

[Arthur Morris]

You did as well as you could have here. Good EXP, COMP, and SH. My oly wish is that you would have better paralleled the bird.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Great control of the whites. Like the largely grey background but which still has some colorations in places. JR

[Harshad Barve]

good exposure , nice HA & BG
Agreed with Arthur here
TFS

[Ilija Dukovski]

My oly wish is that you would have better paralleled the bird.

Thanks Artie, point taken, I have few with more parallel pose, will post...

[Ilija Dukovski]

Like the largely grey background but which still has some colorations in places. JR

I know, but this is B&W bird, I could saturate the blues bit more, will do next time.
Thanks for suggestion...

[Joerg Rockenberger]

I know, but this is B&W bird, I could saturate the blues bit more, will do next time.
Thanks for suggestion...

Huh? My point was that I liked it as it was. I would not saturate any of the colors in this image. JR

[Ilija Dukovski]

Huh? My point was that I liked it as it was. I would not saturate any of the colors in this image. JR

Oops, Sorry:o I read "which" as "wish". I'm glad you like it. I do in general saturate the blues a bit in images like this though.
Sorry again, my fault:D

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, sharpness and eye contact. Adding to the other comments, I would crop it a bit tighter, especially at the top.